Recent content by drawkrb

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    Froome's Acceleration on the Bike ??

    with motors as in pic, you can hear the gears this is what they said about cancellaras bike it was making a funny noise that is where it all started.
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    Froome's Acceleration on the Bike ??

    Zorotheslacker you are on the right track with stepper motors sir dyson of vacuum cleaner fame leads the way in small motor tech they have a big research centre in uk no we are not looking at comp just saying it could be used in comp. we are looking at it as a cycle aid has to be cheap...
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    Froome's Acceleration on the Bike ??

    all of the systems about at the moment are noisy as they are geared, this was what was said about cancellara bike.to make these motors you need to use neodymium magnets these are very powerful and all you would need is a piece of steel to check for them it would stick to frame if a motor was in...
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    Froome's Acceleration on the Bike ??

    they brought testing in last year after all the trouble over Cancellara
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    Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 3 (Post-Confession)

    here is what article said. It said Walsh and English had "reached a mutually acceptable final resolution to all claims against Lance Armstrong related to the 2012 high court proceedings and are entirely happy with the agreed settlement, the terms of the which remain confidential". yes they...
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    Froome's Acceleration on the Bike ??

    horsingabout. yes they did xray all bikes at the start for motors, so he could not have used one. as I understand it they are allowed 2 road bikes and 1timetrial all where checked.
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    Official Lance Armstrong Thread: Part 3 (Post-Confession)

    can't see a insurance company paying out on this, would you if you where a underwriter .if the policy was taken out before he came out, he told lies to get it so they would just keep his money he paid. notice walsh got something out of it, so recon it cost Armstrong over 1 million
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    Giro del Trentino 2013

    yes he had to change bikes waiting cost him about 1min but he had missed gears before that.
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    Disc Brakes on a C59

    i have rode disc brake road bikes since 2007 n1 planet x uncle john used bb5 cable must have done 4000+ miles and only 2 sets pads and by the way i ride in derbyshire.sold this now n2 bike steel frame bike, made frame my self 853 reynolds bb7 road. rear disc mount between chain and seat stays...
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    daft UCI attitude to disk brakes on road bikes?

    just like to say having built a disc brake road bike 2 years ago and done 4000 miles on it mainly in derbyshire england i would not use rim brakes again if you payed me. my brakes are avid bb5 mountain bike ones and have only had one pair of new pads in that time. i am building a new bike now...