"Hell on Wheels"

alison_b said:

Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

Yeah, my fav bits were;
Starting credits, Ralph pushing out 400+ watts and still talking,
just😉

Erik [censored] that his Av speed was 'only' 42km/h in the TT.

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Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

I'm hooked! I now 'get' the idea of watching a race 🙂

(of course it would have been even better if 3 of us didn't end up
sitting on the floor because some boys up the front wanted to save
seats for their apparently invisible friends 🙄 )

If you get the chance to see the film, go...

IIRC, starts May 19th at a cinema here in Carlton... Looking forward to the
subtitles (my copy of the movie is missing them)... what is with sitting
on the floor? If you have paid money and there is a spare seat, you have
every right to claim it.. (assuming its not allocated etc).. I'd be more
than rolling eyes, I'd be rolling heads..

cheers,
GPL

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alison_b said:

Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

Yeah, my fav bits were;
Starting credits, Ralph pushing out 400+ watts and still talking,
just😉

Erik [censored] that his Av speed was 'only' 42km/h in the TT.

So its already started? oooohh I'm so out of the loop..

cheers,
GPL

alison_b said:

Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

Yeah, my fav bits were;
Starting credits, Ralph pushing out 400+ watts and still talking,
just😉

Erik [censored] that his Av speed was 'only' 42km/h in the TT. Yeah yeah,
he's a pro and that is slow, it just sounded funny from a rec rider
perspective.

GPLama said:

So its already started? oooohh I'm so out of the loop..

cheers,
GPL

Some clubs were given tickets for a pre-screening - my sweetie does that, you know... T**-A****n stuff ... and had some passes. I didn't realise that it hadn't started though (damn, I'll have to wait before sharing my favourite moments :p )

As for the seats, they let in as many people as there were seats - but by the time we realised that the friendless in the front were, indeed, without mates, it had started and didn't seem to warrant disrupting others to get to them.

ali

GPLama said:

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alison_b said:

Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

Yeah, my fav bits were;
Starting credits, Ralph pushing out 400+ watts and still talking,
just😉

Erik [censored] that his Av speed was 'only' 42km/h in the TT.

So its already started? oooohh I'm so out of the loop..

cheers,
GPL

yeah I have a note on my calendar saying it starts on 19May.

DaveB

I know nothing about this film...

Anyone got a brief synopsis. And is this going to only be shown down
south, or may it appear in BrisVegas??

Cheers,
Absent Husband (whose up for anything that involves popcorn and sitting
down for an hour or two...)

Jay Woo said:

alison_b said:

Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

Yeah, my fav bits were;
Starting credits, Ralph pushing out 400+ watts and still talking,
just😉

How long was he putting out 400 for?

You may be interested to know that even an average recreational
cyclist can put out (peak) over 1000w for a short time. A good
sprinter will exceed that by a fair margin though.

Absent Husband said:

I know nothing about this film...

Anyone got a brief synopsis. And is this going to only be shown down
south, or may it appear in BrisVegas??

Cheers,
Absent Husband (whose up for anything that involves popcorn and sitting
down for an hour or two...)

Hey, if you'd rather do something active, Hamish and I are going cross
country running in Toohey forest tonight! Yes it will be dark, raining
and muddy. Sounds like fun!

Tam

Absent Husband said:

I know nothing about this film...

Anyone got a brief synopsis. And is this going to only be shown down
south, or may it appear in BrisVegas??

Cheers,
Absent Husband (whose up for anything that involves popcorn and sitting
down for an hour or two...)

from the website : cinemanova.com.aufilmsoon.htmlOpen ↗

"Terrific documentary about the Tour de France

Now over 100 years old, Le Tour de France, is the toughest bicycle race of them all and year after year, this spectacular and nail-biting event fascinates millions around the world.

Academy Award winning German filmmaker Pepe Danquart brings the beauty of the French landscape together with the suspense of the race. This terrific documentary offers not only a fascinating insight into the Tour itself but also brings the viewer up close and personal with the individuals on the bikes; their pain, torture and fear, the tears of those who are out of the race, and the joy of those who have suffered, but fulfilled their biggest dream - to reach the finishing line of the world's toughest race."

cheers,
Ali

Carl Brewer said:

How long was he putting out 400 for?

Couldn't tell, it was just a quick bit in the film.

Quoted message said:

You may be interested to know that even an average recreational
cyclist can put out (peak) over 1000w for a short time.

