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At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message
was posted by "Peter B" , including some, all or none of the following: Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed to the other, rather than using a straddle wire. V-brakes on road bikes? Coo! Guy -- http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk "To every complex problem there is a solution which is simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken |
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Just zis Guy, you know? wrote:
At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message was posted by "Peter B" , including some, all or none of the following: Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed to the other, rather than using a straddle wire. V-brakes on road bikes? Coo! Guy And it seems that biopace, or something on the same lines, is being tried again by some riders. -- the.Mark |
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') wrote: Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message was posted by "Peter B" , including some, all or none of the following: Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed to the other, rather than using a straddle wire. V-brakes on road bikes? Coo! And it seems that biopace, or something on the same lines, is being tried again by some riders. No, elipticals. See the egg-ding bloke, whom you can find on the web. Elipticals have been in use among some track bike circles for at least thirty years to my knowledge, and there is a different theory to them than to Biopace. Biopace is about smoothing power delivery, AIUI elipticals are about giving you a higher effective ratio on the downstroke and a lower one through TDC, so more or less the opposite effect. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ 'You cannot put "The Internet" into the Recycle Bin.' |
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Simon Brooke wrote:
in message , the.Mark ') wrote: Just zis Guy, you know? wrote: At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message was posted by "Peter B" , including some, all or none of the following: Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed to the other, rather than using a straddle wire. V-brakes on road bikes? Coo! And it seems that biopace, or something on the same lines, is being tried again by some riders. No, elipticals. See the egg-ding bloke, whom you can find on the web. Elipticals have been in use among some track bike circles for at least thirty years to my knowledge, and there is a different theory to them than to Biopace. Biopace is about smoothing power delivery, AIUI elipticals are about giving you a higher effective ratio on the downstroke and a lower one through TDC, so more or less the opposite effect. Ok, I didn't notice the detail. Talking of biopace, my old [1] Rockhopper which has been roadified has a granny biopace ring and round middle and outer rings. I used to think biopace was great but now when I change to the granny it feels totally unnatural. Luckily I just use the bike for commuting and never need the granny. :-) -- the.Mark |
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"Just zis Guy, you know?" wrote in message ... At Sat, 2 Jul 2005 17:37:48 +0000 (UTC), message was posted by "Peter B" , including some, all or none of the following: Espied on a bike in todays TDF time trial. They looked like centre pull types but with a noodle fitted to one arm and the cable fixed to the other, rather than using a straddle wire. V-brakes on road bikes? Coo! Not really, there were no bosses on the stays. Instead some sort of mongrel brake using a single fixing on the bridge (I only saw a rear brake) and resembling a centre pull brake rather than a V. -- Pete |
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