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« Reply #1890 on: Monday, June 1, 2015, 15:27:28 » |
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« Reply #1891 on: Monday, June 1, 2015, 16:40:06 » |
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Reg has a penny farthing You mean he has a name for it! |
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« Reply #1892 on: Friday, June 5, 2015, 18:15:51 » |
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #1893 on: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 18:33:35 » |
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Bradley Wiggins is superhuman.
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« Reply #1894 on: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 18:38:32 » |
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smashed it.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #1895 on: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 19:05:22 » |
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Think I might be able to give credible go, at the least distance covered in an hour record.
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« Reply #1896 on: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 20:15:51 » |
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We bought our bikes last week from Decathlon, happy with them. Been out on a couple of rides, with the kids in a double trailor behind me, blimey certainly makes cycling tougher than I remember.
Thanks for recommendation.
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« Reply #1897 on: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 21:20:22 » |
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We bought our bikes last week from Decathlon, happy with them. Been out on a couple of rides, with the kids in a double trailor behind me, blimey certainly makes cycling tougher than I remember.
Thanks for recommendation.
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Reg Smeeton
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« Reply #1898 on: Monday, June 8, 2015, 10:07:26 » |
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Interesting hearing Wiggo going on about air pressure.....I'd always instinctively thought it is easier cycling on a hot day, but when you think about high pressure should mean more air to get through....conversely less air to get through on a cool day.
Does it make any noticeable difference to an ordinary (penny farthing ref for 4D) cyclist?
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Samdy Gray
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« Reply #1899 on: Monday, June 8, 2015, 10:14:07 » |
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Higher air pressure = higher air density. I doubt it'd make any noticeable difference to you or I, but in a sport where races are won by thousandths of a second it can make all the difference. Doing 200+ laps in a hour and saving a few tenths or thousandths here and there would be a big factor. Marginal gains and all that.
It's reckoned that Wiggo could've gone another 10 or so laps with lower air pressure.
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« Reply #1900 on: Monday, June 8, 2015, 12:48:34 » |
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It's about finding the right balance. You want lower air pressure/ density but, you don't want the temperatures too low otherwise muscle performance suffers. The velodrome was built with air handling that would result in the perfect temperature for the British team to perform in, right down to spectator entrances being almost air lock like to keep conditions as optimal as possible.
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michael
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« Reply #1901 on: Monday, June 8, 2015, 15:43:53 » |
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Wiggins is probably not doing all this on bread & water, right?
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« Reply #1902 on: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 07:21:42 » |
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Wiggins is probably not doing all this on bread & water, right?
No, it was on a Pinarello. |
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« Reply #1903 on: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 08:46:14 » |
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No, it was on a Pinarello.
 I did see this morning that Dowsett's coach has been moaning about British Cycling's involvement in Wiggins' preparation and training. That and something about his titanium tri-bars. |
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« Reply #1904 on: Tuesday, June 9, 2015, 09:10:07 » |
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Wiggins is probably not doing all this on bread & water, right?
I don't think any cyclist is doing it on bread and water, I often do it on Lager these days! |
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