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Cosmic Kid

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04/22/2019 03:52 PM
The rule on bikes is not that they have to have layer tabs, it is that you cannot modify the frames / forks. SO in your case, Ben, your bikes would be legal since there were never lawyer tabs in the first place.

Gilbert rode the new Specialized Roubaix frame with 20mm front suspension and a suspended seat point (but NOT a suspension seatpost). No word if he had both locked out (as has often happened in the past with other Specialized features for Roubaix).

As for looking at what past winners used, then we better break out the old RockShox Mag21 hybrid shocks and Allsop stems.

Just say "NO!" to WCP!!!!
Dale

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04/22/2019 05:56 PM
and a bike with chain stays a mile long with a seat tube angle of, what 68*?

Can't remember who rode that monstrosity... someone from Motorola IIRR
Orange Crush

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04/22/2019 06:21 PM
Based on my experience with previous iteration with Future Shock my guess is that Gilbert most certainly would have it locked out. Unless he wanted a grandpa ride.
Cosmic Kid

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04/22/2019 10:23 PM
Posted By Dale Dale on 04/22/2019 05:56 PM
and a bike with chain stays a mile long with a seat tube angle of, what 68*?

Can't remember who rode that monstrosity... someone from Motorola IIRR


Steve Bauer....but he never won on it (or ever, for that matter!!)
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Dale

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04/22/2019 10:33 PM
Yeah... Steve Bauer.

His bike make the top of the Top Five Worst Cycling Inventions with a 60* seat tube LOL!

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/product-news/top-five-worst-cycling-inventions-196732
Cosmic Kid

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04/23/2019 07:28 AM
Yeah, the bike was complete crap, but what that article got completely wrong was that it was not just a bike for Roubaix, it was his everyday bike (less the Rock Shox). Bauer had been cut by Motorola in the off-season (or early season, can’t remmeber) and that bike was part of his comeback. He said it allowed him to generate more power because he was behind the BB so far.

IIRC, the bike was pretty fast in a straight line...if I had to guess, in hindsight, it was probably because he ended up being so low that it was an inadvertent aero advantage and had nothing to do with generating more power.

But bike races aren’t held on straight lines at constant speeds....and that thing cornered and accelerated like hot garbage. I bunch storming into a stage finish at the Tour DuPont and Bauer just being swarmed because that thing was must a noodle.
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Cosmic Kid

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04/23/2019 07:28 AM
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