It may be a humble clothes horse, but this top Irish rider has found a brilliant use for it. His approach, though unconventional, offers an effective solution to an age-old cycling problem.
He may be an international rider jetting all over the world to race and train, but Felix English can’t escape the every problems.
When he applies glue to the wheels of his race wheels he faces the old age problem of keeping the surface clean before he puts his tubs on.
You need to wait for that vital moment when the glue is just right before applying the tyre.
And Felix English has just found a brilliant new way to do that.
He’s used his clothes rack, usually used for drying clothing.
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It seems almost made for the job; the rims fitting neatly between the wire bars on which garments hang.
Yet the skewers rest nicely on the wire bars, creating a perfect perch for the wheels.
It’s a nice bit if improvisation and a simple, yet effective, solution to an age old problem.
English is already a UCI World Cup winner, having claimed gold in the Madison with Mark Downey in Los Angeles in February.
They had take Madison silver in the Cali round of the World Cup the previous weekend.
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