The one about forces is well worth watching, and includes a bonus for you of featuring some bloke who designs Canadian bikes.
Most importantly, it explains why it's always uphill, into a headwind, and raining hard whenever I go for a spin. But it's encouraging to know that with the right clothing and helmet I could achieve the same speeds as Cavendish (70 mph on a flat road). I've already achieved over half of that once, when I entered some sort of crease in space-time and found myself going downhill on a sunny day with the wind at my back. Or maybe it was all just a dream. B > -----Original Message----- > From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > knarftheria...@gmail.com > > So far I've only watched the video on The Hour; very interesting stuff! > Amazing that 28 years after Merckx got the record it was bested by > Boardman by a mere ten metres (in the "athletes hour"). Goes to show > how amazing Eddy's record was, especially when one considers how much > training techniques and science have developed in that time span. > > Also consider that Merckx did his hour after his back injury. He always > said he was never the same after the accident and felt that be could > have gone farther in his hour were he not plagued with back pain. > > At some point I'll have to go look at Vickie's thighs. Until then I'll > have to (again) congratulate you Brits on ~owning~ the road and > especially the velodrome at the Olympics. Most impressive! > > Nice to see Kenny come out of Hoy's shadow (and beat a monster like > Bauge no less!). And I was thrilled to see Sir Chris win one more gold > in the keirin. > > Great stuff! > > cheers, > frank > > "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- > Christopher Hitchens > > --- Original Message --- > > From: Bob W <p...@web-options.com> > Sent: August 10, 2012 8/10/12 > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <pdml@pdml.net> > Subject: OT: British thighs are the Envy of the World > > I am a member of the CTC (Cyclists' Touring Club), who send me a weekly > newsletter email. In this week's they have included a piece with some > links about what lies behind Victoria Pendleton, which some of the Hoy- > polloi on the list might find interesting: > > <http://www.open.edu/openlearn/science-maths-technology/engineering- > and-tech > nology/the-science-behind-the-bike?> > > B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.