Alpe d'Huez TT Tech Talk Topic

[asphaltdude]

-Lance is rinding Bontrager xXx Lites, no aerobars
-Ullrich uses LW rear and Xentis front!
-Basso is using AX-Lightness brakes! (well, he's not using them but he has them on his bike)

[Ivan]

according to cyclingnews live coverage of the uphill TT, Lance's bike was 20 grams too light ...

[Bruiser]

Jan looks slow, but his time doesn't.

I'm guessing he's practiced climbing with the bars many times.
I wouldn't have thought the bars would have made much difference when climbing.

20g too light huh?

[asphaltdude]

-Basso is using AX-Lightness brakes! (well, he's not using them but he has them on his bike)

Correction: they're ZG's

[Bruiser]

Looking at LA's skinsuit, what is the pocket on his lower back?

[asphaltdude]

Looking at LA's skinsuit, what is the pocket on his lower back?

That's the sender / reciever for the communication with Johan Bruyneel (his team chef)

[Cyco]

In Armstrongs pocket is a radio.

Why didn't Ulle use the front LW Ad'H and a Schmolke aerobar to get closer to 6.8kg?

[Bruiser]

looked a bit like an aero advantage.
I know that camelbacks are illegal due to their aero advantage

[Xterra Racer]

Even if Ullrich did, he still wouldn't have made up his 1:01 deficit to Lance.

Lance crushed them all!!

[Bruiser]

His form looked very good.
Not sure why Jan didn't aim for 6.8.

Looks like Basso will strugle in future stages.

[divve]

...because weight isn't all that important. In real life conditions no one is going to loose time over a few hundred grams.

[asphaltdude]

...because weight isn't all that important. In real life conditions no one is going to loose time over a few hundred grams.

Rough calculation: every 100 grams cost 3 seconds.......

[divve]

...because weight isn't all that important. In real life conditions no one is going to loose time over a few hundred grams.

Rough calculation: every 100 grams cost 3 seconds.......

In calculations but that's all theory and not real life.

[asphaltdude]

...because weight isn't all that important. In real life conditions no one is going to loose time over a few hundred grams.

Rough calculation: every 100 grams cost 3 seconds.......

In calculations but that's all theory and not real life.

That's BS... in a pack style race theories like that don't always work but in an uphill time trial you go faster when you're lighter, period!

[Adri]

How much does a drinking bottle weigh?? I saw them drink a couple of times so during that time they were losing time, right
Also, Jan was pushed aside by a fan, that cost him also a bit of time.. like divve says, those theoretical 3 seconds/100g is next to nothing when other factors beyond bike weight can make you lose a lot more.