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CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: TdF12 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: TdF12 en Tue, 26 May 2026 13:39:50 +0000 SRD on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-79488 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 07:46:20 +0000 SRD 79488@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-18976133">Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins is being feted, but when the last London Olympics took place Reg Harris was a very different British cycling hero, writes Robert Dineen, author of a new biography.</a> SRD on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-79107 Mon, 23 Jul 2012 21:57:35 +0000 SRD 79107@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ jersey available here from <a href="http://www.philosophyfootball.com/view_item.php?pid=810">philosophy football</a> chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78946 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 23:18:03 +0000 chdot 78946@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <img src="http://gnm.cdn.mobileiq.mobi/ms/ri/aHR0cDovL3N0YXRpYy5ndWltLmNvLnVrL3N5cy1pbWFnZXMvR3VhcmRpYW4vUGl4L3BpeGllcy8yMDEyLzcvMjIvMTM0Mjk5MDgzNDY5My9CcmFkbGV5LVdpZ2dpbnMtd2l0aC1oaXMtLTAwOC5qcGcie/x:300 "> <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/22/bradley-wiggins-childhood-dream-tour" rel="nofollow">http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/22/bradley-wiggins-childhood-dream-tour</a> SRD on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78934 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:40:05 +0000 SRD 78934@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ That second one down is just classic. chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78933 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 16:35:15 +0000 chdot 78933@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622443832/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7622443832_52f8a1b2d0.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622444494/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8005/7622444494_2c53e98ffa.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622444938/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7246/7622444938_d22ec2374c.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622444718/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7121/7622444718_4623c3d496.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622444256/"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7263/7622444256_9de7a1da24.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622521346/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8004/7622521346_b1b0f5bf8e.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622521840/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8422/7622521840_fb01d81118.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/chdot/7622522290/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8142/7622522290_bd90a5cd82.jpg"></a> ARobComp on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78924 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 12:27:41 +0000 ARobComp 78924@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Oh dear - People should seriously just keep this sort of thing off twitter. The guys must be so flippin embarrassed by it. chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78916 Sun, 22 Jul 2012 11:14:04 +0000 chdot 78916@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ A taste of what might be to come if cycling stays bigger than football. "Mr. Wiggins"??! - <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176838/War-Wags-Twitter-row-erupts-wife-Bradley-Wiggins-Chris-Froomes-girlfriend.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2176838/War-Wags-Twitter-row-erupts-wife-Bradley-Wiggins-Chris-Froomes-girlfriend.html</a> chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78841 Sat, 21 Jul 2012 11:39:38 +0000 chdot 78841@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ " Phil Liggett (@PhilLiggett) 21/07/2012 10:22 Check out this link to hear Dan lloyd on the TT course. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/IGMarketsCycling" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/user/IGMarketsCycling</a> " " British Cycling (@BritishCycling) 21/07/2012 10:21 Coverage starts at 2pm on ITV 1 or 12.30pm on British Eurosport, you can also follow @TeamSky for live updates #allezwiggo " Smudge on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78814 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:55:43 +0000 Smudge 78814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Just watched the overhead view of Mark Cavendish sprinting past the would be stage winners... what a speed difference :-o just awesome! kaputnik on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78802 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 16:16:23 +0000 kaputnik 78802@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Guariadan website is full of advertising / datamining scripts and applets that no doubt trouble corporate web browsers (asssume your stuck on earlier editions of IE). Viewing the site with adblock lifts the lid on how much junk there is in under the surface. Wilmington's Cow on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78793 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:36:16 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 78793@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Just posted that onto the Cycling Weekly feed (the Guardian crashes my computer, but it works on a colleague's machine). Very very strange... SRD on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78791 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 14:34:56 +0000 SRD 78791@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jul/20/tour-de-france-2012-live">"I decided to check out this Obree character, of whom I had never heard. " </a> Guardian TdF blog! Smudge on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78672 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 23:11:35 +0000 Smudge 78672@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "...claimed he shaves his legs to reduce times. I put forward the proposition that if this was true ( rather than injury cleaning or just perversion)..." Why would shaving his legs be a perversion any more or less than shaving (or not) his face? Hair is hair surely and it's up to him whether to keep it long, short or missing surely? (just asking like! ;-)) gembo on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78669 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:56:04 +0000 gembo 78669@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Tink we burned the paper on the fire. It was intended for the Saturday magazine as that was where the original Hoy article about leg shaving appeared. Keith Flett look out :-) sallyhinch on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78667 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:47:21 +0000 sallyhinch 78667@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ No, you made it to