Recent content by Rás Cnoic

Spectacular report. Very enjoyable read. Love Italy they do things right. And love your description of the staff and ambition etc. I think it's great to have the giants of Italian road racing Pinarello & Colnago still at the top of their game.

Just a flying visit while travelling. Thoughts Tormalet sucked the air out. It's fun seeing the Lipowitz Remco civil war. Very funny. Expect Suspect in the alps Lipo will drop Remco and maybe grab that third spot again and wouldn't be surprised if he seeks a new team then. Lovely to see big...

Shots fired! Guess UAE could have done with that training session on the motorsport track. Ineos/Net company had high hopes but punctures took out Vauquelin. With Onley out, this was a stage they would have been confident about. Visma mean business. Travelling today, hopping over to Galway...

As ever, a great run down of the hopefuls from the outstanding Inner Ring (INRNG.), for the TOUR DE FRANCE STARTING TODAY! I know footie has eclipsed everything but IT'S HERE YEEEEEEEAAAAAAHHH! INRNG isthe best, most knowledgable road racing blog, such a joy to read, no fuss no ads, and the...

I mean if they aren't broken, keep going. Or ask your LBS to check the hubs bearings etc and check spokes. You can check the rims for cracks as well. My wheels are older and still going strong (so far)

Auto has never really caught on over here. I've never driven an automatic. And with the steep twisting lanes around here, lots of clutch control!

yep a lot depends on how robust these systems prove to be.

very funny tyre cover! 😂

I think its horses for courses. In that there is a strong case for many types of bikes. Unfortunately I personally can't buy them all, and that's a bitter pill to swallow. But there are many out there I would love to test ride. I guess that's an advantage to living in a big city or near by one...

In other news Ireland beat world champions India in T20 cricket last night. For context about 15,000 (men) play cricket in clubs in Ireland, about 10 million men play cricket in clubs in India. And I'm astonished we have 15,000 playing cricket, I thought it was more likely to be around 120 and a...

I missed this bike (due to EMTB blanket coverage of Avinox/Goboa) this is a new urban ebike with the Goboa eCVT system at Eurobike. It reminds me of the Vanmoof when it arrived with that enclosed chainguard rather than a belt drive. Not sure why no belt? Anyway, this has an interesting...

Interesting thoughts about eCVTs online right now. So Decathlon had to recall all three models with Owaru drives last December (25) due to a software issue that caused backwards ghost pedaling. Something to do with the dual motors not syncing properly. They acted promptly and a free firmware...

A local bike mechanic friend had a Vado SL 5 in his workshop when I visited today. Bike had just had a full motor overhaul, sent off to one of the E Bike motor repair shops. £350 or so I think he said, not bad at all for more years of reliable riding. Anyway first time I got to pick one up and...

I posted about that Decathlon/Owuru motor on here at the time, but I didn't take in that it was a CVT motor or what that meant, just assumed it was a slightly different take on a mechanical gearbox with cogs etc. I saw an Italian rider review at the time on the 920 commuter bike, cycling in the...

Here's a look at the Intradrive motor at Eurobike and a chat with Ed (the owner?) I put this clip in the Eurobike tread as well: