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jay cee
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| does anybody have a link to a photo of the fellow who won the BBAR this year, well, his chainring anyway. |
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Lee
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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I like him. Everything is soooo wrong, I love the outside the box thinking, the gear, the saddle, the homemade disk, the racing in legwarmers all year round. But it works for him so can't knock him!!
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Why didn't they send him to the Worlds? Its a disgrace
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:14 pm Post subject: |
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WTF!!!!
Is the BBAR?? 
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Saddle's too high |
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Richard Kennedy
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Hans Datdodishes wrote: |
| Why didn't they send him to the Worlds? Its a disgrace |
His bike doesn't meet UCI regs (saddle too far forward) otherwise he'd have gone... |
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Roy Gardiner
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Bloody Hell! Presumably the wheels are 650s? The saddle looks like it's only half bolted on or summat.
Bizarre. Still, as Lee says, don't knock it if it works.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Roy Gardiner wrote: |
Bloody Hell! Presumably the wheels are 650s? The saddle looks like it's only half bolted on or summat.
Bizarre. Still, as Lee says, don't knock it if it works. |
The wheels are 700c, and it only works in very limited circumstances, but that is enough to win the BBAR.
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Roy Gardiner
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| John McC wrote: |
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Bloody Hell! Presumably the wheels are 650s? The saddle looks like it's only half bolted on or summat.
Bizarre. Still, as Lee says, don't knock it if it works. |
The wheels are 700c, and it only works in very limited circumstances, but that is enough to win the BBAR. |
700s! What gears, dare I ask, is he pushing then?
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Lee
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Roy Gardiner wrote: |
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Bloody Hell! Presumably the wheels are 650s? The saddle looks like it's only half bolted on or summat.
Bizarre. Still, as Lee says, don't knock it if it works. |
The wheels are 700c, and it only works in very limited circumstances, but that is enough to win the BBAR. |
700s! What gears, dare I ask, is he pushing then? |
77 I think the chainring is and 12 up cassette. Pedals at about 60rpm
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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he did 18.59 for a ten & around 290 miles for the 12 hour on that setup....
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John McC
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Still a nutter.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| All that effort to be aerodynamic and he only put four pins in his number so its flapping in the wind, his priorities are obviously wrong!!!! |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:27 am Post subject: |
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just think how fast he would go if he learnt to "spin"
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Roy Gardiner
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:33 am Post subject: |
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| just think how fast he would go if he learnt to "spin" |
I'm sure I have read of research in the laboratory that shows that about 60rpm is in fact the most mechanically efficient (in the body, not in the bike) method of putting power down.
With the exception of Armstrong and a couple of others, you will see professionals using very low cadence when climbing mountains.
Perhaps he is right.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:41 am Post subject: |
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So let's summarise.
Absolutely pointless.
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Ken
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| I found it quite interesting. |
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Billy Boy
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| Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2008 10:47 am Post subject: |
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Lots of things are interesting, doesn't mean they aren't pointless though.
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Ken
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I agree  |
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