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CarlosFerreiro
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by CarlosFerreiro on Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:03 pm
djconnel wrote:Gerard is not impressed
But.... it always looks to me more like Cancellara's hood height is priority1, so that a 90 degree arm bend on the hoods puts him close to his usual TT torso angle?
And the rest is just left to follow on from that choice?
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KWalker
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by KWalker on Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:19 pm
^this. Its the most aerodynamic position on the road because it reduces the frontal area of the arms and brings the hands higher and more in line with the hips. Everything follows from there. The drops can be probably almost as aero, but for a breakaway/TT specialist this is key. I know quite a few people with similar riding styles that have their bikes setup that way and almost never use the drops or only use them in a sprint situation.
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by Ghost234 on Fri Feb 01, 2013 5:55 pm
KWalker wrote:Its a size 60 bike, with a (heavier) SRM, lots of paint, a non-ww saddle, alloy bars, non-ww stem, and wheels aren't super light either. I can see that being about right.
Previous generation di2 as well. Switching to the new stuff will drop considerable weight.
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by djconnel on Fri Feb 01, 2013 7:25 pm
KWalker wrote:Its a size 60 bike, with a (heavier) SRM, lots of paint, a non-ww saddle, alloy bars, non-ww stem, and wheels aren't super light either. I can see that being about right.
I've not run numbers, but surely the frame is around 1.8 kg to blow out the UCI limit by 800 g. Saddle and pedals, good chances to gain weight, are light.
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by djconnel on Fri Feb 01, 2013 8:15 pm
Of course! I can be very dense sometimes I saw on VeloNews he bends handlebars in his teeth.
(correction...)
You're absolutely correct.
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by Tapeworm on Fri Feb 01, 2013 9:58 pm
djconnel wrote:AGW wrote:The similarities are pronounced.
Gerard is not impressed.
Then again, Adam Hansen isn't sprinting for the win so often.
I thought that Cancellara going to the line against a sprinter would endorse the position he uses, if anything.
And as for the various hip angles and power, road cycling is not dependant on peak power production. "It's an aerobic sport dammit!"
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by djconnel on Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:23 pm
I think the point of the photo was the difference in this particular case was Greipel's hands were further back (being on the drops) and therefore his wheel was further forward (more room for a bike throw), and that alone was worth the victory. Of course, counterargument is Cancellara wouldn't have even been there with higher bars and hands on the drops, because he'd have been less aero. But we have no way of knowing that.
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by stella-azzurra on Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:30 pm
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by nathanong87 on Sun Feb 03, 2013 1:26 pm
so if sven retires, the rainbow jersey just never features in the next season? has that ever happened where the current world champion doesn't participate and wear the jersey the following season?