Froome riding along fixated at power meter

Serious Cat

Not the same as Merckx riding a solo breakaway and winning stages by a country mile. Do you think the yellow jersey riding along glaring the whole time at a power meter is good for grand stage racing ?

chippyk

Well he's not in yellow any more and I don't think it makes the slightest difference

sloppyschleckonds

Serious Cat wrote:

Not the same as Merckx riding a solo breakaway and winning stages by a country mile. Do you think the yellow jersey riding along glaring the whole time at a power meter is good for grand stage racing ?

Top trolling, 3/10

simon_masterson

You think Eddy wouldn't have used the power meter? At the end of the day, it's not a Sunday afternoon jolly, it's business. Complaining about power meters, altitude training and controlled diets in cycling is a bit like bemoaning that football is no longer played by prim and proper young men in woollens who have a cup of PG Tips and a biscuit at half time.

butcher of bakersfield

The world has changed in 40 years.

DavidJB

It's a boring spectacle for sure.

ju5t1n

Not upsetting spectators is the main reason I don’t use a power meter. That and the price.

Actually it’s mostly the price.

Serious Cat

DavidJB wrote:

It's a boring spectacle for sure.

That it is. Its a miracle that froome hasn't ploughed straight into the back of a bike in front whilst he wears out the power meter screen from staring at it.

StillGoing

Serious Cat wrote:

DavidJB wrote:

It's a boring spectacle for sure.

That it is. Its a miracle that froome hasn't ploughed straight into the back of a bike in front whilst he wears out the power meter screen from staring at it.

Yes of course he isn't an ultimate professional like the rest of them and shouldn't be trusted to ride in the pelaton. :roll:

Brynd

http://chrisfroomelookingatstems.tumblr.com/

theobrixton

Brynd wrote:

http://chrisfroomelookingatstems.tumblr.com/

Thank you so much for that

vimfuego

fairly sure Mercx was riding "out of this world" anyway.

Cue backlash......

kingofthetailwind

He does it whether he's using a power meter or not, because he's not looking at his power meter. It's either a breathing method, or just how he rides. Discussed, in length, here: viewtopic.php?f=40002&t=12936510

slowbike

KingOfTheTailwind wrote:

He does it whether he's using a power meter or not, because he's not looking at his power meter. It's either a breathing method, or just how he rides.

Ah - his computer is telling him what to do ...


Breath in ...

Breath out ..

Left foot down ..

Breath in ...

Right foot down

Breath out ...






If that works for him - perhaps I could ride faster with that too!

6wheels

Nah, he's probably streaming iPlayer from the team car!

wandsworth

He's thinking about what he's going to say to Contador next time they're alongside each other. Whatever the conversation was on Sunday, Contador's actions after it cost him the race (not the stage, the whole thing).

goonz

Its not the power meter he is interested in, its his (and everyone elses) stems.

ugo.santalucia

Serious Cat wrote:

Not the same as Merckx riding a solo breakaway and winning stages by a country mile. Do you think the yellow jersey riding along glaring the whole time at a power meter is good for grand stage racing ?

No, I don't think he is a good advertisement for cycling, just the kind of robot-radio controlled rider that I don't like to see and I hope his time as a top contender doesn't last too long... ops, I said it... :oops:

On the contrary, Mr Clenbuterol is all flare and panache, just the kind of rider I love to see...

Serious Cat

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Serious Cat wrote:

Not the same as Merckx riding a solo breakaway and winning stages by a country mile. Do you think the yellow jersey riding along glaring the whole time at a power meter is good for grand stage racing ?

No, I don't think he is a good advertisement for cycling, just the kind of robot-radio controlled rider that I don't like to see and I hope his time as a top contender doesn't last too long... ops, I said it... :oops:

On the contrary, Mr Clenbuterol is all flare and panache, just the kind of rider I love to see...

I totally agree, how long until we see paint by numbers cycling if grooms remains the focal point.

goonz

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Serious Cat wrote:

Not the same as Merckx riding a solo breakaway and winning stages by a country mile. Do you think the yellow jersey riding along glaring the whole time at a power meter is good for grand stage racing ?

