shaper Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Astana attacking peleton, Moviestar taking an interest.... breakaway at 4'17... seems everyone wanting to race now... going to be a tough day... attacks starting early
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Astana attacking peleton, Moviestar taking an interest.... breakaway at 4'17... seems everyone wanting to race now... going to be a tough day... attacks starting early When will Nairo and Teejay pull on the ejector seat?
Vetplant Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Movistar and Astana apparently driving the Peloton along... making Froome Dawg work to stay in contact...
shaper Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Peleton strung out, Astana then sky, Moviestar now back sucking Froomes wheel... breakaway time now down to 3'46
'Dale Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Has there ever been a TDF when a frenchie, Italion and Spanish rider has not won a stage??Probably not heyBut I don't think ever as deeply into week 3 at least Interesting stat to check out
shaper Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Katusha moved up with Astana, on the first decent climb... break coming down 3'05
Vetplant Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Please keep the updates coming, the online tracking is totally out of whack today... can't make out head or tail from the info supplied.
eddy Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 I watched this clip and the most interesting thing for me is the gear ratios. He has a 11-28 cassette and 53/36 chain rings giving him a lowest ratio of 1.3:1 (33.9 inches). Eddy Merckx rode a 42 small ring with his cassette only going up to a 21, giving him a 2:1 ratio (52.6 inches). Merckx rode an easiest gear >50% heavier than Louis. Maybe they are both at the extreme ends of their eras, but as my Eroica bike has the same ratio as (the other) eddy's bike, I think it is safe to say that gearing has become easier over the years. I wonder what the impact on racing times are because of this ? Any views ?
shaper Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 Not much happening at the moment, all climbing, Polka in break away, Katusha/Astana driving the chasing peleton, break down to 2'51, 105.2kms to go
shaper Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 De Gent over the first cat climb, MaJka (Poka) 2nd, 3'03
Pure Savage Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 I watched this clip and the most interesting thing for me is the gear ratios. He has a 11-28 cassette and 53/36 chain rings giving him a lowest ratio of 1.3:1 (33.9 inches). Eddy Merckx rode a 42 small ring with his cassette only going up to a 21, giving him a 2:1 ratio (52.6 inches). Merckx rode an easiest gear >50% heavier than Louis. Maybe they are both at the extreme ends of their eras, but as my Eroica bike has the same ratio as (the other) eddy's bike, I think it is safe to say that gearing has become easier over the years. I wonder what the impact on racing times are because of this ? Any views ? Lance armstrong also had a 39-25 when he road around France...
andydude Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 I watched this clip and the most interesting thing for me is the gear ratios. He has a 11-28 cassette and 53/36 chain rings giving him a lowest ratio of 1.3:1 (33.9 inches). Eddy Merckx rode a 42 small ring with his cassette only going up to a 21, giving him a 2:1 ratio (52.6 inches). Merckx rode an easiest gear >50% heavier than Louis. Maybe they are both at the extreme ends of their eras, but as my Eroica bike has the same ratio as (the other) eddy's bike, I think it is safe to say that gearing has become easier over the years. I wonder what the impact on racing times are because of this ? Any views ?Good question! Can't really answer, but will try to ask a few sport scientists. Some more gearing info from a forum http://forums.roadbikereview.com/general-cycling-discussion/what-gear-ratios-do-pros-use-mountains-1611.html "Millar's gear ratios were pretty standard back in the 70s and 80s. 42-21 was standard for racing, adding a 23, 24, 25, or 26 for mountains. Inner chainrings less than 42 or 41 teeth were seldom used: it wasn't that hard to crank a 21 or 22 pound bike, what racing bikes weighed at the time, up hills in 42-21. Everybody did it."
BDF Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 I watched this clip and the most interesting thing for me is the gear ratios. He has a 11-28 cassette and 53/36 chain rings giving him a lowest ratio of 1.3:1 (33.9 inches). Eddy Merckx rode a 42 small ring with his cassette only going up to a 21, giving him a 2:1 ratio (52.6 inches). Merckx rode an easiest gear >50% heavier than Louis. Maybe they are both at the extreme ends of their eras, but as my Eroica bike has the same ratio as (the other) eddy's bike, I think it is safe to say that gearing has become easier over the years. I wonder what the impact on racing times are because of this ? Any views ?This is LM's TT bike for hill climb TT's. I wonder what his "normal" bike's ratios look like? That would be a better comparison I think.
andydude Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 This is LM's TT bike for hill climb TT's. I wonder what his "normal" bike's ratios look like? That would be a better comparison I think."Normal" today for pros would be something like below? 39 X 23 for "normal" mountains39 X 25 for tough climbs39 X 27 or triples for "eye poppers"
shaper Posted July 22, 2016 Posted July 22, 2016 De Gent, Majka and an Vuillermoz rider gone off the front. 3'15
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