Dec 27, 2013 at 02:13 AM
focus on the candy assed aero bar stuff
In Print: Articles of Interest
Dec 27, 2013 at 02:17 AM
Mmm candy
Dec 27, 2013 at 02:20 AM
focus. .......focus
Dec 27, 2013 at 05:40 PM
Paging all watt monsters, you're needed in Times Sq...
Times Square, the most wondtacular place on Earth to ring in the New Year, is seeking volunteers to pedal stationary Citi Bikes that generate electricity to offset the power consumed by the ball. For three days, six stationary Citi Bikes will be hooked up to 12-volt "deep cycle batteries," each one capable of generating 75 Watts per hour if you really push yourself to the brink of tears.
Dec 28, 2013 at 12:48 AM
I am feeling particularly slighted by my exclusion from this list...
Dec 31, 2013 at 03:39 PM
Maybe this belongs in the Professional Dopers thread, but, here's an interesting article about LeMond and PDM from '89.
http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-25/sports/sp-95_1_greg-lemond
Jan 01, 2014 at 10:00 PM
Can we talk about how Katie F*cking Compton is slaying all these days?
Jan 02, 2014 at 01:06 AM
And it's not just Compton. American and American-based women are SLAYING it over there. At Diegem we had no fewer than 5 actual Americans in the top 11. And if you count Gabby Durrin (a brit who has spent enough time over here over the last 2+ years racing to have fallen in love with and married Jeremy Durrin) that's 6.Jules said:Can we talk about how Katie F*cking Compton is slaying all these days?
Let's look specifically. In 3rd place is Elle Anderson, 5th Crystal Anthony, 6th Gabby Durrin, 8th Courtney McFadden, 10th Mo Bruno Roy, 11th Nicole Duke.
Take a few phenoms like Marianne Vos out of the equation (she's an outlyer) and it's clear that the best women in the world race in New England/America for most of the season.
Jan 02, 2014 at 01:14 AM
But back to Katie...so I haven't seen her European races this year, but from what I've seen in the past, including at Providence, she has a major problem that plagues her.
She's a TERRIBLE starter. Worse, she doesn't appear to recognize that this is actually a problem of hers. In at least one interview she talked about her bad start as if it didn't just happen exactly that way the week before. But she's just such a beast that she can always get back to the front by the end of lap one.
But that trick doesn't work as well when you are racing Sanne Cant and Marianne Vos. Sure she'll make it back to their wheels, but at what cost. How deep did she have to dig to claw back to them. Where does that leave her when they are ready to attack later in the race?
But maybe this latest run in Europe she's addressed the problem. I haven't seen any of her Christmas week races.
But it's like I remind the strong guys on our club when they are racing in PP or wherever. Just because you are strong, doesn't give you permission to race like a dope, wasting your energy closing gaps and bridging up because you were napping at the back of the pack.
Jan 02, 2014 at 01:33 AM
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Jan 02, 2014 at 02:53 AM
KFC gave away the world championships last year to Vos. It wasn't a lousy start if Vos hadn't been there--it would have been merely bad--but with Vos on form it was absolutely awful. By the end of the first lap, Compton was out of the hunt for the win. KFC steamrolled behind, catching and dropping everyone else, but she wasn't making up time. And she doesn't have the finesse of sven.Gwynna Smith said:I hear what you are saying, Marc, and maybe it is a strategy that won't hold with the big girls. On the other hand, Sven seems to NEVER start hard - he's often way at the back of the pack for the first two or three laps. Then, he slowly claws his way forward. If she just doesn't have an off-the-line sprint in her but she's got the staying power to crush when everyone else is fading, then that could be a viable strategy. I haven't seen her race and really know nothing about her style, but maybe closing gaps, bridging, jumping, etc. are where she can put her power most effectively.
That said, you make a point that she needs to know this about herself.
Nys' starts are different. He doesn't get the holeshot, but he lurks several seconds behind. There's a second difference; he is often in total control. He's testing out lines, checking the competition, making the occasional tiny error that might cost all of a second. But by the time the second half of the race starts, he's usually got the course dialled and doesn't make a single error the rest of the race, taking time when he wants where he wants.
