Calls of mechanical doping after this incident.

ademort
ademort Posts: 1,924
edited July 2018 in Pro race
After a crash involving a number of riders there are calls from Belgian Cylco cross rider and commentater Sven Nys that one of the riders Tom Skujins , a Lithuanian riding for the Trek Segafredo team may have used mechanical doping.The rider can be seen picking up the bike and turning it round and as he does so the rear wheel sets off spinning at a very high speed. It,s causing quite a stir this side of the channel. Please look at the video and leave your thoughts on the subject. https://www.hln.be/sport/wielrennen/tou ... /#comments
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  • bikes`n`guns
    bikes`n`guns Posts: 959
    Total rubbish, looks just like a wheel spinning after the pedal has been shoved round a bit or even rolled before being lifted.
    Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Shoves chain back on, presses the pedal to get it onto the right gear, wheel spins round

    If it's a motor that generates enough power to propel a rider there would be a bit of a kick when he put it down no?
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Tin foil hat time. There was another video posted showing him putting his chain on and spinning his cranks by hand just before turning his bike.

    https://twitter.com/LeTour/status/1018154312944496640

    And an explanation from the man himself.

    https://twitter.com/Tomashuuns/status/1 ... 6336238592
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,648
    Yeah, kind of what SBF said

    But mostly what the video from the Tour's Twitter shows.

    Indefatigable for me
  • above_the_cows
    above_the_cows Posts: 11,406
    Skujins himself confirmed on twitter that he was putting his chain back on.
    Correlation is not causation.
  • iainf72
    iainf72 Posts: 15,784
    Christ.

    These people should just go back to https://www.truthbrary.org/ and leave the rest of us alone
    Fckin' Quintana … that creep can roll, man.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 25,801
    As said, if it existed then it wouldn't be a very powerful motor if it can be stopped with the weight of a race bike.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,196
    If it was a powered wheel why didn't the bike rampage off when he put the back wheel down? It's proper tinfoil hat time here.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    The pedal is still going round when it comes in to view in the video.
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    gsk82 wrote:
    The pedal is still going round when it comes in to view in the video.


    Meh the freewheel on one of my bikes is slighlty too tight and will do this
    You live and learn. At any rate, you live
  • apriliarider
    apriliarider Posts: 222
    iainf72 wrote:
    Christ.

    These people should just go back to https://www.truthbrary.org/ and leave the rest of us alone
    :D:D:D
  • adr82
    adr82 Posts: 4,002
    Ah yes, clearly the ideal time to ride your bike with the secret hidden motor is when you need to sit anonymously in the peloton on a flat stage! None of this using it to ride up hills malarkey, better to save it for when it can really make all the difference.
  • curium
    curium Posts: 815
    He's the current holder of the polka-dot jersey - his bike is checked on each stage.
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    curium wrote:
    He's the current holder of the polka-dot jersey - his bike is checked on each stage.
    Invisible motors supplied by a Hungarian innit...
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,470
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    curium wrote:
    He's the current holder of the polka-dot jersey - his bike is checked on each stage.
    Invisible motors supplied by a Hungarian innit...

    Didn't we conclude it was fairies in the hub?
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • ShutupJens
    ShutupJens Posts: 1,373
    Why do pro's actually give these random theories and poor observations merit? If it didn't come from Sven then it wouldn't have any legs at all (which it doesn't) but the media will pick it up and run with it
  • cougie
    cougie Posts: 22,512
    FFS ademort. That's embarrassing. Do you even own a bike ?

    Go and sit on the stupid step.
  • gweeds
    gweeds Posts: 2,565
    ademort wrote:
    After a crash involving a number of riders there are calls from Belgian Cylco cross rider and commentater Sven Nys that one of the riders Tom Skujins , a Lithuanian riding for the Trek Segafredo team may have used mechanical doping.The rider can be seen picking up the bike and turning it round and as he does so the rear wheel sets off spinning at a very high speed. It,s causing quite a stir this side of the channel. Please look at the video and leave your thoughts on the subject. https://www.hln.be/sport/wielrennen/tou ... /#comments

    It’s only causing a stir if you’re really dense and haven’t ever actually ridden a bike.
    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.

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