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JPJPJP said:
Swifty, Froome and now G. I'm wondering about the Pinarello bikes - are they any good?
Having come back to road cycling after many years I was shocked at the bad handling of current racing bikesIMHO the current obsession with compact geometry bikes to gain a few inches of extra drafting , steep steering angles and short rake forks makes for short wheelbase bikes with front wheels that behave like shopping trolley wheels and look like they've had a front end shunt!
My State Thunderbird was sold as a CX bike but I found the steering twitchy, I swapped the original fork with 45mm offset for a spare Genesis fork I had with 50mm offset and the difference was remarkable, completely stable, ride it all day with both hands off the handlebars!!
gazza285 said:
You're kidding right? I've got a few late '70's and early '80's racing bikes, all share massive toe overlaps and steep head angles with very little fork trail.
I am sure you can find bad examples from pretty much every decade back to the dawn of the safety bicycle but my point was that current racing bikes are bad handling!mcelliott said:
JPJPJP said:
Swifty, Froome and now G. I'm wondering about the Pinarello bikes - are they any good?
Froome took one hand off the handlebars to clear snot on a descent and Thomas just crashes a lot.
outnumbered said:
He moans a bit in one of his books about being viewed as a crasher.... But honestly, he IS a crasher !
Is it his Track background? I wonder if the trackies are less capable bike handlers than those that come from an off road background; he's never going to be a Schurter, Van der Poel or Sagan, is he?Gassing Station | Pedal Powered | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff