The Classics period in pro cycling culminates with Paris-Roubaix, one of the five cycling moments, and arguably the toughest one-day race of all, with its numerous sections of rough cobblestone passages.
Paris-Roubaix mixes asphalt roads and savage sections of ancient cobbled road, which test a road bike greatly. Paris-Roubaix has always been demanding for bikes, and teams have tried all sorts of things over the years to help riders deal with the race’s pavé.
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As Bahrain-Victorious mechanic, Žarko Poštić, told us when we spoke to mechanics at the 2024 edition of the race:
The technological arms race
Cycling has always been a display of impressive leg power, but that doesn’t stop the arms race (see what we did there?) from being important. Since the earliest days of the race, riders and teams have been searching for a mechanical advantage over their rivals.
In times when the bike’s ability to survive the race wasn’t necessarily a given, the technological advancement was primarily about increasing the likelihood of making it to the finish. For almost the first 100 years of the race, riders and teams…
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