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Old 05-05-15 | 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by tetonrider
i know--you keep saying. what's the power? homeboy is 140# (and on junior gears?), so torque is pretty low.

pretty sure i've sprinted, too, once or twice on mine. a wheel falling out is super serious.

4 wheels pulling out = super lucky that someone has not been injured. (esp a front wheel....did you write that a front came out once?)

i'm not kidding when i say that if this were my issue i would put all resources into figuring this out. also, i'd be sending him out to do max sprints (or ideally someone bigger) a TON in training before letting him race with that liability again. if he goes into a race with a known issue and it happens and takes someone else out, i think they'd have the right to be super pissed.

(i know you are working on it.)
I have sent the big letter.
Never an issue with the front.
I tend to avoid posting power as he does not race with power and it irritates people, but as you asked twice...
Leg press 1,000 5X 45degree and several over 1,450W group ride training both in Oct 2014.
He's quite a bit faster and stronger now. I expect he's laying down about 2000W for that jump then goes to 1,500 24W/kg area.
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