2020 Tour de France

[Frosty]

Ineos and Jumbo both replaced their wheels with more exotic ligther versions than the shimano. Adam...he is still on his shimano with different depths front and back. Would the deeper wheel at the back help with his descending considering his size and weight?

These bikes are already at the weight limit, so these kinds of changes must be for other reasons than just weight savings. Where you have the weight should not have a massive effect on how fast you can climb, GCN explained it in a recent video.

 

More rotating mass means more gyroscopic effect keeping things stable, but makes it a bit more difficult to make the bike turn in. MotoGP bikes experience this to a much larger extent, but these guys must surely also look at those types of things to gain advantages in the descents.

I posted a link earlier this week on why Jumbo-Visma were using unbranded wheels. Here’s the link, again.

 

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/racing/tour-de-france/why-are-jumbo-visma-using-unbranded-wheels-in-this-years-tour-de-france-466205

[Vetplant]

These bikes are already at the weight limit, so these kinds of changes must be for other reasons than just weight savings. Where you have the weight should not have a massive effect on how fast you can climb, GCN explained it in a recent video.

 

More rotating mass means more gyroscopic effect keeping things stable, but makes it a bit more difficult to make the bike turn in. MotoGP bikes experience this to a much larger extent, but these guys must surely also look at those types of things to gain advantages in the descents.

https://youtu.be/Yn70zsUzgQg

 

Video explaining the various inertial forces at play in MotoGP.

 

Some of this is probably also, at play within cycling, but to a lesser extent.

[kosmonooit]

A view from the Horner

 

Edited September 6, 2020 by kosmonooit

[kosmonooit]

RIP Nico

 

[Gen]

Right almost pedals down..let's see what a lazy Sunday afternoon brings us.. a 100km nap or edge of seat viewing.

[Vetplant]

BORA all together at the front... Will they bring some heat again? Or just ensure the correct breakaway composition?

[Gen]

BORA all together at the front... Will they bring some heat again? Or just ensure the correct breakaway composition?

Sags will want to get up the road [emoji1696]

[NC_lurker]

Quote of the day yesterday from stage winner Nans Peters:

"I knew [ilnur] Zakarin was stronger than me up the climbs but I never gave up. I convinced myself to not crack. I had seen in the downhill of Port de Balès that he descended like a goat so I was confident to beat him in the finale of the stage."

 

..Ilnur "the goat" Zakarian ????

Edited September 6, 2020 by NC_lurker

[Gen]

Well its a fast start..the fight for the break is on.

[Gen]

Quote of the day yesterday from stage winner Nans Peters:

"I knew [ilnur] Zakarin was stronger than me up the climbs but I never gave up. I convinced myself to not crack. I had seen in the downhill of Port de Balès that he descended like a goat so I was confident to beat him in the finale of the stage."

 

..Ilnur "the goat" Zakarian [emoji38]

Lol yeah shame I close my eyes everytime Zakarin goes downhill ..

[NC_lurker]

Lol yeah shame I close my eyes everytime Zakarin goes downhill ..

I sometimes wonder if he does as well [emoji23]

 

Yeah, it's always been his downfall, I do wonder what his results would've been like if he'd managed to improve his descending.

[Gen]

Sagan climbed that quite well.. the pace was high...

 

 

 

Oh genade we have TDF commentary and F1 commentary..that eas funny

[Gen]

Oh no Aru..what's going on[emoji24]

[Gen]

Jis I wish the supersport producers knew more about cycling.. the race is hot and they cut to ads[emoji17]

[Gen]

Wout is hanging on at the back there.

[Gen]

37min done.. 30km covered [emoji3061]