No, I don't think he is a good advertisement for cycling, just the kind of robot-radio controlled rider that I don't like to see and I hope his time as a top contender doesn't last too long... ops, I said it... :oops:

On the contrary, Mr Clenbuterol is all flare and panache, just the kind of rider I love to see...

Are you FF in disguise?

Iamnot Wiggins

ugo.santalucia wrote:

Serious Cat wrote:

Not the same as Merckx riding a solo breakaway and winning stages by a country mile. Do you think the yellow jersey riding along glaring the whole time at a power meter is good for grand stage racing ?

No, I don't think he is a good advertisement for cycling, just the kind of robot-radio controlled rider that I don't like to see and I hope his time as a top contender doesn't last too long... ops, I said it... :oops:

On the contrary, Mr Clenbuterol is all flare and panache, just the kind of rider I love to see...

Agree completely.

shdaxner

Brynd wrote:

http://chrisfroomelookingatstems.tumblr.com/

haha, brilliant link, I particularily like "staring at stem whilst man tries to return dropped phone"

jonny_trousers

Maybe it was Froome's off that made him under-perform on the last couple of days of the Dauphine, but I do hope it's a sign that the Sky, winning-by-numbers, days are over. Could be a great Tour this year.

Serious Cat

I agree that formulaic cycling like froome is doing is dull,dull,dull and I want to see somebody with real charisma rise to the top as froome has as much charisma as a windy day in Rhyll

StillGoing

Serious Cat wrote:

I agree that formulaic cycling like froome is doing is dull,dull,dull and I want to see somebody with real charisma rise to the top as froome has as much charisma as a windy day in Rhyll

And that's a criteria for being the winner how? Mick Doohan, Casey Stoner, Wayne Gardner, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey all world champions, some multiple times and boring as fek when it comes to doing their job, simply because it's about winning. Away from the camera and the public they were completely different. Kevin Schwantz arguably one of the most charismatic riders in motorcycle racing won 1 world championship and all because his main rivals were out injured. But for that he'd have won nothing. Give me someone focused like Froome any day over a charismatic rider who can't be relied on to be doing his training. We can't all be the life and soul of the party or class fool for the crowds.

Serious Cat

philthy3 wrote:

Serious Cat wrote:

I agree that formulaic cycling like froome is doing is dull,dull,dull and I want to see somebody with real charisma rise to the top as froome has as much charisma as a windy day in Rhyll

And that's a criteria for being the winner how? Mick Doohan, Casey Stoner, Wayne Gardner, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey all world champions, some multiple times and boring as fek when it comes to doing their job, simply because it's about winning. Away from the camera and the public they were completely different. Kevin Schwantz arguably one of the most charismatic riders in motorcycle racing won 1 world championship and all because his main rivals were out injured. But for that he'd have won nothing. Give me someone focused like Froome any day over a charismatic rider who can't be relied on to be doing his training. We can't all be the life and soul of the party or class fool for the crowds.

You are entitled to your opinion William Hague but others will also be entitled to theirs also.

StillGoing

No doubt a Wiggo fan which explains it all. :roll:

funkyg

Brynd wrote:

http://chrisfroomelookingatstems.tumblr.com/

Genius!!!!
I ride quite like this as well, but I don't have a power meter. It's to stop me getting a stiff neck.

jonny_trousers

philthy3 wrote:

No doubt a Wiggo fan which explains it all. :roll:

How so? There's been no more methodical a Tour de France victory than Wiggo's.

From a sports-team-doing-their-job perspective, I totally get the Sky method. From an exciting-viewing-for-the-fans perspective, it aint so good. Thank goodness for Bertie!

StillGoing

Jonny_Trousers wrote:

philthy3 wrote:

No doubt a Wiggo fan which explains it all. :roll:

How so? There's been no more methodical a Tour de France victory than Wiggo's.

From a sports-team-doing-their-job perspective, I totally get the Sky method. From an exciting-viewing-for-the-fans perspective, it aint so good. Thank goodness for Bertie!

I'm referring to allusion the poster wants to see riders with character instead of methodical ones focused on the task in hand. Personally Sky's tactics don't bother me in the slightest. It's a competition to win and you do that by overcoming your opponents. Me, I like to see a breakaway succeed.

de_sisti

There was a thread about this last year. :roll: