Yellow Dohickey on TDF Bikes?

I have noticed that all the bikes in the TDF have a yellow device on the
left chainstay.

It appears to be too far back to be a cadence sensor.

Freddy Poseurs want to know!

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H M Leary wrote:
I have noticed that all the bikes in the TDF have a yellow device on the
left chainstay.

It appears to be too far back to be a cadence sensor.

Freddy Poseurs want to know!

AFAIK, that's an electronic sensor to ID them as they contest bunch
sprints, finishes, etc.

" wrote:

H M Leary wrote:
I have noticed that all the bikes in the TDF have a yellow device on the
left chainstay.

It appears to be too far back to be a cadence sensor.

Freddy Poseurs want to know!

AFAIK, that's an electronic sensor to ID them as they contest bunch
sprints, finishes, etc.

I think you're right, and . . . from what I hear . . . Martha Stewart
knows how to remove them to elude detection ;-)

On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:24:07 GMT, Neil Brooks
wrote:

" wrote:

H M Leary wrote:
I have noticed that all the bikes in the TDF have a yellow device on the
left chainstay.

It appears to be too far back to be a cadence sensor.

Freddy Poseurs want to know!

AFAIK, that's an electronic sensor to ID them as they contest bunch
sprints, finishes, etc.

I think you're right, and . . . from what I hear . . . Martha Stewart
knows how to remove them to elude detection ;-)

Why would Martha not want to be classified in a bunch sprint?


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Kinky Cowboy wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:24:07 GMT, Neil Brooks
wrote:


" wrote:


H M Leary wrote:

I have noticed that all the bikes in the TDF have a yellow device on the
left chainstay.

It appears to be too far back to be a cadence sensor.

Freddy Poseurs want to know!

AFAIK, that's an electronic sensor to ID them as they contest bunch
sprints, finishes, etc.

I think you're right, and . . . from what I hear . . . Martha Stewart
knows how to remove them to elude detection ;-)


Why would Martha not want to be classified in a bunch sprint?

'cos then the feds will know she's not at home where she's supposed to
be. (Unless, of course, contesting a bunch sprint counts as part of the
~48 hours/wk she's allowed to be at work).

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AFAIK, that's an electronic sensor to ID them as they contest bunch
sprints, finishes, etc.

I'm surprised Tom Boonen hasn't tried moving his to the front fork ;-)

On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 16:05:05 GMT, H M Leary
wrote:

I have noticed that all the bikes in the TDF have a yellow device on the
left chainstay.

It appears to be too far back to be a cadence sensor.

Freddy Poseurs want to know!

This comes up every year.

It's a tracking device used to ensure that none of the riders tries to
take a shortcut. If the bike leaves the course for more than about a
minute, the piece explodes, throwing purple dye around. It's
deactivated at the end of each stage by a special transmitter at the
finish point, and reactivated at the starting point the next day.
Previously, these reacted to a signal carried by a wire buried in the
road, but now they use a GPS matchup with the internally stored data
about the location of the route; the data is uploaded when the device
is activated at the starting point.

I thought everyone knew this by now. That's why Lance was in such a
godawful hurry to get down and back on the course after the infamous
spill last year.

(If you believe any of the above except the first line, I have a deal
on some coastal real estate in South Dakota that we need to discuss.)


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On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:15:39 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
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AFAIK, that's an electronic sensor to ID them as they contest bunch
sprints, finishes, etc.

I'm surprised Tom Boonen hasn't tried moving his to the front fork ;-)

How do you know that he hasn't got the real one inside the fork, with
a dummy out on the chainstay?
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Werehatrack wrote:

It's a tracking device used to ensure that none of the riders tries to
take a shortcut. If the bike leaves the course for more than about a
minute, the piece explodes, throwing purple dye around.

Couldn't the riders wear explosive collars as in "Total Recall"?

On Sat, 09 Jul 2005 18:47:16 +0100, Zog The Undeniable
wrote:

Werehatrack wrote:

It's a tracking device used to ensure that none of the riders tries to
take a shortcut. If the bike leaves the course for more than about a
minute, the piece explodes, throwing purple dye around.

Couldn't the riders wear explosive collars as in "Total Recall"?

I think the French fashion sense would be outraged.
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