Dude at symposium claims FG = 50% more torque
08-21-05, 02:07 AM
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Dude at symposium claims FG = 50% more torque
Splendid logic indeed:
"[T]he fix rider can apply force to the crank wherever she or he chooses, and the human system of optimal adaptive control soon will figure out how best to do so. The fix rider can get into the power stroke at 12 o’clock, or a little before, and so utilize the entire downward stroke for propulsion. Way strong!
The free rider can apply downward force beginning only at two o’clock, and so has wasted fully one-third of the downward stroke. This is not good!
Looked at the other way, the fixer has a 50% longer power stroke than the freebie, which equates to 50% more torque and therefore 50% more power at a given cadence."
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/articles/lee/lee.pdf
"[T]he fix rider can apply force to the crank wherever she or he chooses, and the human system of optimal adaptive control soon will figure out how best to do so. The fix rider can get into the power stroke at 12 o’clock, or a little before, and so utilize the entire downward stroke for propulsion. Way strong!
The free rider can apply downward force beginning only at two o’clock, and so has wasted fully one-third of the downward stroke. This is not good!
Looked at the other way, the fixer has a 50% longer power stroke than the freebie, which equates to 50% more torque and therefore 50% more power at a given cadence."
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/articles/lee/lee.pdf
08-21-05, 02:30 AM
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I can't say that I really buy that...
08-21-05, 03:25 AM
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Holy sh1t, that's funny! I sort of feel he might have meant "the rider who has clipless pedals" as compared to platforms can put in 50% more power, which would be almost true, but FG???
08-21-05, 04:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Plinkerton
I can't say that I really buy that...
08-21-05, 05:08 AM
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Obviously the entire write up is a one big running joke.
Last edited by operator; 08-21-05 at 12:12 PM.
08-21-05, 08:29 AM
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We already gave this guy a pretty good keyboard-lashing.
https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/131163-fixed-gear-pontification-opinions-please.html
General consensus: stupid article.
https://www.bikeforums.net/singlespeed-fixed-gear/131163-fixed-gear-pontification-opinions-please.html
General consensus: stupid article.
