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.. 3/4 bib tights. I think I'm 15% quicker and 175% more stony faced and miserable looking. Brilliant.
For me, it's sitting up, and zipping up your jacket/gilet, then back on the drops...In my head I'm leading the TdF when I do...
Goggles on, shock open, GO!.
...being paid?
As I ride along I grab bottles out of the hands of pedestrians, then obviously throw them away due to health risks.
white bar tape (obvs) - wasn't there a youtube vid doing the rounds years ago on this ?
Peeing at the side of the road.
Best to choose a quiet spot though.
Soft compound tyre on the rear. Screw longevity and cost saving, I want a minuscule handling improvement.
Also having my two bikes having:
same suspension manufacturer
same brake manufacturer
same drivetrain manufacturer
same tyre manufacturer
same tyre manufacturer
Not really, pro would be a black marker to hide what you're actually riding....
Flipping a +35 degree stem and putting all spacers above it. 😮 😆
shitting in my shorts.
Taking lots of drugs
The smooth taste of Marlboro
A flick of the elbow and dropping back down the line after brining the pain at the front of a group.
The general chatter and noise in a fast road bunch. Where everyone is in sync, everyone is working hard but it still seems effortless and the group acts as 1 body. It doesn’t happen often but when it does it’s magnificent.
joat
Peeing at the side of the road.
Best to choose a quiet spot though.
Stopping to pee? Amateur.
Getting pound notes stuffed into yer crusties.
Social media posts of yourself where you've tagged manufacturers of products you use yet have paid for out of your own money.
Lol, like that!
3/4 bib tights
This but arm/knee warmers are faster
Having a beaker of water on the bedside table.
Stopping to pee? Amateur.
My domesiques refuse to push me.
Having your dad on the finish line looking at a stop watch and shaking his head.
My personal pro treat is fitting a new chrome lens at the start of the summer Alps trip.
Lol ^^ 🙂
Must remember not to look at my reflection in shop windows, as seeing the fat gut spoils the effect.
nickc
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For me, it’s sitting up, and zipping up your jacket/gilet, then back on the drops…In my head I’m leading the TdF when I do…
Oooo just like whatsisname, y'know, errr yeah - Froomey. Oh... 😳
Having your name laser etched on grip clamps & seat clamp, and on each bike you own.
molgrips is right. 3/4 bibs bring out my inner Greg van Avermaert. He is a lot slower than the real one.
um, racing against them?
3/4 bibs bring out my
backs of my knees in a nasty chafed rash
Being woken up in the night to exercise and get my heart rate up.
😂
Having a beaker of water on the bedside table.
#penisbeaker ?
From next month all the furloughed people on here will be pro-riders. Makes you think!
Being able to fit back into my Rapha gear after a period where things were a bit tight