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  • joey54321
    joey54321 Posts: 1,297
    But 55 mins into a 60 min cross race I am not 100% with it either. I am not saying they're the same, but I hardly caress it into a shift at that point.
  • joey54321
    joey54321 Posts: 1,297
    CyclingTips podcast answered my question, its relates to drag in the freehub at speed. The faster the wheel is going the more likely a tiny amount of freehub friction will introduce slack in the chain if back pedaling. They have said the Trek team intend to carry on using 1x in the upcoming classics, but should introduce a chain catcher (really, they should have had this on anyway!)
  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    years ago in the 2003 TdF Prologue David Millar rode with only a large ring. he gets near the line and his chain drops. History repeats itself and s**t happens
  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    amrushton wrote:
    years ago in the 2003 TdF Prologue David Millar rode with only a large ring. he gets near the line and his chain drops. History repeats itself and s**t happens

    Ha yes id forgotten about that! wasnt it due in part because they were using a worn ring? bonkers anyway
  • markwb79
    markwb79 Posts: 937
    inseine wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Degenkolb scathing about his 1x settup in MSR which borked at the wrong moment.
    No sure MSR was the right time to try a new set up


    Sponsor power.... if he had won then it was definitely because of the 1x and he gets a bumper bonus from SRAM.

    (Not saying that is the case here, but I bet these things happen)
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  • DeVlaeminck
    DeVlaeminck Posts: 9,104
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    amrushton wrote:
    years ago in the 2003 TdF Prologue David Millar rode with only a large ring. he gets near the line and his chain drops. History repeats itself and s**t happens

    Ha yes id forgotten about that! wasnt it due in part because they were using a worn ring? bonkers anyway


    Didn't Millar blame it on them using Shimano rather than Campag?
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    DeVlaeminck wrote:
    Alejandrosdog wrote:
    amrushton wrote:
    years ago in the 2003 TdF Prologue David Millar rode with only a large ring. he gets near the line and his chain drops. History repeats itself and s**t happens

    Ha yes id forgotten about that! wasnt it due in part because they were using a worn ring? bonkers anyway


    Didn't Millar blame it on them using Shimano rather than Campag?
    haha i didnt know that. I thought it was because they used an old chain ring they had sitting around. Did he request a super big one or something?

    Who knows Millar had all sorts of funny excuses for things.
  • cq20
    cq20 Posts: 207
    Didn't Millar blame it on them using Shimano rather than Campag?

    IIRC, it was Armstrong who commented that the chain came off because Millar was Campag equipped rather than Shimano and IIRC, Millar’s mechanic had taken the front mech off to save weight

    ... all IIRC.
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    cq20 wrote:
    Didn't Millar blame it on them using Shimano rather than Campag?

    IIRC, it was Armstrong who commented that the chain came off because Millar was Campag equipped rather than Shimano and IIRC, Millar’s mechanic had taken the front mech off to save weight

    ... all IIRC.

    I think he blames taking off the derailleur in a section of his first book
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,599
    cq20 wrote:
    Didn't Millar blame it on them using Shimano rather than Campag?

    IIRC, it was Armstrong who commented that the chain came off because Millar was Campag equipped rather than Shimano and IIRC, Millar’s mechanic had taken the front mech off to save weight

    ... all IIRC.

    I think he blames taking off the derailleur in a section of his first book
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • davidof
    davidof Posts: 3,116
    gsk82 wrote:

    I think he blames taking off the derailleur in a section of his first book

    that's what was said back at the time, apparently his mechanic wanted to leave the derailleur on "but there are cobbles on the route David" and Millar wanted to remove it due to the weight. Millar then blamed the mechanic.
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  • thegibdog
    thegibdog Posts: 2,106
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.
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  • Alejandrosdog
    Alejandrosdog Posts: 1,975
    thegibdog wrote:
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.
    :lol::lol:
  • Crozza
    Crozza Posts: 991
    thegibdog wrote:
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.

    thanks a lot, you just made me shart
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    thegibdog wrote:
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.

    lol nice
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

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  • amrushton
    amrushton Posts: 1,312
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    thegibdog wrote:
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.

    lol nice

    History sort of repeated with him when during a stage race (Giro?) Millar had got into a break by sheer luck and it got got away. He got nearer to the finish and looked around and KNEW the stage was his. The sprint started and Millar winds the bike up only for the chain to break and Millar to throw the bike over a wall. He said he could see the chain laid out on the road in a perfectly straight line
  • shockedsoshocked
    shockedsoshocked Posts: 4,021
    amrushton wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    thegibdog wrote:
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.

    lol nice

    History sort of repeated with him when during a stage race (Giro?) Millar had got into a break by sheer luck and it got got away. He got nearer to the finish and looked around and KNEW the stage was his. The sprint started and Millar winds the bike up only for the chain to break and Millar to throw the bike over a wall. He said he could see the chain laid out on the road in a perfectly straight line

    If I remember rightly he threw his bike straight over the barriers? It was one of my personal favourite cycling flounces.
    "A cyclist has nothing to lose but his chain"

    PTP Runner Up 2015
  • cruff
    cruff Posts: 1,518
    thegibdog wrote:
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.
    Just spat me Leffe out.

    Hat.
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  • timothyw
    timothyw Posts: 2,482
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    amrushton wrote:
    ShockedSoShocked wrote:
    thegibdog wrote:
    But he only did it that once though and kept the derailleur in his flat to remind him not to do it again.

    lol nice

    History sort of repeated with him when during a stage race (Giro?) Millar had got into a break by sheer luck and it got got away. He got nearer to the finish and looked around and KNEW the stage was his. The sprint started and Millar winds the bike up only for the chain to break and Millar to throw the bike over a wall. He said he could see the chain laid out on the road in a perfectly straight line

    If I remember rightly he threw his bike straight over the barriers? It was one of my personal favourite cycling flounces.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIW1MAvyPD4

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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    That stage was his and that attack was gonna seal the deal.

    Totally legit chuck
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