Find out whether the bikes the pros ride in LeTour de France are the same as ones can buy in the shops cycling
There’s rarely any groupset component on display that you won’t find on high-end bikes in your local bike shop. You might find the odd pro bike sporting a non-sponsor correct power meter, but the electronic shifting provided by the main three groupset manufacturers is so good that we rarely see anyone stray from their sponsor's product.
If a stage is set to end in a particularly fast sprint, or tail-crosswinds are predicted to blow, then the mechanics will be busy swapping out the standard outer ring for one with more teeth. With speeds on the flats approaching 70km/h in places, the pros need these monster gears simply to keep up.Whereas many of the bikes in the local shop will come with cheaper aluminium wheels, you won’t find stock alu wheelsets anywhere near a pro bike these days.
Why? The main reason for sticking with tubs is that if you puncture, you can keep on riding in relative safety until your team car comes up to you, giving you a shorter chase back onto the peloton. A clincher or tubeless tyre isn’t glued onto the rim and once deflated, there isn’t much holding it onto the rim.On a bike that you see in a shop, you’ll always see clincher or tubeless tyres.
A good shop will always adjust the position for you, so you can replicate those super-low racer positions if you want. Just be ready to see a chiropractor when your back goes!Pros' race bikes feature a mount to attach a race number. Honestly, this is less helpful to the viewers and race officials than it is to the mechanics. The rider's race number helps to identify whose bike is whose.
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