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Is it typical to experience DOMS after a cycling workout, though? DOMS is typically associated with eccentric/negative contractions, and you do basically none of that on a road bike, and I would assume that you do as little as possible on a track bike...
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Stopping on a track bike creates an eccentric contraction. This is why people who first start to skid have issues with their hip flexor muscles.
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Carleton,
Cervelo gives 2 geometries based on seat tube angle, do you understand whats that about?
https://www.cervelo.com/en_us/bikes/2011/T1/geometry/
Do they mean that there's 2 types of T1's based on seat tube geometry?
Cervelo gives 2 geometries based on seat tube angle, do you understand whats that about?
https://www.cervelo.com/en_us/bikes/2011/T1/geometry/
Do they mean that there's 2 types of T1's based on seat tube geometry?
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The seat can be placed in two different positions (as shown in the diagram), resulting in differences in geo.
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You can flip the seatpost around to change the setback I believe. Its like that for several of their track and tt bikes.
Edit: there are not two different frames.
Edit: there are not two different frames.
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Carleton,
Cervelo gives 2 geometries based on seat tube angle, do you understand whats that about?
https://www.cervelo.com/en_us/bikes/2011/T1/geometry/
Do they mean that there's 2 types of T1's based on seat tube geometry?
Cervelo gives 2 geometries based on seat tube angle, do you understand whats that about?
https://www.cervelo.com/en_us/bikes/2011/T1/geometry/
Do they mean that there's 2 types of T1's based on seat tube geometry?
Apparently this guy works at Cervelo and commented in the thread:
I am from Cervélo AND I am a T1 owner. The stock post is the single position post which gives you the 73 degree effective seat tube angle. The second position can be attained with the post that Hutch has pointed out or the two position post from your P2K. It can also be ordered through an authorized Cervélo retailer. We don't spec this post as it will put many saddles in an illegal position for UCI racing.
Thanks,
David Byer, Cervélo
Thanks,
David Byer, Cervélo
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For what it's worth, using the forward position at 76 degrees doesn't necessarily make it illegal. My custom Tiemeyer has a 76 degree seat tube angle and it's legal with normal saddles. But, my bike is a 58cm. It may be illegal with smaller sizes like 55cm.
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you sir, is awesome!
btw that kind of seatpost tech is interesting, do other brands do this "gimmick"? Does it really make a difference for different type of races?
btw that kind of seatpost tech is interesting, do other brands do this "gimmick"? Does it really make a difference for different type of races?
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Now they use a non forward/backward adjustable 3T topper.
Most bike companies that make track bikes don't bother. They just make standard seatposts and normal angles to appeal to the masses. It's cool that Cervelo does this on a mid-level frame.
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I found this thing, but it didn't really explain the rationale behind the seat tube angle rule: https://www.usacycling.org/forms/uci/...egulations.pdf
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Why is seat tube angle restricted? Does it affect power output? Aeroness? Safety?
I found this thing, but it didn't really explain the rationale behind the seat tube angle rule: https://www.usacycling.org/forms/uci/...egulations.pdf
I found this thing, but it didn't really explain the rationale behind the seat tube angle rule: https://www.usacycling.org/forms/uci/...egulations.pdf
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For most track events, the saddle must be 5cm or more behind a vertical line from the center of the BB*. So, an aggressive seat tube angle (really forward) may push the saddle into that 5cm violation area.
*There are exceptions to this rule. Generally for shorter racers. But, you have to get a pass called an anthropomorphic exemption or exception (I can't recall the exact term).
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Did this rule really was invented out of spite for Graeme Obree? I remember from this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8jUdt0#t=4190s
or does it have a theory behind it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8jUdt0#t=4190s
or does it have a theory behind it?
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Did this rule really was invented out of spite for Graeme Obree? I remember from this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8jUdt0#t=4190s
or does it have a theory behind it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8jUdt0#t=4190s
or does it have a theory behind it?
This is just as arbitrary as the "bikes must be under 15lbs" rule. Years ago when people were making super light bikes, the UCI figured that to keep them from being too flimsy and therefore unsafe, they would require that they be 15lbs. So, if you are 230lbs or 130lbs, your bike cannot weigh less than 15lbs.
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From what I've heard, the saddle setback regulation has to do with the amount of force you can generate. Something about being in front of the bottom bracket, or within 5cm gives you an unfair advantage. I don't know the specifics but it makes some sense to me at least.
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This is why racer sit on the nose of the saddle during TTs. I think high end triathalon bikes go all out with the steep seat tube angles since they arent as regulated.
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Did this rule really was invented out of spite for Graeme Obree? I remember from this scene:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8jUdt0#t=4190s
or does it have a theory behind it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...8jUdt0#t=4190s
or does it have a theory behind it?
But from the few minutes I watched so far, all I get from it is "We hate poor people"
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Originally Posted by UCIBicycleRegulations
The lowest part of the bars must also be higher than the top of the wheels.
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The bike is weighed completly built, just as it will be raced. I have heard stories of people having to tape fishing weights to the inside of their seatposts to get their bike weighed right.
Sit around the track with an experienced rider and you will hear some great cheat to win stories.
Sit around the track with an experienced rider and you will hear some great cheat to win stories.
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Carleton,
Have you tried the track specific Speedplay? If so can you give your insight of how do they compare to something like the shimano spd-sl line (I know that you've tried some of these shimanos).
Have you tried the track specific Speedplay? If so can you give your insight of how do they compare to something like the shimano spd-sl line (I know that you've tried some of these shimanos).
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I've found that the tension on SPD-SL pedals can be turned up much higher than the Speedplay Track Specials.
I rode/raced Speedplay Track Specials in 2009. In 2010 I switched to Shimano SPD-SL and never looked back. I even demo-ed some LOOK KEO 2 Max pedals and the max release tension of the SPD-SLs is much higher.
BUT, to put things into perspective, I'm a big guy with big legs. Release tension is relative to the rider's size. What is normal for me is hard for lighter riders. For example, I once tuned up the bike of a 130lb female friend, and in doing so I (incorrectly) determined that her pedal release tension was too low. So, I tightened it to what felt comfortable for me. I dropped off the bike and she calls me later saying that the pedals were ridiculously tight.
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The bike is weighed completly built, just as it will be raced. I have heard stories of people having to tape fishing weights to the inside of their seatposts to get their bike weighed right.
Sit around the track with an experienced rider and you will hear some great cheat to win stories.
Sit around the track with an experienced rider and you will hear some great cheat to win stories.
Even though this is a rule for any UCI or USA Cycling event, it's rarely enforced outside of National or International level events. I've raced a few National events.
Basically, 15-30 minutes before each event, the rider is required to bring his/her bike to Bike Check. There an official measures the dimensions and checks the weight to make sure that it is legal. Then the bike is quarantined until the race starts and you are marked off the list as having been checked. The bike is put on a bike rack where you can't go fiddle with it...unless you bring it back through Bike Check again.
I've heard similar stories of bikes not being 15 lbs and having large allen wrenches taped to the tubing to make weight. I've even heard of one athlete installing SRM Power Meter cranks (which are heavier than normal cranks) but not using the computer just to make the bike weigh enough. This usually only happens with the x-small bikes (48-52cm) for the ladies.
It's an antiquated rule. Basically, in the 90s people where going crazing making their bikes lighter. They were drilling and shaving everything making things flimsy and dangerous. So, the only way the UCI could "control" this was to make a minimum weight requirement so that there would be no incentive to do this. Now that it's 20 years later and materials are so much more advanced, the old rule is still in place. Carbon today is MUCH stronger than Carbon from 20 years ago. The technology has evolved. The rule should evolve, too.