Recent content by Arn Old

True. In climbs, most of the power is used to fight gravity that brings the rider down, and this gravity force is commensurate with the rider's weight. It means that you need to achieve the highest power output possible with the lowest weight. It's the power/weight ratio. On a flat road...

Correct. And if the world champion teammates deserved to be rewarded, why wouldn't Grand Tour or Classic winners teammates ? About the olympic champion jersey, it looks like teams are doing it the unofficial way : Cancellara has gold lines all over his skinsuit and Sanchez has big gold areas...

Hincapie is married to former runway model and Tour de France podium girl Melanie Simonneau http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hincapie

http://www.velonews.com/photo/95441 They wouldn't use Garmin gear if Radio Shack was making bike computers, but as a retailer (and they even sell Garmin stuff, by the way), it's no problem, they're no competitors.

Wearing a helmet is a no-brainer for me. My guess is since it's mandatory in competitions, more and more people wear helmets at any time, especially young guys inspired by professional riders' look. There's no law about bike helmet in France and I would say about half sport cyclists on the road...

From what I know according to my young age : Bernard Hinault Jacques Anquetil Louison Bobet Raymond Poulidor Laurent Fignon Bernard Thévenet André Darrigade Laurent Jalabert Gilbert Duclos-Lassalle Richard Virenque And of course a thread called "top cyclists of all time" wouldn't...

American Idol = Zab http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q42j0Z1B_SU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtZv6Z53lFE

Last year there was no prologue and the organizers expected the Maillot Jaune to move from one rider to another through the first stages, thanks to no time bonuses - thus no GC domination by sprinters during the first week and small gaps between riders. This is part of total real-time race...