You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
He wasn't on his Pinarello on the news today, but presumably the Team GB Olympic bikes...any idea who makes them?
[img] 
[/img]
No idea who makes it but wtf is going on with the head tube/top tube interface and that stem.
why have I got a bad feeling about this ?
Looks like a set of dodgy alibaba.com carbon forks too
That bike looks really small in that pic.
Is it one of those new Chinarello's?
Looks like all decals are removed. Nothing on the wheels, tyres or crank arms.
i'm glad it's not just me that thinks the bike will break in half at slightest provocation 😯 it does look extremely flimsy those forks/headtube junction too.
any idea where they are staying / training. Would assume somewhere around the road race route somewhere.
Looks like the track bikes. Marginal gains....all road team on them on Sat ???? FUGLY though
and he's using elliptical rings, the fool, does he not know they'll never work and may actually kill him. It's like bio-pace all over again 😯
They're staying in surrey somwhere. I know that's not helpful either, but I was thinking the same thing as you.
Never felt star struck or groupie like before but this whole month has been one for firsts.
where's the photo from ??
he's not even smashing it in the big ring.
You'll be telling me his legs were tired or something.
Brad was in Wigan today taking his son to a rugby camp.
i'm glad it's not just me that thinks the [s]bike[/s] wiggo will break in half at slightest provocation
FTFY
China eBay special
where's the photo from ??
Pinched it from another forum 😀 It is from today though as there was some footage on C4 News of him going for a ride
Looking at pics from this year's track world champs, whoever made the bike Wiggins was on today made them for the track team too (and they didn't do too badly). VERY similar headtube area and seat/chain stay arrangement.
slainte ❓ rob
btw does the UCI weight limit on bikes apply to the Olympics?
ACG ? Built the track bikes for last olympics.
ACG ? Built the track bikes for last olympics.
Where is it's UCI approved sticker?
It's probably a pinarello proto of some sorts. Are the usual minimum weight uci rules in the Olympics?
That looks awful.
If it does the trick on Saturday who cares,? to a pro its just a tool
He wasn't on his Pinarello on the news today, but presumably the Team GB Olympic bikes...any idea who makes them?
Atlas composites perhaps,Tis true ACG did the 2008 bikes but the clever greek fella has moved on,still doing the olympic bikes ,spoke to him last week
They're staying in surrey somwhere. I know that's not helpful either, but I was thinking the same thing as you.Never felt star struck or groupie like before but this whole month has been one for firsts.
That pic was taken in Eccleston I think - I'm going there in the morning funnily enough (not to stalk his family/home btw 🙂 )
nice stealth bike
Its one of those new Deng Fu horse hair/saw dust composite frames I think.
it's a uksport design, fresh out the box for this olympics, you can get em on uksport site too 😉
why have I got a bad feeling about this ?
because you think your ideas of well executed advanced composite construction and bike design are better than the experts ❓
if you have to ask the price.......................
http://www.uksport.gov.uk/pages/cycling/
Presumably they release them just before the competition so that the opposition can't order one, then if anyone else buys one it's always behind the development curve as they'll have something new by the next Olympics?
Ohhhhh, and is no one going to mention the rules? Leggings and short sleeves, standards are slipping!
1" steerer on forks 😯
it's planet x mate, XC team are on Steel 456's too
[i]because you think your ideas of well executed advanced composite construction and bike design are better than the experts[/i]
nope, because I'd rather see them riding the same bikes as Sunday.
Read an article about them just before the last Olympics, all their track bikes are designed in house. I'm assuming it's one of those.
nope, because I'd rather see them riding the same bikes as Sunday.
thanks for making that clear.
nope, because I'd rather see them riding the same bikes as Sunday.
Why? Pinarellos are gopping (IMO), and Italian, hardly right for 'Team GB'. And presumably they can't be paid to ride the Olympics, so they can't be sponsoored by Pinarello either, and they only ride the bikes their paid to ride, if not they may as well make the best they can.
1" steerer on forks
Aero innit? Lots of manufacturers spec 1.1/8 to 1.1/5 steerers on their mid range bikes, then go for 1.1/8 to 1.1/4 on their high end models which still has to cope with fatty jo public. I'd imagine that with better manufactuing processes and a 65kg weight limit they can get away with things Cannondale/Trek/Pinarello can't.
[i]Why? Pinarellos are gopping (IMO), and Italian, hardly right for 'Team GB'. And presumably they can't be paid to ride the Olympics, so they can't be sponsoored by Pinarello either, and they only ride the bikes their paid to ride, if not they may as well make the best they can.[/i]
so they are riding what they are used to and what they have used to smash the opposition in every event they've ridden them in. I know as professional riding it shouldn't make a blind bit of difference what bike they ride, but these Pinarellos have been tuned to a state of perfection for these riders and to change them now IMHO would be a mistake.
maybe you should let them know your fears?
d.brailsford@britishcycling.org.uk
s.sutton@britishcycling.org.uk
so they are riding what they are used to and what they have used to smash the opposition in every event they've ridden them in. I know as professional riding it shouldn't make a blind bit of difference what bike they ride, but these Pinarellos have been tuned to a state of perfection for these riders and to change them now IMHO would be a mistake.
Naaaa, the pinarellos are production bikes built for Jo public then Sky get paid to ride them. They're stock off the shelf models (have to be for UCI regs). They might be prototype tested by Sky but they'll still be contrained by what Pinarello reckon they can sell at a profit.
The UKSport bikes on the other hand are one offs built for the riders. Technicaly they're production bikes to get arround the UCI regs but good luck getting hold of a replica of Wiggins bike before the Olympics. Hence they can use the best available technologies regardless of cost as they don't need to wory about having to sell them to the public.