LockH
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speedmd said:
New career making guest appearances touring the series of Electric Bike Expos in North America.
speedmd said:
LockH said:speedmd said:
New career making guest appearances touring the series of Electric Bike Expos in North America.
WoodlandHills said:It looks like this story is blowing up. From the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/sports/cycling/with-a-discreet-motor-doping-the-bike-instead-of-the-cyclist.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
LockH said:WoodlandHills said:It looks like this story is blowing up. From the New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/19/sports/cycling/with-a-discreet-motor-doping-the-bike-instead-of-the-cyclist.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share
Hehe... "a New Threat to Cycling Races". Translation? Making bikes far more convenient and useful for Joe Public.
We accept so many things today in society that once were banned.
In the sport of pedal bicycle racing, at different times and in different places, the rules for competition have excluded things like wheels that are not made of wood, bikes using derailleurs, or any bike that was not a diamond frame...
LockH said:Hehe... Slow Down Buddy. In the sailing world of racing, an "Olympic Class" used to be tapped about as Ultra Spendy, and the death of any class. I started out sailing a "Junior" design from the Dutch ("Flying (Dutchman) Junior") but graduated from a Mono-maran to catamarans and trimarans (two-three hulled sailing boats). Sailing an Olympic-class Tornado. Then the Olympics delisted that design ("too fast" or something). Anyway, today the list of Discontinued classes is MUCH longer than the list of current classes.
But it's the racers that are almost always first to spend on the latest and greatest in technology. And any "winning" tech then filters down to the rest of us. So I say lets BUST OUT and HAVE a Power-Assist Class in bike racing.
EDIT: Found it. Me tapping on ES back in 2007:
We accept so many things today in society that once were banned.
In the sport of pedal bicycle racing, at different times and in different places, the rules for competition have excluded things like wheels that are not made of wood, bikes using derailleurs, or any bike that was not a diamond frame...
A "traditional" racing vessel is designed to cross the finish line then fall apart.
Folken said:How about:
1. Upright bikes, no velomobiles, no fairings
2. Limited watt-hours to spend (maybe mount a standard calibrated watt-meter with independent power; Organizers reset them to zero just before the start of the race).
3... I don't think anything else is needed! It's that simple.
LockH said:Hehe... The Media LOVES cheaters
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The potential for cheating with a motor is real but, having tested the system, we at Cyclist are not convinced that it is yet a problem in professional road racing.
Intriguingly, Vivax claims that the UCI has not contacted the company as part of its investigation into the practice of ‘motor doping’, but the technology is already in common recreational use with approximately 1,000 units apparently being sold each year, and some could easily have been modified.
Used to cheat at the 2016 championships! NO! discovered in the pits unused. Inflammatory journalism like this is unacceptable.