Recent content by Rapparee87

Il Diablo..

Has anyone here ever used cranks longer than 170mm? Maybe some of the testers here? If so what was your experience of them? Indurain used 180's I think. I've seen pics here of some with the L shaped cranks, what were they like to ride? I'm just curious.

Conv The roads here are bad now.. God knows what they were like then..

Miss Wilson was quite a hottie! 😍

Eddy Merckx... A man who loved cycling so much he named his son after a bicycle part.,. 😄

Frame pumps.. many a vicious dog got a whack on the head from me back in the day. They usually stayed inside their gates from then on... Cruel maybe, but it was them or me... 😎

From back before colour was banned in cycling and everything became black ..

Take me to your leader...

Surely it stands against all the rules of common sense engineering.. Progress can hardly be defined as taking a machine that was easy to maintain, inexpensive relative to other forms of transport and at it's finest incredibly beautiful to behold, and turning it into precisely the opposite. So...

The very last rider to win a Monument with toe clips and straps.

What's even more impressive about VdP is that he does it all without mitts! The only thing we have in common sadly..

Mods may find a lot of them very appealing. Not sure where you're based but a 'mod' is a fashion based music movement, mainly in the UK. Bradley Wiggins is a mod. See also the music video for the Style Council track 'My ever changing moods' for some music/jersey crossover.

Oh my Gawd .. That must be the biggest frame I've seen in my entire life!!

Off topic I know, but what gearing did Beryl have in TTs? Are they 170mm cranks?

Yes, it means chaos for their preparation for the season. But maybe from our point of view that's a good thing. Don't forget Van Aert also out. Pogacar will be watching his step I imagine, and as for Van Der Poel he's always out of harm's way off the front! Hope they all recover soon.