Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Duke first followed the mountain racing coach Zhu to choose the right mountain racing equipment. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Even if it's training, you have to look decent, practice training as a competition, and you can't just wear a pair of pants and a vest to practice.

In fact, Duke himself has a set of riding equipment, which he bought when he was playing triathlon.

However, the cycling stage in the triathlon, as well as the professional cycling road race, mountain race, and track race, the equipment used in cycling clothes, helmets, and cycling shoes are different.

So Duke had to pick a new set of mountain racing equipment that suited his size.

Director Zhu took Du Ke to the reserve room, where a bunch of bicycle equipment, cycling shirts, cycling pants, one-piece cycling clothes, various helmets, cycling shoes, socks, protective glasses, and gloves were hung and stacked in different categories...... All of them are high-end goods, it is simply a military depot, and the national bicycle team can open a large bicycle riding equipment brand direct store.

"Doucle, go pick out your own training equipment for mountain racing." Director Zhu made a gesture of please, and he didn't make a word of introduction to these bicycle riding equipment, so he let Du Ke see and choose by himself to see if Du Ke really knew how to do it.

Zhu Gui, the coach of the national team, turned into a bicycle equipment sales consultant who did not speak, and Du Ke began to sweep the goods as a customer.

When Duke was in the UK, he chose a set of triathlon riding equipment, including the triathlon car, which he also bought with his own money, and he still has a lot of shopping experience.

One of the first pieces of equipment that Duke locked on was a helmet.

Safety first, no matter which bicycle you are engaged in, a helmet must be worn, otherwise you will not be allowed to participate in the race.

Dozens of helmets of different shapes and colors are stacked in several rows in a corner of the reserve room, and these helmets can be divided into two categories, one is science fiction and the other is urban.

The shape is particularly exaggerated, it looks like a rugby ball with a sharpened tail, and this helmet is science fiction, a bit like a alien head.

The other helmet shape is much more normal, it looks like a literary version of the construction site helmet, which is an urban helmet.

Duke opted for a red-and-white urban helmet, which was a mountain racing helmet.

The helmet with a shaped head is a helmet for road time trials and track races, which is designed to be an exaggerated and streamlined helmet, in addition to protecting the driver's head, it also shoulders a great responsibility to reduce wind resistance, because track and road time trials are the most fanatical about the pursuit of speed.

"From scratch, not bad." Director Zhu suddenly said next to him.

Then Duke went to the cycling apparel section and picked out the clothing.

There are also two categories of cycling clothing series, one is a one-piece cycling suit, and the other is a shirt and pants separate.

Duke opted for a crimson short-sleeved jersey and a pair of black shorts with gold trim, and of course only black shorts were available.

There is a rule in cycling that if you wear a split jersey or pants, the main color of the cycling pants worn by the rider must be black. If we see a driver who has a great car look, but he is wearing a pair of floral trousers, then he must not be professional enough, and he may be pretending.

One-piece jerseys are mostly used in road races and track races, and seamless one-piece jerseys are also designed to minimize wind resistance.

In mountain races, more and more riders choose one-piece cycling clothes, but for training, Duke still chooses split cycling shirts and pants, which are quite tight-fitting and hurt after wearing them for a long time.

Helmets, jerseys, shoes, these are the most important three sets for professional riders.

So the next step is to choose a good pair of shoes, a good pair of mountain cycling shoes, in addition to the sole must be hard enough, there must also be an important condition: the upper is strong and resistant. Waterproof and breathable at the same time, kick on the stone, the foot can not be injured, the injured must be the stone.

In mountain races, most of the riders will get off after some difficult sections, such as wading sections, uphill and downhill steps, super muddy muddy sections, and bumpy stone sections, and push carts even carrying their mountain bikes through these difficult sections, which can be described as a majestic mud pill, so it is important to have a pair of good shoes that are strong and resistant.

The shoes were done, and the socks were of course matched with the shoes, and Duke grabbed a pair of black socks among the many colored socks.

The details of picking socks may seem arbitrary, but they are also exquisite.

Road racers must wear white socks, that's the rule. For mountain races and track races, there are no hard and fast rules on the color of socks.

The big items are all together, and there are still some small accessories left: protective glasses, gloves.

Mountain and road races are held outdoors, so protective eyewear for these two types of cycling needs to be able to filter harmful UV rays.

Other functions of protective glasses include protection against wind, sand and dust, insects from flying into the eyes, water and mud splashing on the eyes, etc.

With the above functions, one of the most important criteria for protective glasses is: the styling is as stylish as possible, designed for the driver to pretend to be a flirtatious girl, and it is best to wear the cold and cruel style of Keanu Reeves in The Matrix.

So Du Ke chose a protective glasses with a stylish shape, the lenses are shiny and shiny, and they can be used as makeup mirrors.

The last accessory is the glove, which is commonly used by road racers for half-finger gloves, which means that the fingers of the glove are cut open to allow the rider's fingers to be exposed.

Mountain bikers use finger gloves, the most familiar kind of gloves, which protect the rider's hands and make the handlebars more secure.

Du Ke came to Director Zhu with a bunch of equipment and said, "Director Zhu, I've got it." ”

Director Zhu smiled: "OK, you are very knowledgeable, you pick all the most expensive high-end goods, just the pair of mountain shoes you picked, I brought back from Germany, there are no more than 20 pairs in the world, and ordinary riders can't buy them with money." ”

"Oh, yes?" Doucle's eyes are indeed poisonous, and he picks up the most high-end equipment to sweep the goods. He is also a sports expert who has been to many countries, but he is not a turtle who has never seen the world.

Any pair of cycling shoes here, no matter how expensive and out of print, is not as rare as Duke's sprint shoes, the sprint shoes designed by Nick for Duke are truly out of print, there are only a few pairs in the world, and Duke is reluctant to wear them when he usually sprints for training, and he will only wear them out during official competitions.

Of course, Duke is not greedy for any small bargains, and chooses the most high-end cycling suit, mainly to make it more comfortable and secure when riding.

In fact, there are few official members of the Chinese men's cycling team, although the people are not prosperous and the level is not high enough, but the logistics support work of the Chinese cycling team is absolutely world-class. (To be continued.) )