motorised doping?!
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this looks pretty convincing - watch right to the end
http://www.electricbikemag.net/showStory.php?storynum=14
http://www.electricbikemag.net/showStory.php?storynum=14
Crankarm
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A new bottom bracket that turns itself. Why has Shimano brought out Di2? It's a motor to turn the BB 
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.It's starting to be taken a bit more seriously now....montage said:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/lefevere-takes-mechanical-doping-seriously
Flying_Monkey
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I couldn't get that embedded video to work, but here's the original on YouTube.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nd13ARuvVE
The Cancellara footage and argument is quite convincing when you see the slowed-down sections, especially for the second race. It's the combination of acceleration without significant apparent change in effort with the wierd hand movements. The noise of the motor would not be able to be heard over the motorbikes and the crowds - and I notice that the accelerations both occured on very noisy sections.
Although it is still not much more than speculation, I am starting to get a bad feeling about this.
View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nd13ARuvVE
The Cancellara footage and argument is quite convincing when you see the slowed-down sections, especially for the second race. It's the combination of acceleration without significant apparent change in effort with the wierd hand movements. The noise of the motor would not be able to be heard over the motorbikes and the crowds - and I notice that the accelerations both occured on very noisy sections.
Although it is still not much more than speculation, I am starting to get a bad feeling about this.
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Flying_Monkey said:
say it aint so, but I agree the second bit of footage looked remarkable. Just after he started to accelerate away they hit a bend with that sort of sttep inner curve. He rode that line effortlessly and continued to accelerate.
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It's a spoof. The people who are pushing this obviously crazy scurrilous slander want to discredit Cancellara and publicity for their little labour saving device. Cue Cancellara's lawyers suing.
Watched it again this morning with a mate, and on the helicopter shot where he accelerates away from 3 or 4 riders it looks almost comical, as if he's on a moped or something. Don't see how this could ever be proved though. Would be interesting to look at the bike though to see if there are extra holes at the bottom of the seat tube where the drive shaft with the bevel gear might have been blocked. Got to be a way of checking surely? Probably too late now.
Flying_Monkey
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raindog said:
Yes, and no doubt if he did use some kind of device, he would never use it again now, because he'll be watched like a hawk. We may never know.
It's reached LePoint now - expect others, maybe even the English dailys to follow - we'll be the laughing stock......
http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-so...ra-soupconne-de-dopage-mecanique/920/0/461600
http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-so...ra-soupconne-de-dopage-mecanique/920/0/461600
Flying_Monkey
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raindog said:It's reached LePoint now - expect others, maybe even the English dailys to follow - we'll be the laughing stock......
http://www.lepoint.fr/actualites-so...ra-soupconne-de-dopage-mecanique/920/0/461600
I'm just waiting for the first audio technician to isolate the sound of the little motor from the TV footage...