Jan's refusal to ride a rear disc?

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Once again he didn't use a rear disk. He's just giving away seconds
to the other riders. Its like giving everyone else a head start.

Wierd...

http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ULLRICH-06.htm

http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ROGERS-01.htm

 

[KB]

Well, aren't trispokes known to be almost as fast, and as faster in certain
wind conditions, as disks? The prologue course was windy according to what
I read. Who knows, maybe his wheel selection was right on, but his fitness
isn't as good...
Oh well, should be a boring week of flat racing now...can't wait for the alp
tt..

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Once again he didn't use a rear disk. He's just giving away seconds
> to the other riders. Its like giving everyone else a head start.
>
> Wierd...
>
> http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ULLRICH-06.htm
>
> http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ROGERS-01.htm

 

[Tom Kunich]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Once again he didn't use a rear disk. He's just giving away seconds
> to the other riders. Its like giving everyone else a head start.
>
> Wierd...
>
> http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ULLRICH-06.htm
>
> http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ROGERS-01.htm

So you've got all of the figures for aero wheels do you?

And who was it that figured out how to measure actual riding drag of these
wheels under actual racing conditions? Was he the same person that suggested
to Botero that he couldn't win a long time trial in the Tour de France in,
say, 2002, without a helmet?

 

[[email protected]]

>So you've got all of the figures for aero wheels do you?
>
>And who was it that figured out how to measure actual riding drag of these
>wheels under actual racing conditions? Was he the same person that suggested
>to Botero that he couldn't win a long time trial in the Tour de France in,
>say, 2002, without a helmet?

He would have won by alot more had he worn an aero helmet. It nearly
cost him.

Ask Andrew Coggan or John Cobb...

 

[Ernst Noch]

[email protected] wrote:
> Once again he didn't use a rear disk. He's just giving away seconds
> to the other riders. Its like giving everyone else a head start.
>=20
> Wierd...
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> http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ULLRICH-06.ht=
m
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> http://www.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ROGERS-01.htm=


No, Jan writes on his homepage why he thinks he was slower:


"""
[...]
Mit meinem 16. Platz heute kann ich gut leben. Die paar Sekunden=20
R=FCckstand auf Armstrong bereiten mir kein Kopfzerbrechen. Die Strecke=20
durch die City hatte es mit ihrer Kopfsteinplaster-Passage ganz sch=F6n i=
n=20
sich. Ich bin deshalb bewusst kein volles Risiko gegangen. Noch liegen=20
fast 3.400 km vor uns - da kann noch sehr viel passieren.

Unsere Fans sind =FCbrigens eine Wucht. Schon in aller Fr=FChe sind wir=20
heute noch einmal den Prolog-Kurs abgerollt. Im ersten Moment dachte=20
ich, die Startzeit verpasst zu haben. Denn unwahrscheinlich viele=20
deutsche Fans standen schon am Stra=DFenrand. Wir wurden angefeuert, als =

ginge es schon um die Wurst. So etwas habe ich lange nicht mehr erlebt.

Auf Nummer sicher gehen
F=FCr das "Contre la montre" hatte ich extra meine 8,7 kg schwere=20
Zeitfahrmaschine pr=E4parieren lassen. Die R=E4der unserer anderen Jungs =

sind leichter. Ich habe mich trotzdem f=FCr die etwas schwerere Maschine =

entschieden. Ich f=FChle mich darauf einfach wohler. Bei den Reifen bat=20
ich meinen Bruder Stefan ebenfalls, mir die 240 Gramm schweren=20
dreifachbeschichteten Conti-Reifen aufzuziehen. Mir sind ein paar=20
Sekunden Zeitverlust durch erh=F6hten Reibungswiderstand lieber als 30=20
Sekunden durch einen Platten. Da gehe ich lieber auf Nummer sicher.=20
High-Tech setze ich nur dort ein, wo es mir wirklich etwas bringt.

Als Rennfahrer muss man sich in jeder Beziehung vorsehen. Der Amerikaner =

Matthew White von Cofidis rutschte an einem Fernsehkabel aus, st=FCrzte=20
und konnte zum Prolog nicht antreten. Aus! Ich kann mich in den Jungen=20
hineinversetzen, wie traurig er jetzt die Tour verfolgt.

[...]
"""

 

[Dave H]

<[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >So you've got all of the figures for aero wheels do you?
> >
> >And who was it that figured out how to measure actual riding drag of
these
> >wheels under actual racing conditions? Was he the same person that
suggested
> >to Botero that he couldn't win a long time trial in the Tour de France
in,
> >say, 2002, without a helmet?
>
> He would have won by alot more had he worn an aero helmet. It nearly
> cost him.
>
> Ask Andrew Coggan or John Cobb...


goddamn you're an idiot
Dave

 

[Raptor]

KB wrote:
> Oh well, should be a boring week of flat racing now...can't wait for the alp
> tt..

It's only boring if you're watching. I guess it's "kind of" boring for
the pros too but they're always busy. I try to watch a lot of the tiny
bits of strategy and positioning going on.

As an indoor cycling instructor, I've managed to teach a few fun classes
based on these boring flat stages.

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