Fabian Cancellara accused of cheating??

[Ney the Viking]

Well, if you assume the oil inside the bearings is super liquid and add a tiny magnetic momentum in the rolling direction, then you can achieve a lot - it would look daft, though, for him to roll ahead even when standing still... Would almost look like a motorised bike, that.

wow I want one of those! Free energy ftw

 

[Archibald]

those bearings have little motors in each one. google it!

it's actually a good use of Inner Space science - they're not motors, but mini hamsters in each ball bearing. Apparantly on offer is an upgrade to mini ferrets

 

[Boeing]

it's actually a good use of Inner Space science - they're not motors, but mini hamsters in each ball bearing. Apparantly on offer is an upgrade to mini ferrets

the question is: what does he feed those hamsters?

 

[Ripper]

Burritos

This just in ...

Eating Burritos for breakfast will result in a time gain of 1.38 seconds per km and an 9% reduction in lactic acid at the end of 120 km of road racing.

My guess is due to gasseous air pushing you faster.

 

[Archibald]

the question is: what does he feed those hamsters?

dunno, but they don't test hamsters at the doping controls as WADA don't believe you can get syringes that are small enough...

 

[Black-Balled]

...i still think something was strange about his multiple bike changes in Flanders and sudden burst of speed...

You change your bike, you better have a sudden burst of speed after!

 

[dodgyknee]

This just in ...

Eating Burritos for breakfast will result in a time gain of 1.38 seconds per km and an 9% reduction in lactic acid at the end of 120 km of road racing.

My guess is due to gasseous air pushing you faster.

I once contemplated cheating with the "beans and bic lighter" method once!,
attach said lighter to rear of saddle and once the beans do thier work "light it up and instant rocket boost, mind you a few of the "scorched or smoked riders in the bunch might have something to say there...

 

[Ripper]

I once contemplated cheating with the "beans and bic lighter" method once!,
attach said lighter to rear of saddle and once the beans do thier work "light it up and instant rocket boost, mind you a few of the "scorched or smoked riders in the bunch might have something to say there...

Well they would not be able (or want) to hold your wheel

 

[Christian]

Rumour has it Cancellara has figured out how to build a perpetual motion machine and integrate it in his bike ... if he's lucky he can add the Nobel Price in Physics to his E3/Flanders/Roubaix/WC RR quadruple this year

 

[usedtobefast]

the question is: what does he feed those hamsters?

a special Spanish steak diet,liquefied for easier consumption.

 

[Dimtick]

From what i understand and have read in the media the Gold race bearings are absolutely ok and legal to use.

If these bearing are race legal then it's clear that they don't live up to the claims or everybody would be using them. With racing tech, teams are quick to jump on components that add even miniscule advantages. So if these bearing even provided a tenth of the improvement that is claimed than absolutely every team would be using them.

 

[Escarabajo]

This story of 2.5 s/km is really funny.

I estimated his power slightly over 500 watts during his 2009 World Title. If we assume that the mechanical efficiency was around 2.5% (usually used by many blogs and experts) then the total gain by assuming "0" losses would be of 34 seconds over the whole course roughly. Remember the math don't take into account the physiology aspect of the equation (Lactic acid reduction, LOL). That's about 0.68 seconds per km if the bike had no friction at all. I been practicing engineering for a while and I am yet to see the "frictionless machine". Now if you compare his bike with the Walmart bike then it might be OK.

This is complete BS just like others have said.

 

[blackcat]

serves 2 aims, this PR puff piece seeded into ESPN w/ their reputable brand, is looking to obfuscate his use of the motor, with this noise and deflection, albeit long after the Spring 2010 season, and it looks to sell ball bearings lol.

2.5 secs per km, lol.

But this absurd claim just runs a little interference, for the potential debate over the motor should it rear its head

 

[Aristarchus]

Lucky charm doping