tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post100498389637728532..comments2024-03-28T11:56:48.304-04:00Comments on The Retrogrouch: 2015 Tour de FranceBrookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-10853533998146557652016-01-31T11:55:17.673-05:002016-01-31T11:55:17.673-05:00Looks like it has been done.
http://www.cyclingwee...Looks like it has been done.<br />http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/uci-detains-bike-suspected-of-technological-fraud-at-cyclo-cross-world-championships-209465Drozdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01648608175866749964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-39846791806201900432015-07-28T08:58:55.365-04:002015-07-28T08:58:55.365-04:00From CanAmSteve:
I tend to put the "motorize...From CanAmSteve:<br /><br />I tend to put the "motorized bike" conspiracists in with the anti-vaccine/homoeopathic crowd. As in People Who Slept Through Science Class.<br /><br />Look at F1 race cars, which have a KERS system that stores energy from regenerative braking and then allows it to be released in "spurts" for overtaking. A bit like a hybrid Prius. It is, however, quite complex and heavy - and that's a regenerative system, so no "fuel supply" need be carried.<br /><br />With a bicycle, you have several problems. First, the system has to be tiny. Second, battery technology isn't very "dense" so even if the entire frame was a battery, it would only offer a slight boost or for a brief period. OK - that could be a sprint to the finish. But you had to drag the thing around on the entire stage by then.<br /><br />A regenerative option wouldn't work very well. It would either be obvious just by looking at the bike or by actions. It would have to be switched on and off like a brake and only when you actually wanted to slow down - otherwise you'd just be, um, slower.<br /><br />And the nature of the stages precludes the usefulness of such a device. Long uphill slogs and long downhill sections. So, flat battery on the way up and re-energized on the way down? Hardly worth the effort, I think.<br /><br />No - there is a reason drugs have been the preferred choice - results :-)Brookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110998345857993287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-5438059789732887982015-07-28T07:36:35.306-04:002015-07-28T07:36:35.306-04:00A friend summed it up best, "I like sausage t...A friend summed it up best, "I like sausage too, but I don't want to know how it is made". Touriste-Routierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259672669676155538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-82410302365408600132015-07-27T13:09:17.404-04:002015-07-27T13:09:17.404-04:00What a Voldemort Widow!!!What a Voldemort Widow!!!Fernandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292397715994307755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492685525705691186.post-58378755782878152422015-07-27T12:59:07.189-04:002015-07-27T12:59:07.189-04:00Thanks for this. Another fine example of saying w...Thanks for this. Another fine example of saying what I ponder about better than I could.Ponderohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16042079750126434523noreply@blogger.com