On 5/19/04 1:01 PM, in article
[email protected], "Bob
Schwartz" <
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> Russ Baxter <
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>> Bob Schwartz <
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>> news:<
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>>> Jeff Jones <jeff@cyclingnews-punt-com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Robert Chung" <
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>>>> berlin.de...
>>>>>
http://www.velonews.com/diaries/rider/articles/6097.0-
>>>>> .html
>>>>>
>>>> Interesting that he was clocked at "only" 55 km/h
>>>> coming across the line too (according to the radar).
>>>
>>> In a 54 X 11 you go 55 km/hr at 89 rpm. There are a lot
>>> of shadows in the online video I get from La Gazzetta
>>> dello Sport so you can't really get a sense of his
>>> cadence but that's the correct cadence for a time trial,
>>> not a sprint.
>>>
>>> So I am very skeptical that he was really in the 11.
>>>
>>> Bob Schwartz
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>
>
>> I'm not. Have you ever tried to turn a 54x11 uphill
>> against the wind? Seems to me the cadence would not be
>> real high with such a big gear under those conditions.
>
> My point is not that you would have to slog such a big
> gear under those conditions. My point is that it is very
> unusual to win a sprint by slogging a big gear.
>
> I'm at a disadvantage in that we don't do cable so all I'm
> going by is crappy web video. It is hard to make much out
> because of the shadows. He does appear to be turning a
> bigger gear than Petacchi.
>
> Bob Schwartz
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You ALL must be kidding!! You are NUTZZ if you do not think
ALL in contention sprinters are not running an 11