Paris-Roubaix 2025 highlights

[Jeremy McCreary]

Decisive crashes, cruel cobbles, 32-35 mm tires.

35mm Tires, 62t Chainrings, and More Tech of Paris-Roubaix 2025: Part One

Details on the teams opting for a 35mm wide tyre, Josh Tarling's massive 62t chainring, and more from the 2025 Paris Roubaix.

velo.outsideonline.com

 

[Jeremy McCreary]

Are these just road bikes with bigger tires, as Pogi's Colnago might be, or have some teams incorporated other gravel bike features for this multi-surface race? Can't quite tell from 2nd link above.

 

[Rien]

Prachtige wedstrijd met een grote winnaar uit Nederland. Ik heb deze klassieker in 1995 gereden met 28 km gemiddeld per uur in de stromende regen op een racefiets met 24 mm banden.
Toen was ik in de kracht van mijn leven waarbij ik jaren achter elkaar gemiddeld 16000 km per jaar reed.
Nu Carbon frames en Carbon hoge velgen schijfremmen en elektronisch schakelen.
In 1995 reed ik op een gazelle met stalen frame met velgremmen, ik heb ter herinnering een kleine steen .
Dit was uit de oude doos
groet
Rien

 

[JackOlsen]

Decisive crashes, cruel cobbles, 32-35 mm tires.

35mm Tires, 62t Chainrings, and More Tech of Paris-Roubaix 2025: Part One

Details on the teams opting for a 35mm wide tyre, Josh Tarling's massive 62t chainring, and more from the 2025 Paris Roubaix.

velo.outsideonline.com

Drift Boss

It's unbelievable that this terrain can cause such crashes!

 

[stompandgo]

Are these just road bikes with bigger tires, as Pogi's Colnago might be, or have some teams incorporated other gravel bike features for this multi-surface race? Can't quite tell from 2nd link above.

I missed your question back in April, probably because I wasn't here then.

Paris-Roubaix has been around long before gravel bikes. Manufacturers have been making custom bikes for this race for a very long time. What each rider wants is up to them. In general, seat and head tube angles are reduced, top tubes are longer, tires and brakes are larger. Through the years, some riders have tried suspensions, lately elastomeric. Others still ride on tubulars, because they can be ridden at lower pressures without pinch flats, and also can be ridden flat until support can change their wheel. The variety of bike configurations for this race is unique on the calendar.