The biggest single day cycling race is tomorrow: Paris-Roubaix. Isn’t it a little odd that it’s a bigger race that the World Championships? For those who have never heard about the race it’s a brutal (over 30 miles of riding on cobble stones spread throughout the race) and long single day race (over 150 miles). It’s also one of the very few races that teams make dramatic changes in equiptment for (to deal with the cobbles): smoother riding frames, double wrapping bars, wider tires, and less pressure in those tires to name. As a result it’s always interesting to see what the pro’s will be riding. Tom Boonen is clearly the race favorite after winning the Tour of Flanders (probably the 2nd biggest single day race of the year) last weekend. Boonen will be riding a new Specialized Roubaix, likely to be called the S-work Roubaix SL4.
Specialized has definitely made some changes from the previous SL3 version, it’ll certainly be interesting to see how the changes perform. I was really excited to see that Boonen had his fit re-done this year by Scott Holz and made some fairly substantial changes as a result (which given Boonen’s results clearly have worked pretty well this year). Scott Holz is an awesome guy, really down to earth and nice, and was the instructor for the two Specialized BG Fit courses that I’ve take (the basic course and the master’s course). I’m sure that if I’m able to go see him again for some training that he’ll have some interesting stories, it’s always very interesting to hear what the pro’s and managers are like and how they react to the fit process. It is also SUPER cool to know that I’ve learned from one of the best and that the BG Fit process we use at BikeSource is the same process that some of the best pro’s in the world are using to getting fit to their bikes.
See a lot more pictures and comments of Paris-Roubaix bikes.
Specialized has definitely made some changes from the previous SL3 version, it’ll certainly be interesting to see how the changes perform. I was really excited to see that Boonen had his fit re-done this year by Scott Holz and made some fairly substantial changes as a result (which given Boonen’s results clearly have worked pretty well this year). Scott Holz is an awesome guy, really down to earth and nice, and was the instructor for the two Specialized BG Fit courses that I’ve take (the basic course and the master’s course). I’m sure that if I’m able to go see him again for some training that he’ll have some interesting stories, it’s always very interesting to hear what the pro’s and managers are like and how they react to the fit process. It is also SUPER cool to know that I’ve learned from one of the best and that the BG Fit process we use at BikeSource is the same process that some of the best pro’s in the world are using to getting fit to their bikes.
See a lot more pictures and comments of Paris-Roubaix bikes.
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