Jan 03, 2014 at 03:24 AM
Jan 04, 2014 at 11:35 PM
Pippa is soon to join the ranks of disturbed obsessives. Marry me:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/pippa-middleton/10547206/Pippa-Middleton-how-I-finally-joined-the-cycling-brigade.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/journalists/pippa-middleton/10547206/Pippa-Middleton-how-I-finally-joined-the-cycling-brigade.html
Jan 05, 2014 at 01:55 AM
Sweet
Jan 05, 2014 at 02:32 PM
Just watched this...thanks for posting. Very cool to see. So yeah, I see Compton is still struggling with starts. Of course she crushes everything after she gets through the first bottleneck. If we all only had more than a mere fraction of a fraction of Compton's engine...mperlberg said:
First Euro course that I've seen in some time that actually lives up to all of the Americans' billing as "tougher" than US courses. (The rest of the time, I think that they are just confused by the toughness of their competitors, and give more credit to the course than is deserved. There is no way that Diegen, for example was even remotely as challenging as Sterling.) Of course the mud has a lot to do with that.
Jan 05, 2014 at 10:07 PM
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Jan 07, 2014 at 05:12 PM
Nice article on "how to criterium" by Helen Kelly
(cue @Marc's promise to run a clinic in 5...4...3...)
Jan 07, 2014 at 05:27 PM
Oh yes indeed. There will be a crit clinic. And this year, since it's virtually impossible to get enough done in just 1 hour, and none of the other mentor clinics/workshops have limited themselves to that time frame, it's going to be bigger and better than ever...
Jan 07, 2014 at 07:14 PM
Not bad.
But I strongly disagree with the following "put pressure on the outside pedal with your leg straight"
pressure on the outside leg is good, but locking your knee is a bad idea. I believe it makes it harder for your body to absorb bumps as you go around the corner. And, in so doing, it means your bike has a harder time staying on the ground, and that's bad for traction, and thus safety.
Jan 07, 2014 at 07:18 PM
Agree with JP above. If the good lord wanted us to lock our joints...he might have not given us joints there in the first place...
Jan 07, 2014 at 07:23 PM
Apparently Stybar lives less than 6K away from World Championship course and will decide 48 hours before the race if he's going to start.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/stybar-still-undecided-on-cyclo-cross-world-championships
That shit is so pro.
Jan 07, 2014 at 08:02 PM
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Jan 13, 2014 at 08:16 AM
someones always building a better mouse trap, er helmet
I get the industrial design theories, but it would last 15 minutes in the real world and be useless to anybody other than commuters - maybe for a vending machine next to citibike stations...?
Jan 13, 2014 at 01:37 PM
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Jan 13, 2014 at 03:30 PM
Wind Chill Blows
It’s time to get rid of this meaningless number.
As Stokes says, "we create our own wind."
Jan 13, 2014 at 05:16 PM
It sure which doping thread this goes in...
http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/2014/01/omerta-and-violence-cost-of-merely.html?m=1
http://www.cyclinginquisition.com/2014/01/omerta-and-violence-cost-of-merely.html?m=1
Jan 21, 2014 at 01:49 PM
I'm going to cross post this; it is revolting that Velonews would lionize dopers just for pageviews. Probably expected, but still revolting.
Jan 21, 2014 at 01:57 PM
Everyone was doing it so its okay
On Jan 21, 2014 8:49 AM, "Jules"
On Jan 21, 2014 8:49 AM, "Jules"
Jan 21, 2014 at 06:25 PM
I've been meaning to post this article for a while.
Besides the beautiful video of bald ibises flying in V-formation and the explanation to a age-old question about energy conservation, it ends with the intriguing question about "how the birds know to fly in these optimal spots". It strikes me that cyclists are particularly well positioned to answer this question: Something along the lines of, "how do cyclists know how to ride in echelons?"
Besides the beautiful video of bald ibises flying in V-formation and the explanation to a age-old question about energy conservation, it ends with the intriguing question about "how the birds know to fly in these optimal spots". It strikes me that cyclists are particularly well positioned to answer this question: Something along the lines of, "how do cyclists know how to ride in echelons?"
Jan 21, 2014 at 08:18 PM
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