Never saw a team of riders miss braking points in so many corners like the white whales yesterday
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Oh. Ok. I guess I've done it but not like that. But I understand now.HelmutRoole said:He hand cranked his chain onto the ring, swings the bike to the pavement, wheel still spinning and drops it. Pretty common.Escarabajo said:It is still hard to believe it can move that way. What is the explanation?thehog said:hazaran said:Thats some wimpy motor given it didn't move at all after he put the back down..
Noted the same. If it was a motor the bike would have moved forward when the wheel hit he ground. This one is fake news.
Saw that too but it’s a GT squad on a flat World Cup course.Billie said:Never saw a team of riders miss braking points in so many corners like the white whales yesterday
Not say there’s no motor doping. Riders have been caught so there is; how pervasive is the question.Escarabajo said:Oh. Ok. I guess I've done it but not like that. But I understand now.HelmutRoole said:He hand cranked his chain onto the ring, swings the bike to the pavement, wheel still spinning and drops it. Pretty common.Escarabajo said:It is still hard to believe it can move that way. What is the explanation?thehog said:hazaran said:Thats some wimpy motor given it didn't move at all after he put the back down..
Noted the same. If it was a motor the bike would have moved forward when the wheel hit he ground. This one is fake news.
Billie said:Never saw a team of riders miss braking points in so many corners like the white whales yesterday
deValtos said:Just goes to show how badly people want there to be motor doping to highlight something with an incredibly obvious explanation.
What was even more bizzare was Armstrong on his podcast couldn't make sense that someone would lift their bike up when they put the chain on and spin the cranks. He was baffled.
He kinda acknowledged his error in yesterday's podcast though... So it seems he really couldn't explain it initially.Bolder said:deValtos said:Just goes to show how badly people want there to be motor doping to highlight something with an incredibly obvious explanation.
What was even more bizzare was Armstrong on his podcast couldn't make sense that someone would lift their bike up when they put the chain on and spin the cranks. He was baffled.
I thought that was lame on LA's part -- he clearly knows it wasn't a motor but was just trying to stir sh** up
LA should stick to race tactics on his podcast and avoid discussing anything to do with doping, pharmacological or otherwise. His credibility is permanently compromised.
This video makes it pretty clear what occurred.LaFlorecita said:Put his chain back on and spun the crank with his hand
Video from another angle
https://twitter.com/TomEnthoven/status/1018751837766340608
JosephK said:Thank goodness the UCI have looked closely at the issue of tech fraud and finally put it to rest:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-finds-no-evidence-of-mechanical-doping-at-the-tour-de-france/
Lots of increased trust in the cleanness of cycling promoted by the UCI and WADA this year. It's all about transparency, figuratively and literally.
'The objective is to eliminate suspicion' says Lappartient
Lappartient has figured out that in this race they were not being used. I don't believe he ever thought that at this level they were. In those circumstances what else can he say?proffate said:JosephK said:Thank goodness the UCI have looked closely at the issue of tech fraud and finally put it to rest:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-finds-no-evidence-of-mechanical-doping-at-the-tour-de-france/
Lots of increased trust in the cleanness of cycling promoted by the UCI and WADA this year. It's all about transparency, figuratively and literally.
'The objective is to eliminate suspicion' says Lappartient
as opposed to, you know, catch cheaters...
maybe the guy/girl filming could have picked them wheels up, they just got tossed away, first rule of hidden motors don't chuck the motors awayfmk_RoI said:Even a team-mate's wheel won't go on Froome's bike - which of them has the wheel motor? Video.
I guess I'll have to take nothing. Oh, hang on a moment, the moon's just come out, wow, that's it, that's proof that motors are commonplace. I'm a believer!Benotti69 said:Tafi.
If Tafi wanting to ride Paris Roubaix as a competitor at 52 doesn't tell you motors are commonplace then nothing will!
fmk_RoI said:I guess I'll have to take nothing. Oh, hang on a moment, the moon's just come out, wow, that's it, that's proof that motors are commonplace. I'm a believer!Benotti69 said:Tafi.
If Tafi wanting to ride Paris Roubaix as a competitor at 52 doesn't tell you motors are commonplace then nothing will!
Absolutely. And if me wanting to win the Black Reels best actor award despite not being black or an actor tells you nothing about racism in Hollywood then nothing will.Benotti69 said:Tafi.
If Tafi wanting to ride Paris Roubaix as a competitor at 52 doesn't tell you motors are commonplace then nothing will!