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Re: Moto-fraud: first rider caught
The head unit can show multiple values or one value at time. He was pressing for well over a minute, it's not plausible that he spent all the time trying to get to the power value. Besides, you custom set your screens before you start and leave it there, current power, avg. power, cadence and time is where you leave it. There's no need for any other values until after the ride during analysis. Additionally to all of this he makes that odd swipe and downward motion across the hood as he completes his all out effort and returns to the top bars. All very strange.
Beech Mtn said:thehog said:red_flanders said:thehog said:Take a look at Froome's right hand in this video compared to the other riders and his left hand.
Power assisted motor?![]()
https://twitter.com/trudgin/status/873905662119620621
Honestly, this is the first footage I've seen that indicated something clearly suspicious. Not that I doubt there have been motors used on occasion, just haven't seen anything that made me think, "There! That rider is using one now."
That's really tough to explain otherwise. Question is how can a bike with an obvious adjustment dial like this not be a massive risk for getting caught out.
It's very odd, as it has been suggested he could be changing gears but his cadence remains relatively the same and you wouldn't change gears 37 times in 90 seconds. Another explanation was the new Garmin firmware allows you to scroll through the screens with the Di2 button, however when at threshold as Froome was you wouldn't be scrolling through 87 screens. My thought is he is using a incremental power assist, gentle increases of 2w each button press to make it look less obvious than his Ventoux sham.
If you watch the entire stage when Froome doesn't do the thing again even when Porte catches and passes him.
As I said, nothing with Froome ever adds up, he is odd in all shapes and forms.
Last 40km here; http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube3/?title=On-Demand+Broadcast+from+Stage+8,+Last+45+Km&dashboard=criterium-du-dauphine-libere&id=EowqgqkwAog&yr=2017
The scrolling through screens notion seems plausible, particularly if Dawg's equipment isn't working properly and he can't get it to change to the display he wants to look at. He's so glued to that thing; I could see Dawg manically pressing buttons over and over if his screen wasn't right.
The head unit can show multiple values or one value at time. He was pressing for well over a minute, it's not plausible that he spent all the time trying to get to the power value. Besides, you custom set your screens before you start and leave it there, current power, avg. power, cadence and time is where you leave it. There's no need for any other values until after the ride during analysis. Additionally to all of this he makes that odd swipe and downward motion across the hood as he completes his all out effort and returns to the top bars. All very strange.