20130423 AQ報報

1. 春季古典賽結束了，在多日賽季開始之前，讓我們看一下各隊的勝場統計｜inrng

WorldTour Team


1.1.1. Rabobank 抽手的確是讓Blanco 們更渴望贏，以獲得贊助
1.1.2. Vacansoleil-DCM 一勝難求的窘境也讓他們面臨贊助商不玩的未來
1.1.3. BMC 身為豪門，只拿4 勝...連旁觀者都覺得丟臉
1.1.4. Saxo-Tinkoff 還好有Contador，不然...
1.1.5. FDJ 的11 勝是哪11 勝？
1.1.6. OPQS 陣容堅強又有企圖心，要超越不容易
1.1.7. SKY 暖好機囉
1.1.8. 自1918 年一無所得後，近一個世紀比利時總是能在春季古典賽佔有一席之地，沒想到2013 又再度發生悲劇...這對比利時這個自行車競賽風氣鼎盛的強國真是莫大的打擊呀


Pro Continental Team


1.2.1. MTN-Qhubeka 只有4 場勝利，而Milan-Sanremo 2013，無價！



2. 多日賽季即將開始，Tour de Romandie 2013 剖析｜inrng



其實Romandie 是指綠色的那一塊法語區


Prologue, Tuesday 23 April


Stage 1, Wednesday 24 April


Stage 2, Thursday 25 April...BMC 車隊沒拿下這一站，就等著回去砍頭吧


Stage 3, Friday 26 Apri


Stage 4, Saturday 27 April...The Queen Stage


Stage 5, Sunday 28 April


這比賽可說是BMC ＆ IAM Cycling 的主場

但究竟是哪隻車隊會表態，要稱霸接下來的多日賽呢？



3. 核心肌群鍛鍊不能停



請自行參考



以下跟車有關

4. ZIPP FIRECREST 202 CLINCHER REVIEW

1375g (202 tubulars 1115g)



下面兩段評論是最吸引我的
4.1. Sapim straight-pull spokes are used throughout, 18 spokes up front (laced radially) and 24 spokes out back (drive side, radial; non-drive side, 1-cross). External alloy nipples take care of tensioning the spokes. Interestingly, Zipp spent some R&D dollars to engineer a titanium washer for the nipples to reduce the risk of galvanic corrosion that can occur when alloy comes into contact with carbon. A simpler solution would have been brass nipples, however the extra weight of the brass would have been considered a massive faux pas for a performance wheelmaker, so Josh and his team engineered the washers.--就說用銅華司就好了

4.2. Zipp has data demonstrating the Firecrest shape reduces the aerodynamic drag of the 202 clinchers when compared to a standard box section rim but I didn’t notice any savings in effort compared to my regular aluminium clinchers (24 spoke HED Belgium rims). Two weeks later, I swapped the 202s for a set of Mavic R-Sys SLR wheels which, at a claimed 1295g, actually weigh less than the Firecrest 202 clinchers. They also lack any consideration for aerodynamic performance, and indeed, the guys at Roues Artisanales found that an early iteration of Mavic’s R-Sys platform was one of the least aerodynamic wheelsets on the market. The contrast was startling.

I spent two hours on the Mavic wheels and I felt like I was riding through mud the whole time, but I wasn’t convinced it had anything to do with the wheels until I swapped back to the 202s and headed out for a few more kilometers. The difference in effort was remarkable, it was as if I had shifted from the big ring to the small, and I had found a new appreciation for the Firecrest 202s. Indeed, in those first few moments, I was prepared to pay $3000 to keep them on my bike.--MAVIC R-SYS 是舊設計，沒錯！


這輪組只有兩個缺點：1. 太貴(3299 鎂)，2. 高階鋁輪組其實表現差不多...XD