Riding styles

[Offtheback]

miniFaustoL.jpg (Hope this works; fairly new at this)

It was said that Fausto Coppi had one of the most beautiful and fluid riding styes of his day. I notice that riders seemed to sit further back than these days, (different frame geometry I know), with a long reach to the bars. Any comments?

 

[Offtheback]

Sod it, it didn't work!

 

[krebs303]

 

[El Imbatido]

Offtheback:

So just make sure you type those bracketed stuff before and after the address. They are called Bbcodes, you'll get used to them pretty quickly.

 

[Oldman]

miniFaustoL.jpg (Hope this works; fairly new at this)

It was said that Fausto Coppi had one of the most beautiful and fluid riding styes of his day. I notice that riders seemed to sit further back than these days, (different frame geometry I know), with a long reach to the bars. Any comments?[/quote]

Hard to apply fluid power in that position without charring your legs, for one. Aerodynamic considerations and the fact you can change gears easily seemed to be the major influence. You still had some primitive styles in the Lemond era.

 

[hfer07]

climbing style:

 

[hfer07]

TT style:

 

[Offtheback]

Offtheback:

So just make sure you type those bracketed stuff before and after the address. They are called Bbcodes, you'll get used to them pretty quickly.

Thanks mate.
Eric

PS I haven't been suspended yet.. except from the bedroom a few times by the wife

 

[brianf7]

What ever works for you .Just remember your hands should not have any waight on them.


Climbing I use the longest cranks and the biggest gear I can push.

No use loosing waight you need it to get you down again.

 

[Oldman]

What ever works for you .Just remember your hands should not have any waight on them.


Climbing I use the longest cranks and the biggest gear I can push.

No use loosing waight you need it to get you down again.

If you're figuring out your position, save this recommendation until you're sure you can do everything comfortably at high rpm. That and put in some stage races. Big gears are the last, hard resort to improvement.

 

[GilTeamS&M]

650's? Smaller? Looks like 24 inch wheels! What's the story here?

 

[Offtheback]

650's? Smaller? Looks like 24 inch wheels! What's the story here?

Believe it or not they are actually 20 inch wheels!

 

[hfer07]

miniFaustoL.jpg (Hope this works; fairly new at this)

It was said that Fausto Coppi had one of the most beautiful and fluid riding styes of his day. I notice that riders seemed to sit further back than these days, (different frame geometry I know), with a long reach to the bars. Any comments?[/quote]

about you question: when you sit further back on the saddle, you utilize more your hamstring & buttock muscles, which helps to relieve excessive work/overload on your quadriceps & allows you to generate more power for climbing & TT

the main reasons for those changes are efficiency & aerodynamics- Eddy Merxx set a series of measurements & data for bike fitting-called The Eddy Fit which aims to put the cyclist in the smallest frame & position possibly & comfortably achievable-that meant the handlebar height dropped, while maintaining proper seat height & setback. after that, Greg Lemond, Bernard Hinault, Cyrille Guimard & many others came up with similar bike fittings looking to improve the power generated by the rider while making the position as aerodynamic & comfortable as possible.

 

[Awolpe]

spinning might not help your time but it can really help in the long run

What ever works for you .Just remember your hands should not have any waight on them.


Climbing I use the longest cranks and the biggest gear I can push.

No use loosing waight you need it to get you down again.

 

[Awolpe]

650's? Smaller? Looks like 24 inch wheels! What's the story here?

looks tiny!!

 

[CycloErgoSum]

A good thread. I've always admired the Russians from the St. Petersburg track school, guys like Berzin, Outchakov and Ekimov as really smooth pedallers. Also riders like Sammy Moreels and Stephen Roche. I've never seen footage, but apparently Anquetil was a stylist, as was the pedaller of charm himself, Ferdie Kubler (I think that's him...any help?)

 

[usedtobefast]

Indurain was a smooth spinning guy.

 

[ustabe]

650's? Smaller? Looks like 24 inch wheels! What's the story here?

Don't know the exact size, but in the '50s Cino Cinelli experimented with smaller wheels. He believed they were the wave of the future--smaller, lighter, and more aerodynamic, and that better roads would make them practical.

Regarding the "Eddy fit," I know that Merckx's fit was somewhat unique for the time, but I never heard of him formalizing what he did. As I understand, he was just trying to resolve his fairly tall, lanky build with aerodynamics and getting on as small a frame as possible. And he was more evolutionary than revolutionary, just taking what the tall guys who went before him--Hugo Koblet, Ercole Baldini, and Felice Gimondi, for example--to the next degree.

 

[Monty Dog]

It would only be appropriate on the day of his 45th birthday to celebrate the stylish riding of Maurizio Fondriest - we share the same birth date, but sadly not the effortless, silky pedalling style

 

[Steel4Ever]

Serious Style!

Only from a Crazy Canuck!
They used to call Bauer's bike "The Hog" (comparing it to a chopper motobike).

 

[Wallace]

Only from a Crazy Canuck!
They used to call Bauer's bike "The Hog" (comparing it to a chopper motobike).

If I remember right, Bauer only rode that ridiculous bike for one year, at the end of his career, when he was desperately trying to find mechanical solutions to his loss of physical power. It didn't work--he didn't win anything on that semi-recumbent.