There’s a enjoyable college of thought that claims {that a} bike ridden by a quick rider in some way passes on just a little little bit of that velocity as soon as it’s inherited by a brand new proprietor.
Sure, it is wacky, and the possibilities that there is any reality in it are very small. Nonetheless, when you’re in any respect tempted to check the idea, you now have the chance to inherit some critical velocity. Tour de France contender velocity, actually.
An enormous public sale of professional race bikes utilized by a few of the greatest groups within the WorldTour – together with Visma-Lease a Bike, Ineos Grenadiers and Soudal Fast-Step – shall be working from Friday December 6 until Sunday December 22.
Simply in time to provide someone – or certainly your self – the very best Christmas current they’ve ever had.
There are bikes ridden and raced by the game’s greatest names – Jonas Vingegaard, Wout Van Aert, Geraint Thomas and Remco Evenepoel. Or how about Charlotte Kool, Fem van Empel, or Kristin Faulkner?
There’s numerous WorldTour groups represented within the public sale, however not all – when you’re in search of a machine beforehand raced by Tadej Pogačar or Demi Vollering, it seems such as you’re out of luck.
All 87 bikes within the public sale are race-used, together with the very bike that Tom Pidcock rode to victory on this yr’s Amstel Gold Race, and the precise machine that Charlotte Kool rode to 2 stage wins at this yr’s Tour de France Femmes.
The public sale, known as ‘Personal the Journey‘ and curated by sports activities memorabilia public sale platform MatchWornShirt, shall be run in two phases. The present section – already underway and ending on Saturday December 14, options 54 bikes from each female and male riders, all of which have been raced in a number of Grand Excursions.
These embrace Van Aert’s Cervélo R5 highway bike – the present bid being £5,087 ($6,508); and Neilson Powless’s Cannondale SuperSix EVO – presently going for £3,482 ($4,454).
Additionally in there may be Fem van Empel‘s Cervélo S5 at £2,985 ($3,818) and Charlotte Kool’s Scott Foil RC, with £2,157 ($2,760) the present bid.
The second section of the public sale, beginning on Sunday December 15, options bikes from a collection of different races, with bikes previously ridden by Pidcock, Evenepoel and Pauline Ferrand Prevot set to characteristic.
Co-founder of MatchWornShirt Bob Zonderwijk, mentioned: “Biking has a massively engaged group of followers and collectors, so we’re actually blissful to be partnering with the largest groups within the sport to provide followers the prospect to personal their very own piece of biking historical past. And, whereas soccer memorabilia is a mainstay of MatchWornShirt, it’s all the time thrilling for us to department out and cater for followers of different various sports activities.”
