The dialog, or education, that you missed indicated that the trick is, you can't spend much time out
of the saddle 'cuz you can't control the bike on the steep cobbles unless you're seated and planting
your bike to the road. I've always heard that the trick to riding cobbles or any really rough
surface is to keep your butt in the saddle and roll a big gear. I guess this goes for the cobbled
climbs, too -- though it seems I saw a few folks out of the saddle in the Flanders coverage today.
Musseuw and Van Petegem are both noted for their ample "cottages of wattage" (Liggettism). That
attribute might seem to be a natural by-product of the sort of riding described above -- at which
they both excel!
I'm only telling you what I heard the talking heads say on this and other occasions. I certainly
have no personal experience on the pave.
Bob C.
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> Dave wrote:
> > (west coast 4 p.m. to 5 pm.)
>
> Though I usually hate such Usenet TV alerts, because they're nearly always ridiculously late and
> therefore nothing but wasted bandwidth, I actually caught this one and am watching it now, just in
> the middle of the Koppenberg. So thanks.
>
> That Koppenberg... I've seen the Graham Watson poster, and am seeing on TV that it's 22% for a
> bit. I've done a few mtb trails like that.
>
> What's the climb like? Is the kicker right in the middle of a steep stretch that zaps your power,
> or is it possible to pseudo-sprint up it? I can't tell by watching the racers because there are
> always attacks designed to kill strength going on and "everyone's" in oxygen debt at such places.
> It looks like I've joined the coverage too late for the education, and a quick google didn't bring
> up any profiles or descriptions besides GW's photos, so TIA.
>
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