I live in Boulder and know every road of this insanely painful route, so my question is why are so many people using road bikes?? If this were a shorter ride I might see the justification for the extra speed of a road bike, but for something 107 miles and 8ish hours I'd want the comfort of a CX bike with 28-32c tires. Plus, Switzerland and descending Sunshine and Logan Mill are already pretty gnarly even on a CX bike.
Soul riding. Ah yes, you just need to take out a 2nd mortgage to afford the Rapha jersey, bibs, socks, and mitts. Oh, and then ask someone else to lend you the money for a base layer. In a market of highly priced items, Rapha takes the cake for jacking up prices. At least Assos has been at it for YEARS and let's their product, and their mannequin man, speak for themselves.
real cool looking ride, when can we get something like this in the UK???
This is the last best video actually from the great studio
The crank situation is a bummer.
2:40 i don't remember the title of that song its bothering me!!
Great clip! How do I get my group of gents in on next year's RGR?
Haha. Boulder - the land of the beautiful people. And Rapha - exclusive clothes most of us will never wear. I enjoy these videos though.
that's BB30 for you
"one and a half mile ridiculous climb on dirt to make sure that if they weren't dead they now are"
Good vid, captures the spirit.
Wow, the music is really boring
James Huang at 2:52. Woohoo!
No, that's Allen Lim.
I live in Boulder and know every road of this insanely painful route, so my question is why are so many people using road bikes?? If this were a shorter ride I might see the justification for the extra speed of a road bike, but for something 107 miles and 8ish hours I'd want the comfort of a CX bike with 28-32c tires. Plus, Switzerland and descending Sunshine and Logan Mill are already pretty gnarly even on a CX bike.
Please add me to population there I'm coming this summer
BoxCarBoy12 It's Rapha...where form always trumps function.
Agreed. I found Lickskillet unridable on a road bike, even with a 28 cassette.
Soul riding. Ah yes, you just need to take out a 2nd mortgage to afford the Rapha jersey, bibs, socks, and mitts. Oh, and then ask someone else to lend you the money for a base layer. In a market of highly priced items, Rapha takes the cake for jacking up prices. At least Assos has been at it for YEARS and let's their product, and their mannequin man, speak for themselves.
Allez Rouleur hashtag priorities
Usual pretentious Rapha-heads.