Pro-cycling thread

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This is what I hear every time and then I think of a Jamaican cycling team that would just boss the sprints

Still not as good as Sean Kelly's "calc-u-lay-sharns" it used to annoy me, now it's part of the show

Aru always looks as though he's crying:

The uci need to look at that mouth. I am sure its not legal.

I kept screaming at the Spanish lady to finish off that flaming 60th seed. ARGH!! Early round tennis > Giro Italia. Only on Eurosport.

Selfie, Mrak?

You'd think it would of been over quicker given she was injured as well!

Fuck you, camera! http://gfycat.com/SpectacularElasticBuffalo

Anyone know how fast Contador climbed the Motorola and how it compares?

Think I saw a tweet from amitopiyoriyiyi or however you spell his/her name - was about 5.8W/kg, and several minutes slower than Pantani's record. Nothing suspicious.

yesterday they looked slow compared to this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpKYmvsqe8E

45.07

Two minutes slower than Pantani.

Any idea how much time/wattage/effort is gained with modern equipment?

a lot less doped up.
(hopefully)

One of the guys from GCN did Mortirolo on 34/32 then a Pantani style 39/25 and said he was quicker on a compact.

I think it was Fred Grappe who did some tests with younger riders on new and old equipment and the differences were quite large. Mainly lower weight and stiffer frames and wheels, if I remember correctly.

Excuse my ignorance, but what was a typical bike weight for Pantani's era?

Now they're all coming in under 6.8kg and having weights put on to bring them up to around 6.9, from what I've seen on places like GCN.

Interesting... Assumed Contador would be slower on Pantani's bike, but potentially much slower.

The wheels are much lighter now, especially the rims, so rotating weight is reduced and that helps a lot.

That and the microdosing.

But isn't that only when accelerating? #notaphysicist

I don't think you're carrying much momentum going up a steep fucking hill.

#alsonotaphysicist

This seems pointless, as the GCN guy had spent his entire cycling life mashing 39/25 up hills. So would have developed very different muscle fibers and such.