Posted By Orange Crush on 10/05/2021 09:26 AM
So Colbrelli says he flatted twice in Roubaix, once near very beginning of race, but tubeless sealant worked perfectly. Never needed to change. Interesting.
Don’t believe the DQS setup held up nearly as well.
I saw that D-QS was going full disk/tubeless before the race and thought that just didn't sound smart. A new technology for them, P-R is virtually dead flat, punctures are a fact of life in that race and there probably isn't a team out there with more experience with and better access to sewups and wheels. Also that I'm hopelessly old-school and probably need to wake up.
Race happens and and other teams do very well with the new stuff (well except for the guy who used a size 45 brake shoe) but D-QS? They needed those sewup! (Moscon might have benefited also. I'd rather a world class silk sewup pumped a little too hard over any beaded tire and rim equally too hard. And had he rim brakes, he could have kept his bike and only need to watch one tire. Thankfully, that didn't happen!)
I see we have a thread on Sidi brake shoes. Gonna open that next.
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