Round Three of Jay Prasuhn's 2008 Tour de France Photos
Written by: Jay Prasuhn
Date: Sat Jul 05 2008
Jay checks in with even more photos from behind the ropes at the 2008 Tour de France. Snapshots of Ridley's new Noah road bike, which looks to challenge Cervelo's Soloist and Felt's new AR1 in the aero-road bike category, along with more of the latest from this year's tour.
Cannondale Slice frames sitting ready in the Liquigas team truck.
The new graphics of FSA's K-Force Light on Frank Schleck's Cervelo Soloist Carbon-SL.
Ridley's new Noah features the Oval Designs cooperative R-Flow slotted seatstays and fork.
Popovitch's Ridley Noah joins the Cervelo Soloist Carbon and the Felt AR1 in the growing aero road bike category.
Ridley says its new Dean offers up to 79 degrees of effective seat angle, as well as hidden brakes and R-Flow stays.
The clean frontal profile of the Ridley Dean.
Shimano mechanics work with Rabobank's Colnago time trial bikes, a design cooperative (as marked on the chainstays) with Giant bicycles.
Cannondale Slice frames sitting ready in the Liquigas team truck.
The new graphics of FSA's K-Force Light on Frank Schleck's Cervelo Soloist Carbon-SL.
Ridley's new Noah features the Oval Designs cooperative R-Flow slotted seatstays and fork.
Popovitch's Ridley Noah joins the Cervelo Soloist Carbon and the Felt AR1 in the growing aero road bike category.
Ridley says its new Dean offers up to 79 degrees of effective seat angle, as well as hidden brakes and R-Flow stays.
The clean frontal profile of the Ridley Dean.
Shimano mechanics work with Rabobank's Colnago time trial bikes, a design cooperative (as marked on the chainstays) with Giant bicycles.
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Comments
foiling the air
Reviewed by: Paul Miller, Jul 19 2008 5:14PM
Surely the UCI rules compliance officers must be going nuts over some of the newest airfoiling innovations. Some of Jay's secret pics look like airfoil add-ons. Perhaps UCI has no say this year given their diminished role. I keep waiting to see new designs on the bigger target for windflow...the rider. Why stop at helmets? Let's get some wing-shaped torso designs out of these skinsuits. How about aero calves and chests!
Oval/Ridley
Reviewed by: Stephen, Jul 7 2008 8:34AM
Interesting that with all the "slotted" technology that Oval is incorporating with their fork and now the chain-stay on the Ridley that they are not specing their TT rigs with the slotted 921/jetstream aerobar...Is the standard 901 base bar still the fastest choice and faster than the newer slotted bars?
