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![]() Which is priority, the shape of your vessel or build a bigger engine? The skillful cyclist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvmibwafGXc
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![]() Message received!
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Coach Stuart McDougal knocking me into shape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79Yp_lgN4mQ |
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![]() Reduce drag profile AND build stronger AND smarter muscle.
Streamlining is useless without a stream. As can be seen: cyclists have tight hip flexors Last edited by Zenturtle : 12-20-2016 at 04:23 PM. |
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![]() He's overgliding!
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![]() I thought balance was the main priority
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vu598EhI7LU But best to combine it with streamline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpnHWqR69cA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk3Af691T-o Last edited by Zenturtle : 12-20-2016 at 04:04 PM. |
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![]() Lol, hilarious - damn those 'over-gliders'
He's got excellent balance laid out on the edge of his seat, minimizing his drag profile. I wonder if this is triathlon or USAT legal? Sure beats dropping $2,500 on a set of Zipp wheels that would never return those kind of results. 'The shape of your vessel matters more than the size of your engine' ~Bill Boomer |
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Anyway, Bill Boomer is right only within the context of efficiency or energy transfer.
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Lloyd. Stillness is the greatest revelation. -- Lao Tzu The light of the body is the eye. -- J. Ch__st. Last edited by lloyddinma : 12-21-2016 at 04:55 AM. Reason: ... |
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no trae bici de carrera, por eso lo adelantan, pero uso un buen y estúpido truco. (he doesn't ride a road bike, that's why they overtake him, anyway he used a good and stupid trick) Not a cycling expert, anyway this seems to be a fake. Just to expand the above comment: he's the only one using one of those bikes without brakes (on the road downhill, not something you would normally do) and with only 1 gear, and this gear is pretty low: his mates, especially the first 2, initially take the lead and stay ahead with a lower cadence, ie they have an higher gear (and the brakes, just in case it's needed). So he's initially slower because of the low gear of his bike. He basically has the engine braking on (the limited cadence of his legs is the engine braking). Like going downhill with a car with the 2nd gear on. When he leaves the pedals, he not only improves his vessel shape, but he also takes the engine braking off. That's the "good and stupid trick". Like taking the 2nd gear off and letting the car free to go downhill by gravity. The pedals are now free to increase their cadence as much as they want, and when he overtakes his mates his pedals roll very fast (much faster than his mates' pedals and much faster than they rolled when connected to his feet). But still, I liked it :) Salvo |
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