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just fanvided the epic-legendary-intriguing rivalry of wouthieu with footages from cyclingblr i need a Netflix/Prime/whatever series of them please please please please please🥹

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for me i'm primarily national (🇬🇧): hoping for joshy t & anna henderson in the elite time trials, blackmore in the men's u23 RR, and for both of the GB teams to have success/potential medal in the elite road races

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brainworms again sigh

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You can always suffer better if your jersey is unzipped and you show your slutty chain

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when the fandom is so small that everybody knows everybody

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he’s 26??????

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Peloton Text Posts (3/?)

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many esteemed cycling mutuals are understandably looking at the... Everything about the recent gpogbling tweet, but as an incorrigible Noticer and part-time bike nerd i'd like to take a moment to talk about feet.

by which i mean cleats!

for those that don't know, they're components that screw to the bottom of cycling shoes, providing the interface between pedal and foot. many kinds exist but there are four brands used in the WT peloton (as far as i know)

both UAE & Jayco use Shimano's SPD-SL system, but with some gratuitous zooming in on feet we can see that bling's cleats are red whilst tadej's are yellow

this is down to the different float options offered by Shimano, “float” being how much you can adjust your foot position without unclipping (which is done by twisting the heel out away from the bike). yellow has the most freedom, red has none, and blue is intermediate. there's different axes of motion too but let's not get into that

which colour to use is basically a matter of personal preference but you're a good deal less likely to spot reds at a local club than you are in the pro peloton because their lack of movement means the bike fit has to be 100% dialed-in to prevent joint pain -- the kind of precision you'd expect from teams at the top of the sport.

as far as i can tell blue seems to be pretty widespread among the Shimano-using teams. for but a few examples: adam yates, luke plapp, and MVDP's banged-up cleats following his crash in Glasgow (it's amazing he could still clip in with those)

i would assume this is to balance the increased efficiency of power transfer that comes with decreased float whilst retaining enough freedom to allow comfortable adjustment over the course of long races.

bling uses the reds -- as expected for sprinters -- for maximal power transfer at high speeds, making every fraction of a watt count in a bunch sprint and keeping his legs/feet in the most efficient position without having to think about it

so initially i thought “perhaps tadej trains with yellow because they're more comfortable?”

but no -- he races in them too: these are before and during Giro stages (couldn't quickly find any from TDF/Montréal/other races so if there's photos of him using different colours please do tell me!), so the relatively increased movement must suit his riding style and specific anatomy better than the other options

or maybe he just likes them 🤷 it's not something any of us can ever know but for a rumoured €8million/year i'd expect the team to investigate most possible avenues of ~marginal gains~.

and of course riders’ preferences change over time; adam used to use yellows‚ remco used to use blues (now reds), all this is just something i thought was interesting!!

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sorry if it seems like i want attention i just want attention

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him....

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Ok

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vansevenant vindication!!! 😤😤

pat on the back after closing the attack,,,, h e l l o??

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pat on the back after closing the attack,,,, h e l l o??

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guys hear me out