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Clinchers and inner tubes at Paris-Roubaix?

Clinchers and inner tubes at Paris-Roubaix?

FromNerd Alert Podcast


Clinchers and inner tubes at Paris-Roubaix?

FromNerd Alert Podcast

ratings:
Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Mar 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Team Deceuninck-QuickStep and Bora-Hansgrohe — together with sponsors Roval and Specialized — have been doing a fair bit of experimenting with their wheels and tires over the past couple of years, gradually moving away from traditional tubulars to tube-type clinchers for time trials and tubeless clinchers for road races. In an unusual move, both teams say they’re now wholly committed to clinchers and latex inner tubes for everything — even possibly (but not likely) Paris-Roubaix. To find out more about the surprising decision, James and Dave have a chat with Roval engineering manager Jeff Meyer, as well as three key players from the Deceuninck-QuickStep team: technical director Ricardo Scheidecker, team scientist and coach Koen Pelgrim, and head mechanic Nicolas Coosemans.
Released:
Mar 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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The CyclingTips Nerd Alert Podcast dives deep into the bikes and tech we all love. Road, gravel, mountain bikes, we cover it all. Hosted by James Huang, Dave Rome, and Caley Fretz.