I see Bradley Wiggins is using a San Marco Rolls. You too can emulate an Olympic hero for rather less than £25. What are the others using? I wonder if the Rolls will see a resurgence? All 370 grams of it.Damon.
Don't they just use the lightest stuff possible and put extra weights into the frame as near to the bottom bracket as possible to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible?
Quote from: Greenbank on 18 August, 2008, 11:47:31 amDon't they just use the lightest stuff possible and put extra weights into the frame as near to the bottom bracket as possible to keep the centre of gravity as low as possible?A common trick is to put ice-cubes inside the tubes prior to the bike being weighed. Then they melt........
And then the comissaires weigh them immediately after the race...
Quote from: David Martin on 18 August, 2008, 12:59:54 pmAnd then the comissaires weigh them immediately after the race...I was told the same thing; apparently the bikes are only weighed before.
Quote from: gonzo on 18 August, 2008, 02:29:43 pmQuote from: David Martin on 18 August, 2008, 12:59:54 pmAnd then the comissaires weigh them immediately after the race...I was told the same thing; apparently the bikes are only weighed before.Not to be relied upon. The comissaires can weigh them afterwards...d
I wish I had seen that. Did they show who designed the bikes and explained what technology they use? I thought BAe was involved as was Soton?
I see Bradley Wiggins is using a San Marco Rolls.
That's not a PROPER Rolls! He's got some sort of fancy stuck-on bit - probably so he can ride on the nose [to get round the rule about being some minimum distance behind the BB axle. stop that! - Jingoism Ed]