Jan 26, 2020 at 03:32 PM

David Yang said:

JP man, Caleb is half Korean which means that he's 100% all Korean to us Koreans, which also means he's the greatest sprinter, nay, cyclist to have ever cycled in the history of cycling, the end.

I said, "The end!"

High low or medium watch those sprints and see how he pedals. He's got his own style for sure.

Mark Taylor

Jan 29, 2020 at 05:11 PM

I was lunch time browsing these gallery's and noticed how many pro set ups these days have the saddle forward and tilted.I understand the UCI relaxed the rules on saddle angle etc , assuming its just to get as low as possible

https://cyclingtips.com/2020/01/pro-bikes-of-the-2020-worldtour-part-one/

RobertMullen

Jan 29, 2020 at 06:00 PM

I think theres a belief that having the saddle over the bottom bracket can help cyclists put out more power?
Triathlon, for example, have no rules on bike fit and most pros slam their saddle forward and sit on the rivet (partly to employ different muscles so the hips aren't shot by the time they get to the run).

eloy

Jan 29, 2020 at 06:58 PM

as Robert suggests, research has shown that a higher forward saddle allows for more power output for most riders. the consequence is that saddles are pushed forward, and then tilted — Tilted so it is easier to stay in the forward position.

Altho being older has all sorts of limitations, I have observed the same trend on my ocasional pro bike fits, where the fitters keep moving my saddle higher and more forward than before.

Mark Taylor

Jan 29, 2020 at 09:26 PM

My last fit brought me down , obviously worried i had to much power !

mugwump

Jan 30, 2020 at 04:28 PM

The saddle position debate. Ah, yes.

The forward position of Tri saddles has to do both with aerodynamics and transitioning to the run.

I think the evolution of the forward position on the road is not about power, but about aerodynamics. Move the saddle forward and shorten crank arms and it's easier to lower the bars. My experience is that the forward position is more about quads and rearward brings in more hamstring and glutes.

https://cyclingtips.com/2018/07/tour-tech-creeping-saddles-and-shortening-crankarms/

Matt Budofsky

Jan 31, 2020 at 03:33 PM

Not really bike related (actually not at all), but just saw the Nike Vaporfly can be used in Tokyo for the Olympics and I’m pretty stoked about it. I’m a fan of tech in general, especially in sport, so I’m glad the powers that be allowed this one

Matt Budofsky

Jan 31, 2020 at 03:33 PM

Not really bike related (actually not at all), but just saw the Nike Vaporfly can be used in Tokyo for the Olympics and I’m pretty stoked about it. I’m a fan of tech in general, especially in sport, so I’m glad the powers that be allowed this one

eloy

Feb 15, 2020 at 04:07 PM

An Open Letter to Baseball From Professional Cycling

by Jonathan Vaughters
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-open-letter-to-baseball-from-professional-cycling-11581681602?mod=hp_lead_pos13

Jules

Feb 15, 2020 at 06:05 PM

eloy said:

An Open Letter to Baseball From Professional Cycling
by Jonathan Vaughters
https://www.wsj.com/articles/an-open-letter-to-baseball-from-professional-cycling-11581681602?mod=hp_lead_pos13

Only JV would pen an "open letter" that lives behind a paywall

Myles

Feb 15, 2020 at 06:06 PM

That is the most jv thing jv ever jvd

Jules

Feb 16, 2020 at 02:47 PM

I finally got around to reading that. A more incoherent, self contradictory and rambling diatribe is hard to imagine.

eloy

Feb 19, 2020 at 11:56 PM

This website is not cycling related, and running is the worst, but the data is kinda amazing:

https://whywerun.strava.com/

Mark Taylor

Feb 20, 2020 at 05:11 PM

I mean , how many times can you justify writing the same article

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/why-wider-is-better-the-death-of-23c-tyres/

Jules

Feb 20, 2020 at 07:29 PM

Mark Taylor said:

I mean , how many times can you justify writing the same article

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/why-wider-is-better-the-death-of-23c-tyres/

N+1, apparently

mugwump

Feb 20, 2020 at 09:41 PM

Mark Taylor said:

I mean , how many times can you justify writing the same article

https://www.cyclingnews.com/features/why-wider-is-better-the-death-of-23c-tyres/

This article was worse than the average, which is kind of impressive, considering how much info is out there. No new data shared, no weighing the costs and benefits, no hard numbers of relating shape to profile.

