Looking to the past with Team Radioshack mechanic Julien Devriese

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  Team Radioshack head mechanic Julien Devriese discusses Paris-Roubaixs past and present.

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  Muddy conditions will see the team on these special Hutchinson tubulars with their far more aggressive - albeit slower-rolling - tread pattern.

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  So what does Devriese really think of RockShox's old Paris-Roubaix fork?

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  Not surprisingly, Team Radioshack's Trek Madone 6 Series embodies exactly what Devriese thinks is the ideal formula for Paris-Roubaix. But as Lance Armstrong says, it's not (only) about the bike.

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  Devriese reckons the best bike for Paris-Roubaix is a standard road machine but slightly modified with greater tire clearances front and rear to accommodate high-volume tubulars - on box-section rims, of course.

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  These pressure gauges have followed Devriese from team to team and according to him, still work perfectly.

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  Team Radioshack's Bontrager wheels use box-section alloy tubular rims, double-butted J-bend spokes with brass nipples, and DT Swiss 240s hubs.

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  If conditions are dry, Team Radioshack will use these 26mm-wide Hutchinson tubulars.

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