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Cav visits my LBS!
Last Post 05/21/2015 12:45 PM by Frederick Jones. 5 Replies.
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longslowdistance
Posts:2881
05/20/2015 08:30 PM
Checking out the World's course, stopped into one of Richmond's best bike shops.
longslowdistance
Posts:2881
05/20/2015 09:05 PM
Another photo from the course.
I read some skepticism from fellow forumites a few months back as to whether the course has cobbles or merely "pavers". Whatever you call them, there are miles of these on each lap.
Orange Crush
Posts:4499
05/20/2015 11:36 PM
Way cool.
That was me with the question but it was technical (terminology) curiosity, not skepticism. I was wondering if Richmond had cobbles ("kasseien; the rounded hard to ride ones) or "klinkers", the flatter pavers. In Belgium and Netherlands we have both. I had a hard time imagining cobbles in North America since it is such archane road building technology what was superceded by the easier to assemble pavers (Gerry Kneteman had that for a job before he became a racer if memory serves)
Anyway Cav had this to say after his red carpet tour; "Those are not challenging, if I'm honest," he said of the Libby Hill cobbles. "The most challenging hill is the [climb on Governors Street]. The cobbles is more about positioning. We're professional bike riders. The juniors might find it hard there but [to] the professionals it's not really anything. It's not like riding on a flat road, obviously. Positioning is probably key, but in terms of technical difficulty, they're not that big a deal.""
longslowdistance
Posts:2881
05/21/2015 07:13 AM
I'll buy that. Just narrow and twisty, but the effect accumulates after 6 hours. The governors hill is very sharp and closer to the finish.
Spud
Posts:525
05/21/2015 09:13 AM
LSD what is the name of the shop, and which one is you in the photo? I have a cousin that just moved to the area, he may want to know where the best shop in town is.
longslowdistance
Posts:2881
05/21/2015 12:45 PM
Carytown Bikes. I'm not in the photo, was not there. The photo is courtesy of the race promotors. I almost stopped in yesterday to pick up a couple of tubes, just by coincidence, that would have been fun.
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