Seems like the kind of article assigned to an intern, and he shanked it.

Jules

Feb 21, 2020 at 12:20 AM

^thanks for an enjoyable two minutes looking for a good "shank" gif

Jules

Feb 27, 2020 at 11:38 PM

Tell me again about how PP is going to business as usual this spring...

https://www.velonews.com/2020/02/news/uae-tour-halted-after-five-stages-amid-coronavirus-threat_505611

Jules

Feb 28, 2020 at 04:36 AM

Now they're confined to their hotels. I see an uptick in this for Zwift!

eloy

Feb 28, 2020 at 04:01 PM

so honestly kinda hate that "tell me again" has become a thing on the kissena forum.

turned out that two staff members of a team tested positive for the virus. I'm not sure I see the parallel of a top UCI tour and racing in prospect park. The logistics, sharing tour buses, hotels, dinning rooms, water bottles, car caravan rides, none of these things relate.

I'll guess we see how this comes to Brooklyn.

And yes, as the stock market falls, the stock of companies that dedicate themselves to inside activities are rising: Peloton, Netflix, Hulu, Amazon (Zwift is not public, but great example)

Jules

Feb 28, 2020 at 04:17 PM

Apologies for "TMA" I'll try and strike it from my forum vocabulary. It's always written tongue in cheek but goodness knows the gap between intent and "read tone" is often massive.

I think that as the panic concern increases we'll see school closures and the big cities will cancel permits for large group events. We're already seeing conferences cancelled, hard to think there won't be similar precautions for other public gatherings.

As for tour of UAE if Zwift were really really on the ball they'd have stayed up all night and built the next day's course online while shipping 200 kickrs to the hotel. They could have run the next day's stage "indoors" and invited the world to participate. Think of it as the digital equivalent of pumping out the corner in the park at 3am

Mark Taylor

Feb 28, 2020 at 04:25 PM

Also , the person who lives furthest from the park , seems to be the most concerned

eloy

Feb 28, 2020 at 05:02 PM

Jules said:

Apologies for "TMA" I'll try and strike it from my forum vocabulary. It's always written tongue in cheek but goodness knows the gap between intent and "read tone" is often massive.

I think that as the panic concern increases we'll see school closures and the big cities will cancel permits for large group events. We're already seeing conferences cancelled, hard to think there won't be similar precautions for other public gatherings.

As for tour of UAE if Zwift were really really on the ball they'd have stayed up all night and built the next day's course online while shipping 200 kickrs to the hotel. They could have run the next day's stage "indoors" and invited the world to participate. Think of it as the digital equivalent of pumping out the corner in the park at 3am

gonna guess that zwift is already balls to the wall full on bandwidth working on a virtual version of the olympics courses (or some such)

also guessing than in the most minimal fastest implementation it probably takes weeks to create and test a new course.

could write a long long long very speculative post about zwift spending and how it has grown..., regardless, zwift size as a company is now large enough that the days of staying up all night to implement an idea from scratch for tomorrow may be behind them, which may not be a bad thing, btw.

JohnMalcolmson

Feb 28, 2020 at 09:57 PM

https://youtu.be/cmIRMHzBZdU
I can’t see how we can hold local races or do group rides. It’d be just plain dumb.

eloy

Feb 29, 2020 at 02:40 AM

peoples we live in nyc, everything we do in this city we do in groups...

before any outside park event or bicycle ride is cancellled we’ll first hear about schools, restaurants, museums, subway, buses, gyms, uber, etc... etc... once those are closed come back to these ideas

JohnMalcolmson

Feb 29, 2020 at 05:36 AM

Still heaps of flights a day Milan -> JFK. Our govt munting yet another disaster response.

Jules

Feb 29, 2020 at 10:20 PM