Tadej Pogacar a effectué une sortie de 213km ce mercredi où il a pris le meilleur temps (KOM) sur Strava dans 3 secteurs de #ParisRoubaix, dont celui de Mons-en-Pévèle. Il a signé aussi le 2e temps dans le Carrefour de l'Arbre. Il est passé aussi par le Vieux Quaremont. pic.twitter.com/FaeTBIypLf
— Le Gruppetto (@LeGruppetto) April 2, 2025
Most of us really overlook the reality of what happens physically when a bike tire goes over cobbles, we are too focused on experience, feeling and intuition to actually look at what should be a microscopic slow-motion analysis. I think it would help many to better imagine what is happening by comparing the situation to differing boat types advancing on wavy waters. You start with typical boats and play around with wave height and amplitude and then you progress onto more advanced designs, motorboats, catamarans, hovercraft, jetskis, gliders on different types of waves. Nce you can eliminate most of the wave and just skim the tops, the wave topography reduces to something minimal, this is the grail of bike design for cobbles, tough because no cobbled sector has exactly the same pattern. Does anyone know if wheel size is UCI regulated or is there a margin?