Tour de France 2013 *spoilers*
- Thread starter Noodley
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Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Ryder shoved him down the hill as he passed.
Yep, just checked the video above. I think some pot holes from the vid have been filled in, it was the gravel that was very dodgy when we were there. Hopefully that will have been cleared. Well that and the narrow road, lots of hairpins and complete lack of barriers....
Think I also went through a set of brake blocks!!
Have they stuck a forge half way down to repair your forks.
How would they neutralize it if there are breaks and riders all over the place?
Dave Davenport
Guru
- Location
- Hampshire
A mate of mine, who's a very experienced alpine rider did the decent last year, said it was the scariest he'd ever done.
What about the gravel melt-water channels, Twizit?
Gotta be honest I can't remember. Too busy looking for a safe slow line down!! Found a lovely local coffee shop in the village just before the end of the decent though
Diggs
Veteran
- Location
- Billericay, Essex
Well, I've booked a half day tomorrow so will be attempting to squeeze into LMNH to watch it all unfold.
Strathlubnaig
Guru
- Location
- Alberta
Where are all the camper vans going to park ?? Plenty of opporchancity for a brave descendeur to open up a bit of a gap.
No idea Crax. Time differences and restart at the bottom like a handicap?
jdtate101
Ex-Fatman
- Location
- Boring Birmingham
I thinks it's more a case of you can generate more power over a longer period of time seated, as you are not engaging your core and upper body as much. It's overall less stressful on the body, as long as you can stay on top of the gear. High cadence climbing can actually produce more power (force x rotational speed) as mashing a higher gear. Getting out of the saddle is better for very high power efforts, but Froome on Ventoux produced a frightening acceleration seated with very high cadence.
Bradley was seated most of the time as he has a very high power in that position from his track days and TT's. Not sure aerodynamics plays a huge part in the uphill time trials as the air resistance is not the greatest force at that speed (it's more gravity), but staying tucked means Chris could better use the extension bars as leverage to engage his core to drive the pedals.
Complete aside....
There's something funny going on here, I can't see Thom's posts, either that or you're answering the voices again
Hmmm, twilight zone!
Chris Norton
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Boston, Lincs
I've descended the Sarenne (on ski's not bike) and it's fairly innocuous on those. But going down it at speed, on that video frankly would scare the poo out of me. The road surface looks awful. I know they sweep it, but someone could get hurt badly tomorrow.
As it's my afternoon off, guess I'll be sat here enjoying the stage my favorite bike stage of all.
Froome to win 3 summits? I'll take that.
As it's my afternoon off, guess I'll be sat here enjoying the stage my favorite bike stage of all.
Froome to win 3 summits? I'll take that.
