coapman said:
So it's now down to fitness, using any pedalling technique will make you fitter. You are also forgetting that even the non perfected version of this technique for use with standard bars as used by Anquetil was still capable of producing invincible power in TT's.
Speculation. Maybe it was the drugs, maybe he wore lucky red socks, maybe he lucked out and had the best genetic advantage.
I think Tony Martin looks awful on a bike. Never been a fan of Specialized BG fit. But he has had his share of high speed crashes so perhaps there is a reason his back is so rounded. But just because he is World Champion should we assume he is the best example?
Taylor Phinney was 2nd in the TT last year 5.37 seconds behind Martin, starts using Gimmickcranks, and drops to 5th place at 2:08min. By Franks logic that tells me that his product has had a hugely negative consequence to his TT performance. Or perhaps he just has 9750 more hours till he perfects his pedalling technique using them
Can you state one valid reason why Scott Rake bars should be banned ahead of todays dangerous aero bars. UCI's nonsensical rules mean nothing to me, my only objective was to find the perfect pedalling technique, one that does not have a dead spot sector and I succeeded in my search. There is nothing to prevent any engineer from producing the ideal Scott Rake bar set up.
Well apart from the rule that any equipment on the bike must be mass produced and widely available for anyone to purchase. The intent of that rule was to stop the BCF from using $40,000 carbon handlebars made specifically for each rider.