Tuesday, June 01, 2010

interesting



that's pretty crazy, but really how much juice can actually be stored in there, good for three or four acceleration??? or more...

interesting at any rate...

(i'm not making the call that Fabian was using it - just interesting what people think)
written (if you can call it that) by before

3 comments:

Brent said...

Hey, where'd you find that link? Assuming it was from my facebook post...I actually just saw it after getting back from 4 days in Maine w/o internet, so I figured this had already made the rounds. apparently not...anyway, there was a mention of it on Velonews, if you want the full article...

http://velonews.competitor.com/2010/06/news/cancellara-calls-motorized-bikes-claims-stupid-as-uci-looks-at-scanning-bikes_119452

10:18 PM
Big Bikes said...

Two thoughts.

First off, I don't buy the "he's doing something besides shifting" argument. It looks like he's shifting a Sram Red shifter. I don't always shift with the same finger in the same way. He might shift differently under pressure, like when he's attacking.

And there's the issue of bike weight. So the rest of Saxo Banks bikes weigh in at 15 Lbs. (with weights on them) and along comes Fabian's bike weighing in at 19-something pounds or whatever. That might raise an eyebrow or two.

"It's amazing, he touches his bar and somehow he starts going faster...it's as if he's changed gears and started pedaling harder!"

8:51 AM
Brent said...

yeah, I thought about the weight issue too. but how strict are the weigh-ins? and do they happen after the race or before? It doesn't seem like it would be all that hard to show up for the weigh-in with one bike and then swap to another, possibly even mid-race?

I have to say as well, that I couldn't see what the video was talking about with the pushing-a-button-issue. I will say that seeing the video in that context, his acceleration did look unnatural. However, I saw both accelerations when they happened and my only thought at the time was "shit, that's impressive."

11:02 AM

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