Geez, there's hope for me yet😉 Just going on my cycle2max posts I'm
still only in the 200's 🙁 Would love to crack a 300 on just one climb,
any climb will do...😉

Absent Husband said:

I know nothing about this film...

Anyone got a brief synopsis. And is this going to only be shown down
south, or may it appear in BrisVegas??

http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006TROAY/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_1/028-7008405-8277321

Jay Woo said:

Carl Brewer said:

How long was he putting out 400 for?

Couldn't tell, it was just a quick bit in the film.

Quoted message said:

You may be interested to know that even an average recreational
cyclist can put out (peak) over 1000w for a short time.

Geez, there's hope for me yet😉 Just going on my cycle2max posts I'm
still only in the 200's 🙁 Would love to crack a 300 on just one climb,
any climb will do...😉

There's a very big difference between peak and MSS power,
and they're not all that closely related - it's quite possible
to have a huge peak power (around 2000w for a top class
track sprinter I think) and a low MSS power, and visa
versa. "short time" means 10 or so seconds in this case.

Absent Husband said:

I know nothing about this film...

Anyone got a brief synopsis. And is this going to only be shown down
south, or may it appear in BrisVegas??

Cheers,
Absent Husband (whose up for anything that involves popcorn and sitting
down for an hour or two...)

Only down south sadly...saw the ad for it in a the latest BA mag (or maybe it was RIDE). Maybe we can order a DVD for us brisbanites from amazon.de , though my german is not crash hot I might accidentally order 10 copies or something 🙂

Adam

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alison_b said:

Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

Yeah, my fav bits were;
Starting credits, Ralph pushing out 400+ watts and still talking,
just😉

How long was he putting out 400 for?

You may be interested to know that even an average recreational
cyclist can put out (peak) over 1000w for a short time. A good
sprinter will exceed that by a fair margin though.

Interesting that any human can put out that level of energy, given that one
horsepower (and it's called that for a reason) is only about 750watts. Note
that I'm not saying I disbelieve you, just that I find it weird.

Resound said:

Interesting that any human can put out that level of energy, given that one
horsepower (and it's called that for a reason) is only about 750watts. Note
that I'm not saying I disbelieve you, just that I find it weird.

keyword "sustained" 🙂

Resound said:

Quoted message said:

You may be interested to know that even an average recreational
cyclist can put out (peak) over 1000w for a short time. A good
sprinter will exceed that by a fair margin though.

Interesting that any human can put out that level of energy, given that one
horsepower (and it's called that for a reason) is only about 750watts. Note
that I'm not saying I disbelieve you, just that I find it weird.

This is my VO2max test from a year ago, which is a rampup test,
so it's not measuring peak power, and I was putting out
450w for a few minutes. I couldn't sustain it for long,
but it wasn't anywhere near a peak output.

http://www.aboc.com.au/docs/20040129vo2.htm

At the time that test was done I was just starting to
be competitive in C grade road races on flat courses,
other riders we tested at the same time had similar outputs
(around 450w) that they could sustain for 2-3 minutes, and
they could climb quite well.

I don't have a peak test to show you, but once I get that
powertap hub .... peak power for a sprint is well over
1000w though. Top sprinters are around 1600w or more.

Have a look at this :

http://www.nyvelocity.com/content.php?id=108

FYI

Starting Thurs night at Nova in Melb, here are the session times

Hell on Wheels (PG) (nova digital) Exclusive! New!
Thur & Tue: 1.50, 4.20 & 8.30pm
Fri to Mon & Wed: 1.50, 6.50 & 9.15pm

alison_b said:

Did anybody else get to the movie last night?

I'm hooked! I now 'get' the idea of watching a race 🙂

(of course it would have been even better if 3 of us didn't end up sitting on the floor because some boys up the front wanted to save seats for their apparently invisible friends 🙄 )

If you get the chance to see the film, go...

ali

I got it on DVD and as a cycling tragic i quite enjoyed it. Getting to hear Zabel and co being candid is interesting at times and its not often you get to see such sexy footage of a cycling race. Later, once i got over the fact you rarely get to see behind the scenes i thought it was pretty dull. As a film or doco or whatever i didnt think much of it. Really felt rather lifeless and this one one of the best and most exciting Tour´s we have had in a long while. Felt more like the race was just a sideshow or just happened to be going on, like a backdrop to the director´s his own little show.