Here’s a short video from Mavic (BC’s training wheel of choice) that delivers fabulous perspective on the “Hell of the North,” aka Paris-Roubaix. The race may be over, but the sights, sounds and experience stay with us long after the awards ceremony, flowers and kisses. Yes, Zipp gets to trumpet itself as the wheel that carried Fabian Cancellara to the top step, but the bright yellow service cars — and motos — of Mavic remain central to the race, the country, and the culture.
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