the paper version! Was chuckling over it just yesterday... gembo on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78666 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 22:36:09 +0000 gembo 78666@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ You must hit the mute button when the adverts come on. The ITV4 coverage has grown into an excellent show over the years. I had letter published in guardian this week (maybe only electric version) linking earlier story where chris hoy claimed he shaves his legs to reduce times. I put forward the proposition that if this was true ( rather than injury cleaning or just perversion) then someone shOuld have a word with Bradley about his ridiculous sideburns, the drag they cause must slow him down markedly SRD on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78660 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:26:19 +0000 SRD 78660@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ agreed. I couldn't resist watching some of the live coverage over a late lunch... sallyhinch on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78658 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:13:40 +0000 sallyhinch 78658@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ It's worse when you watch the live coverage. Because it's daytime on a channel way down at the low rent end of the spectrum it's all ambulance chasing lawyers and cheap loan companies... quite a window on what the average daytime tv viewer is assumed to be in need of SRD on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78657 Thu, 19 Jul 2012 20:51:17 +0000 SRD 78657@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Over here in the SRD household, we're getting kinda into this tdf thing. the adverts are appalling though. we now realise how much we watch the beeb, and channel 4 on catchup (which cuts out most of the adverts). if only itv did the same. Mr Bradley Wiggins' resemblance to a certain forum poster stiff gets lots of amused chuckles, but we're also rather taken with 'Bramley Wiggins' as a nom d'forum for our wee lad ;) chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78531 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:22:43 +0000 chdot 78531@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <img src="http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/images/Tom_Simpson.gif"> <a href="http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/heritage.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.moultonbicycles.co.uk/heritage.html</a> chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78530 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 19:18:55 +0000 chdot 78530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "additional weight at the rims might make them split-secondly slower to accelerate" Split-seconds count when you're jumping off the lights!! kaputnik on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78525 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:48:54 +0000 kaputnik 78525@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ One reason for small wheels... Insert picture of Tom Simpson on a Moulton here. Ok then. <img src="http://www.philvarner.com/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=2505&g2_serialNumber=1"> chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78524 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:42:16 +0000 chdot 78524@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "I think the logic here is to keep the rim and tyre as light as is possible, worth shaving off a gram or 2 in some people's eyes to have lighter wheels for accellerating / climbing." All about "revolving weight". One reason for small wheels... chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78520 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:36:41 +0000 chdot 78520@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ "Main reason is that deep-rim carbon wheels about half the price tubs vs. clinchers" That makes sense (in a situation where tubs still 'rule'). Obviously this is another world to me... So I'm still surprised that tubs didn't become 'obsolete' in the changing face of fashion/technology. kaputnik on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78519 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:33:15 +0000 kaputnik 78519@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @baldcyclist Actually I'm not to sure increased weight would be a problem, aren't all the bikes quite a bit under the legal weight anyway? The teams usually have to add weight to the bikes to make them legal, so heavier tubes not likely to be an issue I think the logic here is to keep the rim and tyre as light as is possible, worth shaving off a gram or 2 in some people's eyes to have lighter wheels for accellerating / climbing. chdot on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78518 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:31:42 +0000 chdot 78518@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <strike>"Whether you want to describe triathletes as 'normal' is a different question entirely"</strike> Whether I want to "have a good old debate about tubs vs clinchers" is a different question entirely!! (But thanks for the info.) kaputnik on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78517 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 16:31:39 +0000 kaputnik 78517@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ How many 'normal' amateurs still ride tubs? Plenty. Main reason is that deep-rim carbon wheels about half the price tubs vs. clinchers. Worth the faff of the tubular tyre to save a lot of money. I've got a pair for the yet-completed TT bike infact. fimm on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=3#post-78511 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:50:11 +0000 fimm 78511@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ @chdot my boyfriend has tubs on his TT bike. Go onto the triathlon forums and you can have a good old debate about tubs vs clinchers. Whether you want to describe triathletes as 'normal' is a different question entirely... Instography on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=2#post-78508 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:19:32 +0000 Instography 78508@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ Maybe only for the sprinters - the additional weight at the rims might make them split-secondly slower to accelerate. If I am remembering my science correctly. Baldcyclist on "TdF12" http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=7190&page=2#post-78506 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 15:05:20 +0000 Baldcyclist 78506@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ More exiting (term applied loosely) tyre news, Europecar (i think) are using tubes which seal themselves if punctured. They have deemed the increased weight not to be a problem. Actually I'm not to sure increased weight would be a problem, aren't all the bikes quite a bit under the legal weight anyway? The teams usually have to add weight to the bikes to make them legal, so heavier tubes not likely to be an issue...