From out of nowhere

attica

There I was happily trundling through a web page with absolutely no relevance to cycling whatsoever and then from out of a side street came this:-

http://www.pitpass.com/fes_php/pitpass_ ... t_id=34822

SMIDSY said the website as the same old argument starts up again!

jefferee

Attica wrote:

There I was happily trundling through a web page with absolutely no relevance to cycling whatsoever and then from out of a side street came this:-

Just where do you think the fabrication techniques for CF bikes came from then?

attica

From the Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust? Gosh, that's quite possibly a little outside their remit.

:P

jefferee

No, I meant to take issue with your assertion that F1 has nothing to do with cycling, the F1 cars being made of CF and all that.

Actually, Nick Heidfeld did miss a few races a couple years back after being hit by a car while training on his bike as I recall.

attica

I see your point, in fact most F1 pilots tend to use the bike as a regular part of their training.
I read an article with Kimi Raikonnen on a bike a few years back and Mark Webber is both a good friend of Lance Armstrong and a keen charity cyclist with his annual Tasmanian challenge thingamajig.

Oh and I hear Alain Prost is a regular at the Etape du Tour too.

cee

these racing drivers (actually, I think I prefer pilot as it really is more fitting!) are fitter than some might expect. Apparently, hooning around corners at 150+ mph with more g force than in a fighter jet is really physically demanding!

Also, you see them cycling round the circuits to get a feel for the inclines and cambers.