The moment on TV bike sponsors dread

[Climb01742]

From Stage 17 in the Vuelta, when a rider calls your bike '“Cazzo di bici!” That's calling your bike a piece of poop. Oh my. All caught in glorious hi-def audio on the broadcast.


https://www.velonews.com/2018/09/vue...eltdown_478701

[mktng]

Get the man on a 3T Strada ASAP!

[buddybikes]

Ok, move from one set of Taiwanese decals to another. ...remember when pro's bikes were custom...

sure he should of been screaming at campy...

[El Chaba]

For sentimental reasons I'm sorry that Colnago and Campy were the victims, but a part of me is very satisfied whenever anything like electronic shifting, through axles, disc brakes etc. craps out in a big race in a spectacular way..This may have been the biggest event since the Brad Wiggins bike throw...

[EDS]

Originally Posted by El Chaba

For sentimental reasons I'm sorry that Colnago and Campy were the victims, but a part of me is very satisfied whenever anything like electronic shifting, through axles, disc brakes etc. craps out in a big race in a spectacular way..This may have been the biggest event since the Brad Wiggins bike throw...

Doesn't look like his bike has discs or through axles. Does appear to have campy wireless.

[sfo1]

I wish we still had heavy wool jerseys & shorts. These modern lightweight, breathable, pliable, wicking textiles suck.

Originally Posted by El Chaba

For sentimental reasons I'm sorry that Colnago and Campy were the victims, but a part of me is very satisfied whenever anything like electronic shifting, through axles, disc brakes etc. craps out in a big race in a spectacular way.

[crankles]

Originally Posted by El Chaba

For sentimental reasons I'm sorry that Colnago and Campy were the victims, but a part of me is very satisfied whenever anything like electronic shifting, through axles, disc brakes etc. craps out in a big race in a spectacular way..This may have been the biggest event since the Brad Wiggins bike throw...

why stop with Di2/EPS, Disc, and TAs... lets get rid of any progress made after 1903!

“Variable gears are only for people over forty-five. Isn’t it better to triumph by the strength of your muscles rather than by the artifice of a derailleur? We are getting soft. Give me a fixed gear.”
–Henri Desgrange, 1903. Cyclist, first organizer of Tour de France.

[Plum Hill]

I read somewhere Aru called Colnago and apologized profusely.
It was on the ‘net so it had to be true.

[72gmc]

Yikes. His teammate is right to be resolutely staring up the road. Way too much Aru visible to his left ...

[dancinkozmo]

....meanwhile at shimano HQ

[FlashUNC]

Interesting they're on the V2R and not the C64.

[cachagua]

When your results are due more to the technology of the bike, and less to the rider's training and determination (more, that is, than with a simpler bike), then when you don't get results, the bike is more to blame, and the rider less.

An illustration: a basketball is a pretty simple piece of sports equipment, and wouldn't it be ridiculous for a basketball player to blame the ball for bad play? There's nothing it can really do wrong. But there are numerous ways -- more, with every new technology -- that a bike can fail and affect your performance.

So I don't think the guy's out of line to call his bike a piece of dookie. I'm disappointed he apologized -- there was no apology necessary.

[93KgBike]

Originally Posted by cachagua

An illustration: a basketball is a pretty simple piece of sports equipment, and wouldn't it be ridiculous for a basketball player to blame the ball for bad play? There's nothing it can really do wrong.

Isn't that exactly what happened with Tod Brady and his footballs, and with all of baseball's baseballs?

Bad balls can definitely make a difference.

[cachagua]

Okay, let the illustration be garbage. The point still stands.

[93KgBike]

Originally Posted by cachagua

Okay, let the illustration be garbage. The point still stands.