After reading this I am sure we will see some Santa Cruz V10s on the start line of the Tour tomorrow. 
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The slow trickle of clever PPPs (pithy power proverbs) should have their smug, irksome power taken out of them by someone just dumping them all out at once for everyone to see on the floor.
Sort of like this; scroll down a little:
That’s nice, but All Roads Lead to Rome.
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Gutted to see how much yellow Hindley has on his bike and kit today 
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The dudes at the pub did agree with my KOM.
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I’m having trouble getting a good look at him because he is surrounded by his teammates in green jerseys that look like the green jersey 
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I love the dudes at the pub. Ever tried to explain road racing to a bunch of random yet oddly earnest drunk guys? It’s way more fun than talking to actual cyclists.
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This is a good name for a bike team…
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There’s a club in my area with a name like “Thursday Night Bike Riding Beer Drinking Club”.
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Heres my unpopular opinion.
I’ll probably get dragged for this, but I reckon a popular guest on the podcast who is insanely dominant at US gravel and MTB is probably doping to some extent, maybe not in competition but in training.
His results are one thing but his response on episode 412 about doping in the pro peloton felt a bit off to me.
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Some national champ jerseys in the TdF peloton go overboard to the extent where they are basically wearing totally different kit to their teammates, except for a couple of sponsor logos.
They should rein that in. What’s wrong with a few rings on the arm like a previous world champ?
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And another thing: Tan sidewalls look crap. Always. This isn’t 1970.
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And also only allow them on actual mountains.
And Strava should remove the 95% of them that are basically just 50 metres long and like “up a slight rise around a corner into my driveway”
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You can just hide those. 
Maybe unpopular to hear and not directed at you, but no one fucking cares about your KOM. Your the king of nothing unless you won a race.
I have one dude in my feed that makes segments after he completes rides. Strava will then initially give him the KOM and update the segment list chronologically afterwards. Often time he’s not even in the top ten anymore and the segments have like 56 riders but he will have the crown on his activity. It’s so ridiculous and sad I can’t take short segments <5min serious anymore
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Pogacar’s extraterrestrial performances in all possible terrains make me less uneasy than his supposedly adorable personality.
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Your mistake is taking them seriously in the first place.
K/QOM = Kinda/Quite Obviously Meaningless
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bigger chainrings make you faster thus a 50/34 is faster than a 48/31
owning a powermeter improves your ftp
don’t ride up grades, buy upgrades
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Buying upgrades makes you more likely to ride up grades
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