Now half wheeling also includes head games. Here's some, in my opinion, from the best.
+ NEWS NO SHOWS IN MURCIA American Lance Armstrong and German Jan Ullrich will not take part at the Vuelta a Murcia as initially announced due to health problems. Armstrong, the three-time Tour winner is suffering from intestinal problems, while Ullrich is having problems with one of his knees. >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [obc] Half-wheeling trivia >Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 19:47:50 +0000 > >This month's spokeperson included the group riding protocols >description. Rod mentioned he augmented the text with some pictures. > >A nice job overall Rod, however, I did notice that your diagram for the >half-wheeling infraction perpetuates the usual mis-understanding for >what half-wheeling means. In still describing the lead rider's >behaviour, the text suggests (this is from memory now) that one "... >stay even with your partner, and don't pull slightly ahead (known as >"half-wheeling")..." or something to that effect. The diagram follows >showing the second pair of riders uneven, and the front wheel of the >second left side rider overlapping the rear wheel of the leading >leftside rider. > >"Half-wheeling" traditionally refers to the lead riders, really. The >reason it is undesireable is that the lagging partner speeds up to try >to pull even, and the half-wheeler speeds up again to get slightly >ahead. The result is an ever increasing speed. It's a great way to hurt >your lead partner. When the lead riders are half-wheeling, so is >everybody else, but the real effect is felt most up front. > >What the diagram shows is "wheel overlapping". I'll take wheel >overlapping over half wheeling, any day. It takes steely resolve not to >get caught up in the game. > >Paul "pedantic? who you calling pedantic?!" Smeulders > >------ >To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED], (613) 230-1064 >Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb >Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter > > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------ To unsubscribe, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Club Office: [EMAIL PROTECTED], (613) 230-1064 Web/mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb Newsletter: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cyberus.ca/~obcweb/Newsletter ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aVxiDo.a2i8p1 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
