Off topic: mechanical doping

[Zzzorse]

"Motor found in Belgian cyclo-cross bike ‘a disgrace’ says national cycling coach"

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news...a-disgrace-says-national-cycling-coach-209504

 

[1happyreader]

Silly rabbit,,, electric motors work better on the outside .
Have to wonder about the speed benefit vs weight penalty.

 

[Apollo]

When you figure that pro bikes weigh so little that sometimes there's a need to add weight to avoid going under the UCI minimum weight limit, having a small motor good for 300W is a small penalty to pay.

The technology is interesting but it sickens me that some people will stoop down to any level for a win.

 

[bladderhead]

She broke her chain. She should have had a driveshaft in the chainstay.

 

[JOSEPHWEISSERT]

So it seems there are three types of cheating:

1) illegally increase the human power output (e.g., EPO)
2) submit false data (e.g., lie, cheat on Strava, take shortcuts in a race)
3) utilize power from other sources (ride a motorcycle)

 

[LarryOz]

So it seems there are three types of cheating:

Don't forget #4:
Have someone else ride with your number on them!

 

[bladderhead]

The worst thing you can do, the one the UCI really hate, is to ride a recumbent.

 

[Apollo]

The worst thing you can do, the one the UCI really hate, is to ride a recumbent.

Well, those Victorian Age fossils just better get used to it because recumbents are going to be more and more represented in races that permit them. Cruzbike is in the lead in this fight.

 

[JOSEPHWEISSERT]

Well, those Victorian Age fossils just better get used to it because recumbents are going to be more and more represented in races that permit them. Cruzbike is in the lead in this fight.

The N24HC is not going to differentiate by bike frame this year. That means we recumbents will be competing directly against uprights. Feathers will be ruffled.

 

[LarryOz]

The N24HC is not going to differentiate by bike frame this year.

Maybe one year they will actually switch to timing chips too, them maybe I'll ride in it!
That stopping to punch a card is ridiculous....

 

[Zzzorse]

 

[JOSEPHWEISSERT]

The only way for a DF to regularly beat a Vendetta is to regularly cheat a Vendetta.

 

[McWheels]

Which damn fool made the curved boom?! Now you'll never get a big enough motor in there.

 

[ratz]

I love those guys their tests are always entertaining; fun and somewhat informative. The slow motions shots they always us are hilarious.