contents BIKE TECH 04-27
ROAD RACING 84-93
GRAND TOURS 28-41
DOPING 94-99
THE CLASSICS 42-51
SPORTIVES 100-109
KINGS OF THE ROAD 52-61
CLASSIC CLIMBS 110-117
TACTICS 62-71
FIT CLUB 118-127
TRACK CYCLING 72-83
CREDITS 128
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BIKE TECH
SOPHISTICATED CARBON WHEELS HAVE A TOROIDAL PROFILE
STEEL
4
WOOD
CA RB
LS
A I RIM MATER
FULL DISC
ON
MORE STABLE IN CROSSWINDS
FIBR E
TOROIDAL RIMS
TYPICAL DIAMETER
700c
BICYCLE WHEELS
M ALUMINIU
S H T P E RIM D
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TEND TO USE FULL REAR DISC WHEEL
SPRINTERS
LAC ING
E.G. MARK CAVENDISH
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PATTERN
IBRE CARBON/ F N O
BRAKING TRACK IS CARBON
82MM ZIPP 808 CHAMPS ELYSEES
RIM
SPOKE QUANTITY
MIN ALU UM
TIME TRIALISTS
E.G.
FULLCARB
SPOKES
E.G.
SPOKES
NIPPLES
BRAKING TRACK IS ALUMINIUM
HUB
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BIKE TECH
BICYCLE FRAMES
UBE SEAT T
FRAME MATERIALS
SEA T ST AY
TOP TUBE
CHAINSTAY 6
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TYPICALLY RANGE BETWEEN
BRACKET TO CENTRE OF JUNCTION WITH TOP TUBE
TOP TUBE MEASURED FROM CENTRE OF
JUNCTION WITH SEAT TUBE TO CENTRE OF JUNCTION WITH HEADTUBE
CK STA
K FOR
DO WN TU BE
TUBE HEAD
SEAT TUBE MEASURED FROM CENTRE OF BOTTOM
& REACH
AN INCREASINGLY POPULAR METHOD OF MEASURING ROAD BIKES 7
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BIKE TECH
CARBON FRAME CONSTRUCTION RESIN TRANSFER MOULDING (RTM) PROCESS
CARBON SOCKS
CARBON ‘SOCKS’ PULLED ONTO WAX TUBE BY HAND SACRIFICIAL WAX PLUG MOULD
CARBON SPUN ON LOOMS
AND WOVEN INTO ‘SOCKS’
FRAMES ARE SPRAY PAINTED BY HAND
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RESIN INJECTION
WAX TUBES & ‘SOCKS’ PLACED INSIDE AN ALUMINIUM MOULD
WAX RECOVERY TOP SECRET PROCESS
INJECTED WITH RESIN AND HEATED
ROBOTS USED TO TEST STRENGTH STRESS TESTING
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BIKE TECH
DRIVETRAIN COMPONENTS EEL
C
JOCKEY WH
ETTE S S A
CONT R
OUNTED
INVENT
M
EL
KEY WHE JOC
TULIO CAMPAGNOLO
TYPICALLY CONTAINED IN THE SAME UNIT AS THE BRAKE LEVER
MOVEMENT CONTROL BY T RO ELEC NIC
GUIDES THE CHAIN UP AND DOWN THE CASSETTE
SHIFTERS
MICROCHIP/ ELECTRIC MOTOR
MECHANICAL
REAR DERAILLEUR
NDLEBAR
THE HA ON
S
ED B OLL Y
Y ED B
CABLE TENSION FROM LEVER
MECHANICAL SHIFTERS CONTAIN A
RATCHET MECHANISM
WHICH PULLS A STEEL CABLE IN DEFINED INCREMENTS ‘INDEXED SHIFTING’
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S
CRANK ARMS CONSTRUCTED FROM ALUMINIUM OR CARBON FIBRE
RM KA
N
TH
CR
CAL
I TYP
G LEN
RA FC
O
AN K
TY PIC ALL YT WO CHA INRI NGS O N A RACING BIKE
SET
ARE DESIGNED TO ELIMINATE ‘DEAD SPOT’ IN PEDAL STROKE
SIDE PLATES
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MICROCHIP/ ELECTRIC MOTOR
CONT R ED B OLL Y
PINS
MOVEMENT CONTROL BY T RO ELEC NIC
ROLLERS
THE STEEL CAGE GUIDES THE CHAIN ACROSS BOTH CHAINRINGS IN BOTH DIRECTIONS
MECHANICAL
CHAIN
THE CHAIN TRANSMITS THE FORCE FROM THE CRANK TO THE REAR CASSETTE AND IS MADE UP OF ‘LINKS’ COMPRISED OF:
FRONT DERAILLEUR
CABLE TENSION FROM LEVER 11
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