Also, you only get a chance to get stripped of Olympic Medals once every four years, when you can get stripped of the yellow jersey every year.slovakguy said:can't really blame them, though. why ride in french air (which you can do anytime) when you only get this one chance to suck in some fresh chinese factory air?
mcgee did a world best of 4'16" (at the time) in Commonwealth Games Manchester in 02, coming off a Tour de France.plectrum said:Just heard an interview with Wiggins where he states that both he and Mark Cavendish aren't racing le Tour becuase of it's proximity to the Olympics.
Thanks thunder for the informative insights and analysis...thunder said:mcgee did a world best of 4'16" (at the time) in Commonwealth Games Manchester in 02, coming off a Tour de France.
That would be impressive to see Wigga attempt to win the pursuit off a road base....
world best = world record in current position. Wiggins since eclipsed it, and Huizenga also.Crankyfeet said:Thanks thunder for the informative insights and analysis...
Looks like Ben Lexcen's winged keel to me... .thunder said:who thinks that the starting bars, might have been able to be done away with. For the sake of the start, if the rider can get on top of the gear without having to get out of the saddle, and without depleting power for late in the ride, those bars are probably superfluous. (looking to do away with any remaining aero drags, as they tried to do away with everything by the looks of it anyhow.)
oh, I am talking one hour record.Crankyfeet said:Looks like Ben Lexcen's winged keel to me... .
Thunder - the start is so important though isn't it... to be able to get leverage? A good start can mean seconds in a short TT or pursuit. Those bars look pretty aero though. But I'm guessing that they did the pro/con calculation or test on their effects.
Yeah..I wasn't thinking about his world hour record. The start wouldn't be that important compared to the effects of an hour of air resistance.thunder said:oh and Crank, Vaughters got Giro to change their fairing tt helmets, and they got a 10 watt reduction (assume 50kmph).
So, very very minor things can reduce drag. So, how much drag are on those bars? 10 watts might make one minute difference over an hour effort.
classic, not that impressive, his birthday is in November, and he went 3'19" high last year at u19 3km Aus titles.classic1 said:thunder, Leigh Howard just did a 3.18 3000m pursuit in the worlds omnium. Within a second of Phinneys 3000m time.
they need new tt bars for sure. All were like bull horns and just looked like they were funnelling air into the chest cavity.plectrum said:Thunder,
I was thinking the sme thing concerning the handle bars but arn't their basics which need to be present to constitute 'being a bike'.
Another interesting admission in interview by Brailsford was that throughout the last 2 years British cycling have been progressively running out new advancements in their bike design and only for the olympics will they bring all of the new parts together.
What i understood from the interview was that they have tested different set ups throughout the season but have yet put the finished product together as they wanted both competitive testing but also to hold something back for the Olympics.thunder said:they need new tt bars for sure. All were like bull horns and just looked like they were funnelling air into the chest cavity.
Better to find a carbon structure which can be customised according to the rider. All the good tters who have been in the windtunnel have narrow set elbow position. The elbows on the UK tt bars are not wide, but they are not narrow.
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