Log in

View Full Version : How to ride a road bike.

Jay_
10th October 2012, 12:47
Martyn Ashton - Road Bike Party - YouTube

All the poncey road riders should take a look at this...
dolby20
10th October 2012, 13:01
Epic! Sand bunker backflip! :O
Jay_
10th October 2012, 13:56
I vote he is clipped to his pedals next time, but yeah that bunker flip is insane!
KamRacing
10th October 2012, 14:11
Cyclocross bikes are much stronger than your average road bike. Much thicker tyres to cope with that abuse...
welshpug
10th October 2012, 15:53
yup, but that's not a CX bike, its a full on TDF bike :D
Viper
11th October 2012, 22:48
Cyclocross bikes are much stronger than your average road bike. Much thicker tyres to cope with that abuse...

Good job that's not a Cyclocross bike then ;)
KamRacing
12th October 2012, 09:02
ok lol. Not sure I would want to do that on a bike that expensive then.. Surely he's not running 23mm tyres and high psi? If he is then I'll throw my bike a bit more. I guess most of my tyre punctures are at high speed though
Jay_
12th October 2012, 11:50
ok lol. Not sure I would want to do that on a bike that expensive then.. Surely he's not running 23mm tyres and high psi? If he is then I'll throw my bike a bit more. I guess most of my tyre punctures are at high speed though

Video description from Ashton Bikes
Martyn Ashton takes the £10k carbon road bike used by Team Sky's Bradley Wiggins & Mark Cavendish for a ride with a difference. With a plan to push the limits of road biking as far as his lycra legs would dare, Martyn looked to get his ultimate ride out of the awesome Pinarello Dogma 2. This bike won the 2012 Tour de France - surely it deserves a Road Bike Party!
OllieVigar
12th October 2012, 12:04
Yooo that is like down the road from me! Kings skate park my local and all around the new Forrest and Brockenhurst/Lindhurst near my college.

Fair play to him, if i done that ide probs fold those wheels!
Jay_
12th October 2012, 12:08
Yeah goes past Temple Meads in bristol too. Pretty cool.
Viper
12th October 2012, 13:00
ok lol. Not sure I would want to do that on a bike that expensive then.. Surely he's not running 23mm tyres and high psi? If he is then I'll throw my bike a bit more. I guess most of my tyre punctures are at high speed though

I wouldn't be worried about punctures really. You would only get them from pinch punctures if you're running low pressure or through a sharp object.

I would be more worried about the wheels.