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Oval bars
No, your eyes are not deceiving you; all Oval Concepts sponsored teams ARE riding 26.0mm "standard" sized bars and stems.
My personal (and therefore our company) philosophy is that "Oversized = Fatter, Heavier, Slower". There is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
The Oversized 31.8mm "standard" is a bad Italian fashion developed when the Italians did not have the efficient butting and swedging technology to offer a safe, reasonably priced, 220 gram road bar. Now that everyone has high quality, reasonably price, triple butted alloy bars made in Asia, and good companies make good carbon fibre road bars in 26.0, O/S 31.8 should die - at least for road bikes.
The strange thing is that all our sponsored teams since the company was founded, including Silence-Lotto, Slipstream and even the old Liberty Seguros squad asked for 26.0. We make both sizes as the market right now demands both sizes but I did not ask nor demand that our teams use either size.
Big Magnus Backstedt is not afraid of breaking his Oval 26.0 bars and stems on his TT bike for the Tour or his road bike for Paris-Roubaix. Robbie McEwen demands bars that are super stiff for his incredible power sprints and he loves our R701 classic bend bars in 26.0. I repeat - there is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
Thanks for the eagle eye.
Morgan Nicol
Oval Concepts, Switzerland
Friday, June 13, 2008
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Oval bars
No, your eyes are not deceiving you; all Oval Concepts sponsored teams ARE riding 26.0mm "standard" sized bars and stems.
My personal (and therefore our company) philosophy is that "Oversized = Fatter, Heavier, Slower". There is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
The Oversized 31.8mm "standard" is a bad Italian fashion developed when the Italians did not have the efficient butting and swedging technology to offer a safe, reasonably priced, 220 gram road bar. Now that everyone has high quality, reasonably price, triple butted alloy bars made in Asia, and good companies make good carbon fibre road bars in 26.0, O/S 31.8 should die - at least for road bikes.
The strange thing is that all our sponsored teams since the company was founded, including Silence-Lotto, Slipstream and even the old Liberty Seguros squad asked for 26.0. We make both sizes as the market right now demands both sizes but I did not ask nor demand that our teams use either size.
Big Magnus Backstedt is not afraid of breaking his Oval 26.0 bars and stems on his TT bike for the Tour or his road bike for Paris-Roubaix. Robbie McEwen demands bars that are super stiff for his incredible power sprints and he loves our R701 classic bend bars in 26.0. I repeat - there is no reason to add more weight or frontal area to your road bike and the Pros know it.
Thanks for the eagle eye.
Morgan Nicol
Oval Concepts, Switzerland
Friday, June 13, 2008
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Ne, vaše oči nebudou klamat vás, všechny Oval Concepts sponzorovaných týmů jsou na koni 26,0 mm "standardní" velikosti barů a stonky.
Můj osobní (a tedy naše společnost) filozofií je, že "Nadměrné = Krmit, těžší, Pomalejší". Neexistuje žádný důvod k přidat více hmotnosti nebo čelní plochy na vaše silniční kolo a Klady vím to.
Nadměrné 31,8 mm na "standardní" je špatný italský módní rozvinuté, kdy Italové neměli účinné butting a swedging technologie nabízí bezpečné, cenově, 220 gr silniční pruh. Nyní, když každý má vysokou kvalitu, cenu přiměřeně, třílůžkové butted slitiny tyče z Asie, a dobré společnosti napravit uhlíkových vláken silniční barů v 26,0, O / S 31,8 pomřeli - alespoň pro silniční kola.
Zvláštní věc je, že všechny naše týmy sponzorované proto, že společnost byla založena, včetně Silence-Lotto, Slipstream, a dokonce i staré Liberty Seguros družstvo požádal o 26,0. Děláme obojí, jak je na trhu hned nároky jak velikostí, ale jsem nepožádala ani požadovat, aby naše týmy použít buď velikost.
Big Magnus Backstedt není strach z porušení jeho oválné 26,0 barů a stonky na jeho TT kole na Tour nebo jeho silniční kolo na Paříž-Roubaix. Robbie McEwen nároky tyče, které jsou super tuhý pro jeho neuvěřitelnou sílu sprintů a miluje naše R701 klasické ohybu tyče v 26,0. Opakuji - neexistuje žádný důvod k přidat více hmotnosti nebo čelní plochy na vaše silniční kolo a Klady vím to.
Díky za orlí oko.
Morgan Nicol
Oval Concepts, Švýcarsko
Pátek, 13. června 2008
viem o tom. len som cakal marecejov preklad...
Ale je to v podstate je mi jedno aky rozmer kto ma,je to detail.
no nejdem si robiť zbytočné výdavky, na 14+ kg biku je to asi jedno
Možno sa ozve nejaká cyklistka, že má rada tlustú trubku... Aj s rozumným odôvodnením.