What was wrong with Cadels Bike?

[mickkk]

What was wrong with Cadels Bike?

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

BMC issued a statement that did not specify what had happened. It read like they are trying to avoid saying what it was. So I am betting that it was something like a chainstay cracked or another failure that would be embarrassing to an equipment sponsor.

 

[auscyclefan94]

He said his brake was rubbing and the wheel was not in properley in. He said he felt a lot better on that 2nd bike

 

[mickkk]

I suspect it is along the same lines as his "fractured elbow" that became a "broken arm" this week. Just like the missing xray, so too will the mechanics report vanish.

 

[auscyclefan94]

I suspect it is along the same lines as his "fractured elbow" that became a "broken arm" this week. Just like the missing xray, so too will the mechanics report vanish.

No they hve been open about it:

Cadel's website:
"I was not feeling great on the wheel, and maybe it was because my wheel had decided to shift a little in the frame-very energy inefficient if it drags on the brake pads"

Cadel's to Cyclingnews
"I could feel there was something wrong with my rear wheel, that was slowing me down. I think it was rubbing on the frame. It put me over the limit when I accelerated and that seemed strange. It's why I changed bikes. But when they're going pretty fast up front and you have to stop three times, the chances of getting back by yourself are pretty limited."

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

No they hve been open about it:

Cadel's website:
"I was not feeling great on the wheel, and maybe it was because my wheel had decided to shift a little in the frame-very energy inefficient if it drags on the brake pads"

Cadel's to Cyclingnews
"I could feel there was something wrong with my rear wheel, that was slowing me down. I think it was rubbing on the frame. It put me over the limit when I accelerated and that seemed strange. It's why I changed bikes. But when they're going pretty fast up front and you have to stop three times, the chances of getting back by yourself are pretty limited."

Does the BMC not have vertical drop outs? Slipping seems unlikely it it does.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Does the BMC not have vertical drop outs? Slipping seems unlikely it it does.

NOt a clue....

 

[graviT]

I suspect it is along the same lines as his "fractured elbow" that became a "broken arm" this week. Just like the missing xray, so too will the mechanics report vanish.

Are you saying that a fractured elbow does not equal a broken arm?

A fracture is defined as a break in bone or cartilage and the elbow is a specific part of the arm. Therefore, saying you broke your arm is less specific than saying you fractured your elbow but both are completely correct.

 

[blaxland]

Nothing....It was a well executed plain to leave Voeckler on his own in know-mans land But most likely broken skewer"

 

[abbaskip]

Are you saying that a fractured elbow does not equal a broken arm?

A fracture is defined as a break in bone or cartilage and the elbow is a specific part of the arm. Therefore, saying you broke your arm is less specific than saying you fractured your elbow but both are completely correct.

Exactly.

There seems to be this confusion about the difference between the terms "break" and "fracture". "Fracture" is what doctors call a break. Sometimes fractures only refer to a green stick fracture. Breaks are generally full fractures.

 

[gregod]

none of the above.

there was a loose nut on the saddle

 

[MacRoadie]

Cadel was on it?

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

Did anyone see Andy Schleck's mechanic working on Evans bike before the stage?

 

[Maxiton]

Yeah, he faked it. He wanted to spend most of the stage chasing before catching back on at the final climb. More challenging that way.

 

[MacRoadie]

Did anyone see Andy Schleck's mechanic working on Evans bike before the stage?

No, but rumor has it Bobke stopped by at 5:00 am asking Cadel to go for a ride, so Cadel picked up the bike and hit him with it...

 

[greenedge]

maybe what he said was wrong with it was correct and he just did not feel comfortable on it. Did you not see him lurch??? Odd thread.

MacRoadie very funny even though i am a fan of him.

 

[speedyace21]

cadels bike

another outside possibility, abeit dangerous, was that
cadel was simply having a shocking morning and rather than getting 'obviously' dropped, it was better to pretend to have a 'mechanical' - its been done before as well as 'pretend' fatigue like Armstrong did to Ullrich.

 

[El Pistolero]

He was dropped by Contador, end of story.

 

[goggalor]

He was dropped by Contador, end of story.

Yup. Maybe the brake was rubbing, but he was dropped nonetheless. Happily for him Conta was riding over his limit, so he and Sammy and the rest caught back a minute on the Galibier.

 

[veganrob]

It was Cadel being Cadel

 

[Kender]

if he was dropped without mechanical there is no way he could have ridden the rest of the stage the way he did. get real people

 

[El Pistolero]

if he was dropped without mechanical there is no way he could have ridden the rest of the stage the way he did. get real people

He couldn't follow Contador up Alpe now could he.

 

[davestoller]

He couldn't follow Contador up Alpe now could he.

fair point.

TO me it looked like he blew up.
Cadel, went on to say he was blowing up, and thought it was unusual, which led him to look at his back wheel.
When he got off the bike he played with the rear wheel, spun it of the ground. Did not fiddle with the brake pads. By the time Mavic got to him he got back on and went.

THen later BMC brought a new bike. THen he took off flying. Phil Liggett commented he would not have been riding that fast had he blown--like the way Voeckler looked.

Either way, he made a dramatic recevoery and comeback top of Galibier and roade tactically a superb race.

But its true he couldnt follow or had no reason to follow Contador, as neither did Andy.

 

[Franklin]

He couldn't follow Contador up Alpe now could he.

Do you know for sure? He targeted Andy.

I'm not saying he surely could follow, but certainly the speed set by the Shreks was both glacial and to slow for him.

If you see the replay, after he was dropped he does halt his legs and makes a weird move. This made me think of a misshift. It also would have fitted in his spinning his wheel. But Cadel himself is beyond vague about it.

I'd say the mechanical didn't change the fact he couldn't follow at that time, but to dismiss it as "all in his head" is also strange considering the evidence of him having everything under control. He might be pressed, but he makes the right decisions time and time again... that doesn't fit with someone having delusions.

 

[Michielveedeebee]

No they hve been open about it:

Cadel's website:
"I was not feeling great on the wheel, and maybe it was because my wheel had decided to shift a little in the frame-very energy inefficient if it drags on the brake pads"

Cadel's to Cyclingnews
"I could feel there was something wrong with my rear wheel, that was slowing me down. I think it was rubbing on the frame. It put me over the limit when I accelerated and that seemed strange. It's why I changed bikes. But when they're going pretty fast up front and you have to stop three times, the chances of getting back by yourself are pretty limited."

I've had this problem rather often with my carbon back wheel tbh