Sram engineering + reliability strike again

[jemdet]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Didn't George Bennett have his Campag R Der go into crash mode at the base of the Zoncolan?

Doesn't L.NL-J run Shimano?

[FriarQuade]

Originally Posted by Jaybee

Not exactly sure how this works, but they were on Ridley last year. Was 3t his only bike option? Or just the one that offered the best deal of currency and equipment? Surely some bike manufacturer that builds “normal” bikes would be interested in sponsoring a team like Aqua Blue

Since the teams title sponsor is a online retailer their equipment sponsors are likely a more complicated situation than most teams. The decision likely involves the team as well as the retail title sponsor There's more to it than here's your stuff and a check. That said they could go to one of the other dozen bike brands they carry but who knows what those conversations were like. It's likely 3T was more motivated than anyone else to go racing with a new bike that needed some exposure and came to the table with a significant amount of cash.

**This is my educated guess having spent 10 seasons in and around professional road racing. **

Originally Posted by jemdet

Doesn't L.NL-J run Shimano?

Lotto NL Jumbo is one of a couple Shimano sponsored teams.

[jemdet]

Cavendish was no fan of SRAM:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/cave...dium-together/

"And as always happens, my chain came off. It's a problem with SRAM, which we've talked about many times. So my chain came off, my foot came out and Tony was behind me at 50km/h. He has to come up to not go over my back wheel.

Also this, in the 1X world:


Although Wout declined to throw SRAM under the bus

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by bigbill

I remember, he hit bumpy section and the chain came off on the crankarm side. 2003 Tour, he reached down to put his chain back on.

Good way to lose a finger...

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[sitzmark]

Originally Posted by FriarQuade

That's a $300,000 swing in budget at a minimum.

So winning isn't that important?? Easier to complain.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by Clean39T

Good way to lose a finger...

On a fixed gear, maybe, but there's no great danger on a freewheel bike. The chain/chainring/crank only move if you move your legs.

[bigbill]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

On a fixed gear, maybe, but there's no great danger on a freewheel bike. The chain/chainring/crank only move if you move your legs.

Lack of flexibility would keep my fingers safe.

[weaponsgrade]

Well, better them be the lab rat than me.

[colker]

Originally Posted by weaponsgrade

Well, better them be the lab rat than me.

I will never ride 1x on the road. It never crossed my mind. As far as i am concerned it was a failed experiment from day one.

[Burnette]

It happened/happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SaPjputNGI

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by jemdet

Although Wout declined to throw SRAM under the bus

I do enjoy that he's in front of a giant SHIMANO banner

[nickl]

One thing to have an isolated failure but quite another when a pro team expresses general dissatisfaction with their gear.

SRAM is really pushing speed setups for the sport to the point where it appears they would like to see the FD entirely eliminated. Their fingerprints were all over this and you would have to believe this bad PR is on them.

[mtechnica]

The hilarious thing is that Shimano 105 works FLAWLESSLY for tens of thousands of miles yet you have pros ****ing around with garbage that causes them to lose races. Just wow.

[mtechnica]

Originally Posted by colker

I will never ride 1x on the road. It never crossed my mind. As far as i am concerned it was a failed experiment from day one.

It’s completely pointless, we have had good doubles since the 1970s for God’s sake.

[54ny77]

lose on sunday, don't sell on monday....