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The 2020 Tour de France treats us as early as some weird moments. And for some riders involved in those big successes, the fireworks have led to some very impressive bowling: Elaphilip’s $ 120,000 Richard Mille watch, and Christophe’s $ 5,900 diamond-studded Sky Earring sunglasses. This is definitely not the first time the ride has donated expensive luxuries, but the spirit tugs on this particular fabulous makeup is so amazing. Does the tour need more flash and flare?
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It seems somewhat surprising that the traditionally ren game now plays the role of host for sunglasses that cost more than my truck and a price tag with a watch that looks like a pretty dark good paycheck. As fans we often indulge in photos of terrier riders with ool jerseys, tubular tires, wrapped around their shoulders, and cigarettes swinging from their mouths. The image of Aleph, donating a clock that can be found in a nice building in the suburbs (maybe somewhere in the Midwest), directly resists that romantic image of simplicity. Got bowling blingier.
Of course, perhaps in 2020 we should expect and possibly welcome such a vague flair. Cycling has been suppressing parasitism. A little boring and flare helps to eliminate the feeling of inertia and stuffiness. Riders will show little personality and in the name of celebration flex some ornate muscles and even get bullied. It builds for some extra, subtle, dimensions and entertainment in racing.
And maybe we forget, almost every rider now rides a bicycle that costs more than 10,000. Times have changed, technology has changed; Of course prices will change with it. Bicycle racing is no doubt a somewhat excluded sport, boxing a significant swathing of the population by building superbikes with price tugs for matching. It is important to remember how much research and development goes into making such a bike, which is intended for the top segments of the sport. Riders are taking F1 cars to races, not Ford escorts.
However, while the prices of bicycles themselves can be justified to a degree, diamond-encrusted sunglasses and six-digit watches only exist to send a status message: I’m the best, and you won’t forget it. That notion has long existed in Peloton (Mr. Sipolini looking at you), usually in the form of custom shoes or other gear; But in 2020, between a sea of teams with custom yellow helmets, custom yellow bar tapes, custom this and that, it’s no longer enough to choose a color scheme to stand out. Both Alaflip and Christoph are making statements here.
Whether such statements need to be cycled beyond what a bike rider does.
Elaflip’s watch adds nothing useful to its gear arsenal. The watch itself is analog, featuring no useful athletic measuring instruments such as a heartbeat, and in general, looks like a fancy-pants timepiece made with expensive components such as titanium cog. This watch is not about to work anyway.
Christoph didn’t even seem to be wearing his diamond-encrusted glasses while running, as he would do in the world. After the podium ceremony, it seems that in case the glasses came back who knows what the purpose is: charity? Posterity on the bookshelf of Christofna? Sunglasses, while an important part of gear, are definitely pushed to the side of the road, in certain racing situations. Diamonds again don’t add anything impressive to Christophe’s arsenal. That’s all there is to show.
Maybe it needs something cycling: show a little more, especially in an epidemic year, in which fans are eager to discuss fireworks, flares, drama and finally something on the internet.
So let’s do that! What do you think? Is it a good thing that the riders are bringing in a little bit of a pilot and showing their position as elite? Or is this attitude rude that just makes Peloton elite and excluded, which makes fans hang out? Let me know by email, Twitter, Or Instagram.
