Jan's refusal to ride a rear disc?

[clgryridr]

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...

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

//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...
>
> ww.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ULLRICH-
> 06.htm
>
> 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...
>
> ww.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ULLRICH-
> 06.htm
>
> 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?

 

[clgryridr]

>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...
>=20
> ww.canadiancyclist.com/races04/TDF/prologue/pages/ULLRICH-
> 06.ht=
m
>=20
> 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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