Next time Andy, try this.

Toks
Toks Posts: 1,143
edited August 2010 in Pro race
2010 Junior World Road Race Champion - Olivier Le Gac - on his way to his epic solo win shows Andy Schleck how to handle a shipped Chain. Fast forward to 8 mins 15 secs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tpkW9D4 ... re=related

Comments

  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    Smooth operator!

    AS just panicked though. I remember reading a crime thriller a couple of years back and one of the key characters is in a real rush to get something critical done. His mantra at the time is; "I'm in a hurry, slow down". This is to stop himself getting all fingers and thumbs. I apply this logic regularly and it works wonders.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655
    More than just panic though, he was going up a bloody mountain, not peddling along on the flat. Top marks to the lad in the vid, but you can't do that going uphill!
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    More than just panic though, he was going up a bloody mountain, not peddling along on the flat. Top marks to the lad in the vid, but you can't do that going uphill!
    Granted that AS needed to dismount. One aborted re-start and a further 10-15 seconds later and I think loss of composure was a big factor. Hardly surprising given the circumstances but costly.
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Haha, nice to see that. Suuuper quick
    Contador is the Greatest
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Oh also the boy looks good. He even had the composure to give a strong victory celebration with the pack tearing down on him!
    Contador is the Greatest
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    More than just panic though, he was going up a bloody mountain, not peddling along on the flat. Top marks to the lad in the vid, but you can't do that going uphill!

    If you look at the side of the road, he was going uphill...
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655
    NapoleonD wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    More than just panic though, he was going up a bloody mountain, not peddling along on the flat. Top marks to the lad in the vid, but you can't do that going uphill!

    If you look at the side of the road, he was going uphill...

    Not if you tilt your laptop.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    If I tilt my laptop he's going up an even steeper hill and leaning heavily to one side! :shock:
  • invincible
    invincible Posts: 154
    i taught him that...
  • donrhummy
    donrhummy Posts: 2,329
    It was impressive but he was not on a mountain.
  • No_Ta_Doctor
    No_Ta_Doctor Posts: 14,655
    NapoleonD wrote:
    If I tilt my laptop he's going up an even steeper hill and leaning heavily to one side! :shock:

    I'm now toying with the idea of taking a little netbook with a webcam out with me when I ride. If I tilt it correctly it'll be downhill all the way.
    Warning No formatter is installed for the format
  • morstar
    morstar Posts: 6,190
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    If I tilt my laptop he's going up an even steeper hill and leaning heavily to one side! :shock:

    I'm now toying with the idea of taking a little netbook with a webcam out with me when I ride. If I tilt it correctly it'll be downhill all the way.
    You techie types. I have a spirit level on my sloping top tube. I am almost always riding uphill and yet I can regularly maintain speeds in the high teens / low twenties.
    Consequently, almost all running repairs I make are done on uphills.
  • PBo
    PBo Posts: 2,493
    Toks wrote:
    2010 Junior World Road Race Champion - Olivier Le Gac - on his way to his epic solo win shows Andy Schleck how to handle a shipped Chain. Fast forward to 8 mins 15 secs

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tpkW9D4 ... re=related

    Did you know that by adding #t=8m15s to the end of the youtube url, it will start at the desired segment? just passing on top tip, as I like this feature....
  • paulcuthbert
    paulcuthbert Posts: 1,016
    NapoleonD wrote:
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    More than just panic though, he was going up a bloody mountain, not peddling along on the flat. Top marks to the lad in the vid, but you can't do that going uphill!

    If you look at the side of the road, he was going uphill...

    I noticed he was by the fact he popped the chain back onto the small chainring
    The most painful climb in Northern Ireland http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs200.snc1/6776_124247198694_548863694_2335754_8016178_n.jpg

Categories