"Corey Green" <[email hidden]> wrote in message "]news:[email hidden]...
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> In the OLN highlight show, Lance mentioned changing shoes just before the TdF. He complained > of hip trouble (IIRC) as a result.
He mentioned cleat position. I was not clear on whether the shoes were changed slightly or if this was another error of the mechanics.
Gotcha. I'll have to watch it again. Makes more sense.
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BTW, after the "brake rub" incident, I did not see anyone fall on the
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so to speak. That is one reason I doubt him.
I was wondering the same thing. Can you imagine being the mech who screwed something like that up? Yikes. Was that the stage where he and Heras piled up on some flat? Possibly it got tweaked then.
Hard to blame a mechanic without direct evidence on this one. The brake could have been knocked out of center by many means. Who knows, maybe that was Ullrich's "secret weapon" he kept talking about.
A lot of the mental coaching that athletes indulge themselves with these days involves externalising problems and not focussing on the negative at all costs . "My brake was rubbing" is a classic. The problem was mechanical, internally it sounds much better than "I had a bad day" and the next time you ride the brake doesn't rub you start on a positive note. Mental doubt can cripple performance. "I got dehydrated" sounds internally better than "He thrashed me" and wether L:A was dehydrated or not the clock does not lie he got thumped. There is nothing wrong with this attitude winners use it a lot and it's not really lying more a shift of emphasis that allows them to drop a lot of nasty mental baggage.
When he crashed with Heras it must have come loose, brakes frequently do after the bike hits the ground. It wouldn't be very noticeable and it wouldn't have to be rubbing much to make a big difference on a major mountain. To the guy who can't believe it and said something about 100m you'd be able to tell, that's if it was rubbing HARD, which he would have noticed as soon as he got rolling again after the crash. A slight rub would be hard to tell, and after the stage if you lifted the bike and tried to spin the wheel it may have turned a few revs and then stopped. The difference between riders at Lance's level is measured in 1 and 2 percent, so a slight rub could make a big difference. I believe Lance.
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As far as someone noticing the brake being cocked to one side. On their bikes the brake pad is maybe a cm off the rim hardly a noticable angle if it shifts.
I also see no reason to believe that he would lie. From my understanding of Lances personality, these admissions about poor planning or mental mistakes are much more unacceptable then just not having the physical ability. If he had trained right and worked diligently but things out of his pervue to anticipate of change effected his physical capabilities then I think he would be disappointed but not mad at himself, However, I think he is angry with himself that he let these little mental mistakes and misjudgements cost him time.
Another thread quoted Floyd L's diary as claiming the brake rubbing was an attempt at sabotage.
Pure insanity to think that anyone could have sabotaged the brakes on these bikes.
Pure stupidity to allow the possibility.
If you wanted to mess with someone, use a razorblade to score their carbon fiber bike. It's notch sensitive and could break at the worst possible time.
I think it would be more likely that someone might throw something on the road surface that would cause a flat in an ITT.
"John Lieswyn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:<OWiYa.83626$uu5.11789@sccrnsc04>...
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When he crashed with Heras it must have come loose, brakes frequently do after the bike hits the ground. It wouldn't be very noticeable and it wouldn't have to be rubbing much to make a big difference on a major mountain...<snip>...I believe Lance.
John
Dude, you don't know what you're talking about. Haven't you read the evidence presented here? You're obviously too busy racing and writing journal entries to have the time to read all the posts.
1, I find it hard to believe shoes could cause hip trouble.
Yeah, I mean the foot is way down near the ground and the hip is way up near the saddle. They're hardly connected at all!
Foot bone connected to the, shin bone. Shin bone connected to the, thigh bone. Thigh bone connected to the, hip bone. Hip bone connected to the, ham bone...
Foot bone connected to the, shin bone. Shin bone connected to the, thigh bone. Thigh bone connected to the, hip bone. Hip bone connected to the, ham bone...
They just started reruns of The Singing Detective overhere. Great.
