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  • #52
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    petethedrummer wrote: »
    I would say the opposite, some of them look like they are trying to push bigger gears and have to move the rear half of their body up and down more. For example, if you start off in a too big gear you bounce up and down in order to get up to speed. I dunno though, you could be right. Maybe more arm movement is used nowadays and that negates the need to shift the weight up and down.

    Its some contrast between how un-aerodynamic Cipollini was compared to Cavendish.

    Also, do the pros actually sprint in 53x11?

    As far as I remember, yes, because the can build up to it, using the other gears?


  • #53
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Lumen wrote: »
    For the nerds, an interesting graph from a thread elsewhere.

    Is the cadence really that low? About 110 at his highest power output? Looks like they are indeed pushing bigger gears slower.


  • #54
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Thanks. New there was something different going on.
    To give you an idea of the difference it makes, the record speed on rollers is 334km/h. Basically all your effort on a bike goes into pushing air out of the way at higher speeds.


  • #55
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,142 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    blorg wrote: »
    To give you an idea of the difference it makes, the record speed on rollers is 334km/h. Basically all your effort on a bike goes into pushing air out of the way at higher speeds.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Py94okBKDU0


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