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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    It's been in the works for a while. There was a big flap about it last year in a poorly implemented test by the UCI. Pro cycling sure is adept at infighting. https://road.cc/content/news/romandie-teams-disqualified-after-uci-tracking-device-row-315457
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Jonas should grow a moustache. Apparently it would increase his chances of winning.
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    henry

    A Henry hoop, in honor of March Madness
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    henry

    Jeremy McCreary, cryptoscatologist.
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    Unhappy with Velotric Fold 1

    I think @harryS take is pretty much spot on. Velotric says the battery is 608wh. Their stated max range of 55 miles would be about 11 wh/mi which is not unreasonable with the rider contributing a decent amount. The OP said he was at 2 bars at the end of his ride and if we assume that is out...
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    Specialized Turbo Vado SL: An Incredible E-Bike (User Club)

    The weather forecast here in Seattle a week or so ago was 'partly dry'. Oh, and for the record been rhymes with the number ten and not the metal tin. Though most Americans pronounce it the other way...
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Great race! This might be the best version of Pidcock I've seen. He's much better as a one day racer than a GC almost-contender. Impressive ride by Wout - having to wait for a new bike at the crash and still working his 31 year old self back into almost contention. He said in an...
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    Bike RADAR - for other bikes

    I'm not sure that your GPS would have the programming to display the alerts regardless of whether it can pair via ANT+. Another option would be to pair with the phone in your pocket and send audible alerts/all clear to a bone conduction or open ear earbud. Lezyne also has a radar system with a...
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    2026 - Our Rides in Words, Photos, Maps and Videos

    It's too bad you aren't qualified to ride in the rally 😉 Rule III.8a (RIDE100 and eRIDE100: In the eRIDE100 category, all riders must LOVE BOSCH in order to be eligible to participate.
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    Watching the peloton - Professional Road Racing thread 2026

    Woke up early at 5am so watched the last stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. It was supposed to be a sprinter's stage and del Toro pretty much had the GC locked up, so it should have been just a boring stage. Far from it, lots of action and oddities! - MvDP got bored and went off the front causing...
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    henry

    Oscar the Squatch
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    Gazelle Ultimate C380 Plus Front Axle size

    Court always included specs in his EBR reviews from that time period. 15mm thru axle. Stomp described removing it pretty well - sometimes it binds and you have to push it back in then try again. When it does come out you'll wonder why it seemed difficult in the first place.
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    Rad has new owner

    More details here, where they correctly refer to it as US assembly rather than manufacturing. The new process should save on tariffs, offsetting the higher labor costs, but more importantly it essentially allows them to pay as they sell product instead of paying tariffs up front on stuff that...
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    henry

    This squatch has horns? Or he's a Vulcan squatch?
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