Recent content by ColumbusSL

Have another look at the post and then read it. the climbing data is for a 1m30sec climb - a very short burst of power needed over an uneven and undulating surface - the wheel would be constantly needed to be accelerated... so the rider is constantly accellerating a mass that is around 15%...

I have been asked for more information on the AMB test – Australian Mountain Bike Magazine printed the test in its Sept 11 edition. Unfortunately they don’t do a web version. So here are more details. They used identically specc’ed Giant Anthem X duallies hooked up to speed and cadence...

My original post was about putting some science into the debate. The hype has been too embarrassing of late. (see above) Two tests using power meters to determine how much power (the rider) puts in to get measured speed over a variety of tracks. One test was a professional athlete in a 24hr...

?!!! ... Nothing wrong with your imagination that’s for sure… I am guessing with the lack of prepositions and nouns in your posts you must be one of those hip funksta types that wears your cap on sideways…

Is that a link to Matts article from Singletrack! BWAHAHAHA!! ROFLMAO!! You are joking right?!! Even the MTBR 29er forum zealots realised that was a joke! Did you bother to check the inset ad (for the kiddies – an inset ad looks exactly like a picture that would normally illustrate the...

blah, blah, blah… I don’t like the results of the available science so I will have a go at the messenger … blah blah once more… two separate tests where numerous people doing numerous runs over a variety of courses returning reasonable data sets producing real world evidence that for the...

These 2 tests with multiple riders over multiple courses with equivalent bikes except for wheel size provided a data set that showed the 26in wheel to be around 7% more efficient for the riders and tracks they were on. If you can provide a data set that is extensive, analysis showed, bikes...

Science v Religion In the scheme of engineering and physics a bicycle is neither expensive, nor complex, nor difficult to find power input. So it is suspicious that the amount of published power data regarding the 26 v 29 wheel is small in comparison to the debate. For whatever reason bike...

ROFLMAO!! an ex Aussie trackie?!! next you'll be telling us Stuart O'Grady (same era) is clean... and don't get me wrong - I am a big fan of O'Grady's - he has to be one of the hardest men around - but clean?! not a chance... In my book if you haven't been tainted in anyway you may be...

DQ'ing a guy for something that is not as serious as other stuff (eg the 2nd stage sprint) we have seen this tour is only going have more questions asked of the competency or fairness of the commisionaires. All sorts of rubbish has been escaping any sort of penalty yet here the penalty is...

Come on!!! the guy is TOP cyclist! He is a leader of goodish team that will get better! He is a top 5 finisher in a lot of grand tours! A World Champion! He can and should race both some classics and a grand tour or two every year till his late 30's if he can - that is what he is there for -...

haha... I'll bite, that actually is funny!! :D

yes... also Armstrong was able to organise a dope team and lead that team... You, who I have never met, missed the point of Flicker's post :p

+1 WTF?! lengthen your reply to 10 characters?!

...actually was it the 08 tour that 'they' stopped his car, pulled it apart and couldn't find anything? At a guess he would using couriers/small fridge like the others for his 'refresh'