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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Portland, OR
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Flanders Grand Prix: August 12-14
Three days of road and track racing in Belgium. Lots of great photos, videos and results here: https://www.facebook.com/flandersgra...ref=ts&fref=ts And now for my usual 125mm comments ![]() 125's were legal for the road race. Bart won the men's 30k road race with a big lead on 125's. Strangely, Felix ended up way back in 8th place on 125's. I think everyone else in the top 10 was on 110's. Sadrine Tas dominated the road race (and almost every women's race) on 3x110+100. Bianca Roosenboom got 2nd place on the road with 125's, but nearly all of the other top women were on 3x110+100 or 4x110. I think even Erin Jackson was on 3x110+100. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Illinois
Posts: 3,126
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Until 125's are allowed in all events and the top skaters train on them all the time, I don't think we will have a clear picture of their capabilities. 125's seem to favor skaters with longer strides and more glide which is the same thing that happened with 110's back in the 2008-2009. In the midwest, the most successful marathon skater so far this year has been an ice skater skating with ice technique on borrowed 125's.
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 193
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I find it interesting that Bart is on the new profile Blue hubs vs new G13's. I have both and like the wide blue hubs better. IMO I hope PS stops making the thin profile.
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Portland, OR
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On the other hand, Felix has many years of experience on 125's, and quite a few lesser known skaters beat him in the road race on 110's (of course anyone can have a bad day). People have been frequently claiming that with current technology and current regulations, it's difficult or impossible to keep up on 110's, and I keep hearing that the guys/gals on 125's are just "walking away" from the others on 110's. I'm just a little bit skeptical about some of these claims. On a completely different note... It's great to see a few race reports, photos and videos in the "speed events" section. I miss the old days of racereports.net. |
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Just trying to keep up
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Schaumburg, Illinois
Posts: 2,008
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Lets not forget that he is also a word class professional athlete. Same with his sister.
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