Velominati Super Prestige: Men’s World Championship Road Race 2017

Don't ride triples, win triples.

Peter Sagan has undergone quite the transformation over the years; starting as a brash and disrespectful neo-pro, he’s blossomed into one of the most exciting and charismatic racers in the bunch. A sort of modern-day Mario Cipollini.

And, as much as I dislike seeing riders dominate and take the excitement out of the sport, I love watching Peter race and I expect that if he manages to pull off his third straight worlds title, it was be a spectacular feat. Besides, he looks great in his black bibs with the bands, and I’ve gotten quite used to seeing him in those colors, so I don’t want to have to adjust to seeing another rider in them.

And, everybody knows you don’t ride triples; win triples.

Check the start list and good luck!

frank

The founder of Velominati and curator of The Rules, Frank was born in the Dutch colonies of Minnesota. His boundless physical talents are carefully canceled out by his equally boundless enthusiasm for drinking. Coffee, beer, wine, if it’s in a container, he will enjoy it, a lot of it. He currently lives in Seattle. He loves riding in the rain and scheduling visits with the Man with the Hammer just to be reminded of the privilege it is to feel completely depleted. He holds down a technology job the description of which no-one really understands and his interests outside of Cycling and drinking are Cycling and drinking. As devoted aesthete, the only thing more important to him than riding a bike well is looking good doing it. Frank is co-author along with the other Keepers of the Cog of the popular book, The Rules, The Way of the Cycling Disciple and also writes a monthly column for the magazine, Cyclist. He is also currently working on the first follow-up to The Rules, tentatively entitled The Hardmen. Email him directly at rouleur@velominati.com.

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Teocalli says:

Nov 9 2017 at 1:40 am

@RobSandy

Does it clear if you route the cable to the other side of the compression bolt. Gruppo lead the other way.
RobSandy says:

Nov 9 2017 at 1:41 am

@Teocalli

@RobSandy

Does it clear if you route the cable to the other side of the compression bolt. Gruppo lead the other way.

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As I said in the Bikes, it would probably be better but I don't know if it would solved completely.

Also, have all my pics posted or just the one of the FD?
RobSandy says:

Nov 9 2017 at 1:47 am

@Teocalli

The other oddness (and I wonder if these things are related), is that although the braze-on mount has substantial room for up and down adjustment, if I move the FD down much, the back end of the spring hits the cable stop cage on the seat tube, chips the paint and prevents the derailleur moving fully in.

Fore/aft adjustment of the mount would solve both of these problems but it doesn't seem as if you can do it.

There's no way you could run a compact as the spring would foul on the cable stop.

I could clip the very end of the spring off which would help, but seems a bit drastic.
davidlhill says:

Nov 9 2017 at 2:01 am

@Marcus

@Brett

I think it was Frank who said that “extraordinary allegations require extraordinary truth”?

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Well, it IS a fact that plenty of money has been taken for V Kit that will never ever be delivered.

Where the money is I have no idea, but I do know I don't have kit.
Teocalli says:

Nov 9 2017 at 2:01 am

@RobSandy

@Teocalli

The other oddness (and I wonder if these things are related), is that although the braze-on mount has substantial room for up and down adjustment, if I move the FD down much, the back end of the spring hits the cable stop cage on the seat tube, chips the paint and prevents the derailleur moving fully in.

Fore/aft adjustment of the mount would solve both of these problems but it doesn’t seem as if you can do it.

There’s no way you could run a compact as the spring would foul on the cable stop.

I could clip the very end of the spring off which would help, but seems a bit drastic.

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Can't visualise that. Don't get re fore/aft as normally if you have a round seat tube then the alignment of the cage to the chain sets the mount position. I can't visualise how moving up/down for a compact should make matters worse.
RobSandy says:

Nov 9 2017 at 2:05 am

@Teocalli

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Can’t visualise that. Don’t get re fore/aft as normally if you have a round seat tube then the alignment of the cage to the chain sets the mount position. I can’t visualise how moving up/down for a compact should make matters worse.

Yep its difficult to explain and the picture doesn't show it. But I've had to set the cage higher than it should be so the back end of the spring doesn't hit the cable stop. If the derailleur was lower it'd hit it as the cage swung.
MangoDave says:

Nov 9 2017 at 10:16 am

@Teocalli

@RobSandy

Does it clear if you route the cable to the other side of the compression bolt. Gruppo lead the other way.

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I would try Teocalli's suggestion first. You might be surprised how big of a difference it can make sometimes.
Randy C says:

Nov 9 2017 at 5:33 pm

@MangoDave

@Teocalli

@RobSandy

Does it clear if you route the cable to the other side of the compression bolt. Gruppo lead the other way.

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I would try Teocalli’s suggestion first. You might be surprised how big of a difference it can make sometimes.

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Shimano has a "tool" they provide that a person is supposed to use to establish the best route for the cable in to the mech. Naturally I wouldn't use it. I've played around with threading the cable in to the lever arm on each side of the bolt to get best action on a 105 FD on my cross bike.
Rick says:

Nov 29 2017 at 9:00 am

Froome confirms Giro participation. I have to admit that despite the rumors I never thought he would race the Giro.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-confirms-giro-ditalia-participation/
RobSandy says:

Nov 29 2017 at 9:04 am

@Rick

Froome confirms Giro participation. I have to admit that despite the rumors I never thought he would race the Giro.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/chris-froome-confirms-giro-ditalia-participation/

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Me neither, I thought it was a bit of bluff.

Chapeau to him. I'm quite impressed he's taken that risk.