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  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,695
    RichN95 wrote:
    The Podcast seems to being tying up badly in the last ten minutes. Reading Rick Chasey tweets an act of desperation IMO.

    #ChunkyPassataGate
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  • awavey
    awavey Posts: 2,368
    No tA Doctor wrote:
    HIgh temperature increased fatigue, according to Xavier. 30C.

    but dont they control the temperature, when I saw them talking earlier it sounded like they thought it might not be warm enough, I know 28C was a figure they were aiming for, or was that just an expected increase in fatigue near the end because of the conditions and theres not alot you can do about it.
  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    ddraver wrote:
    Am I the only one rather underwhelmed by that...?
    I would guess so. It was a great ride on a terrible day for time trialling. That ride would have beaten Romingers time easy on an average day and on a really low day he could have been knocking on 56km.

    Well done Wiggo. Great ride. It was fabulous to be there.

    Wiggo should do it again after Rio even if he still has the record. Easy for me to say though.
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    Pross wrote:
    Best thing about that ride is that he ditched the beard! I was wondering whether marginal gains would win out over his image. I wonder how much difference it would have made? I'm sure someone calculated it!
    Thought it was a bit risky myself, surely all the testing would've been done with the beard, shaving it off was a step into the unknown!
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Just got home from it

    Wow. He was like a metronome. Incredible to watch and looked really powerful.

    The heat in there was nuts. They said 28c shortly before it started and it got hotter for sure.

    Plus I got my pic taken with Big Mig.
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • dolan_driver
    dolan_driver Posts: 831
    An incredible ride by one of the all-time greats.

    DD.
  • chaffordred
    chaffordred Posts: 131
    I can't believe the heat inside was beneficial to the attempt. I must have lost around 2 kilos of sweat just queueing for a beer. As we entered the velodrome the stewards were desperate to keep the doors closed so they could ramp the heat up.

    They warned us it was going to be 28 degrees, but it was more like 35 were we were seated.
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  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 21,907
    Wiggins: " Not even the great Lance Armstrong.....". Well that's one word for him.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    ddraver wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    The Podcast seems to being tying up badly in the last ten minutes. Reading Rick Chasey tweets an act of desperation IMO.

    #ChunkyPassataGate

    They discussed my passata chat? :?:
    _
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    ddraver wrote:
    RichN95 wrote:
    The Podcast seems to being tying up badly in the last ten minutes. Reading Rick Chasey tweets an act of desperation IMO.

    #ChunkyPassataGate

    They discussed my passata chat? :?:
    No. They weren't that desperate (although it does seem like a very Friebe-like topic). It was something on topic. (Or maybe something about the reliability of McLarens - I see the 1-2 at the start were 1-2 at the finish. Again)
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  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Gweeds wrote:
    Just got...

    Plus I got my pic taken with Big Mig.

    POIDH :D
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    pinarello001 wrote:
    Gweeds wrote:
    Just got...

    Plus I got my pic taken with Big Mig.

    POIDH :D

    :D



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    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    ^ Yeah right, that looks more like Stavros from the local kebab shop and what's that growth on your top lip?
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    pinarello001 wrote:
    ^ Yeah right, that looks more like Stavros from the local kebab shop and what's that growth on your top lip?

    :lol:
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • RichN95.
    RichN95. Posts: 27,253
    Gweeds wrote:
    https://flic.kr/p/u1XTxL
    Indurain is keeping one hand on his bike. He thinks you're there to nick it.
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  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,613
    Let's just say my bag was a lot heavier leaving than when I went it.

    The classifieds are calling me....
    Napoleon, don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes all day. Besides, we both know that I'm training to be a cage fighter.
  • pinno
    pinno Posts: 52,312
    Gweeds wrote:
    Let's just say my bag was a lot heavier leaving than when I went it.

    The classifieds are calling me....

    There's not a lot of demand for old used Pinarello's.
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  • tailwindhome
    tailwindhome Posts: 19,434
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  • Bo Duke
    Bo Duke Posts: 1,058
    Well done Brad, fantastic achievement. The lad done good.
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  • Yellow Peril
    Yellow Peril Posts: 4,466
    Hutch saying he doesn't think the record will last a year.

    I'm not so sure, it will still take an exceptional tester on an exceptional day with access to the very best preparation and equipment to beat that. Factor in finding a gap in busy schedules and a high possibility of failure and I don't think it is such an attractive proposition.
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  • carbonclem
    carbonclem Posts: 1,784
    Is it just me that finds Hutch bitter and negative?

    Maybe I'm missing an irony or dry humour?
    2020/2021/2022 Metric Century Challenge Winner
  • inseine
    inseine Posts: 5,788
    Indurain;
    “Wiggins in now in the club. He’s won a Tour and now the Hour Record but don’t forget he has won a lot of other races and he has the huge success from the Olympics. He’s a champion. Everyone has their ideas of what a legend is but Bradley is one of them.”
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  • salsiccia1
    salsiccia1 Posts: 3,725
    inseine wrote:
    Indurain;
    “Wiggins in now in the club. He’s won a Tour and now the Hour Record but don’t forget he has won a lot of other races and he has the huge success from the Olympics. He’s a champion. Everyone has their ideas of what a legend is but Bradley is one of them.”

    There's no arguing with that really, is there?

    I'm not his greatest fan but there's no getting away from what an awesome effort that was. Hat.
    It's only a bit of sport, Mun. Relax and enjoy the racing.
  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    I took a wander over to The Clinic this morning to see how they're taking it.

    Apparently the entire effort was a calculated affront to regular posters on the clinic.
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  • epc06
    epc06 Posts: 216
    Apologies if this has been covered, but how much of a real advantage did Boardman's 96 bike give him over what Wiggins rode yesterday?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
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    They knocked that top up super fast.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    frenchfighter wrote:
    They knocked that top up super fast.
    They spoke to Simon Mottram (Rapha founder) on The Cycling Podcast stream during the hour and he said he had 18 people sat with needles in the track centre ready to put the distance on. This was towards the end of the hour and Richard Moore joked they could probably put the "5" on now.
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Did he say 18 people, or am I misremembering that? Presumably they ran off a bunch of those jerseys for sponsors, VIPs etc?
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    Graeme_S wrote:
    frenchfighter wrote:
    They knocked that top up super fast.
    They spoke to Simon Mottram (Rapha founder) on The Cycling Podcast stream during the hour and he said he had 18 people sat with needles in the track centre ready to put the distance on. This was towards the end of the hour and Richard Moore joked they could probably put the "5" on now.

    Haha that's crazy!
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    disgruntledgoat wrote:
    I took a wander over to The Clinic this morning to see how they're taking it.

    Apparently the entire effort was a calculated affront to regular posters on the clinic.

    They're getting lazy.

    Now they're judging riders based on the guestlist at their event (which Wiggo probably had very little to do with), rather than 'calculating' power output and claiming super-human efforts.

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