Cycling in Melbourne Australia
How is this doping?
Cycling News...
The UCI has played down media speculation that a type of mechanical doping could already exist in the peloton, saying that there is no
evidence that riders are utilising small motors to power their bikes
and thus gain an unfair advantage. However the UCI have confirmed to
Cyclingnews that they are looking into a method of screening frames in
order to remove any doubts.
How is this "doping"?and thus gain an unfair advantage. However the UCI have confirmed to
Cyclingnews that they are looking into a method of screening frames in
order to remove any doubts.
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Permalink Reply by Jack on -
The motor assist mentioned in the article is pretty neat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGYqKBUEelw
May need one for Col De Ugly in a couple of weeks.
I suppose Doping is not the correct term unless they are using it in it's electronic form.
v. doped, dop·ing, dopes
v. tr.
Informal
To administer a narcotic to: was doped up for the operation.
To add a narcotic to: They doped his drink before robbing him.
To administer a performance-enhancing substance to (an athlete).
To subject (an athlete) to blood doping.
Informal To figure out (a puzzle, for example).
Informal To make a rough plan of: doped out our proposal on scratch paper.
Electronics To treat (a semiconductor) with a dopant.
v. intr. Informal
To take narcotics or a performance-enhancing substance.
To engage in blood doping.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Jay on -
I'm torn between, "WOW! Cool engineering!" and, "Electric bicycles are the instrument of SATAN!" ;-)
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Permalink Reply by Adrian Tritschler on -
Its "doping" the same way pretty much any criminal act is now called "terrorism". A collapsing vocabulary by the media intent on grabbing those 3s attention spans, and a population that reads less and less, preferring to skim the headlines and move on to the next "favourited" or "liked" link in the facebook firehose.
As for the actual speculation, it sounds a lot like speculation.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Jay on
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Some cynic who's seen a gadget and trying to make a name for themselves by fishing at a press conference.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Harris on -
Yes it's very neat.
For the elite riders though the benefit of the power for a relatively short time would probably not make it worth the additional weight and drive loss of having the gear drive on the axle all the time it's not being used.
I'd like to have a regenerative power setup to charge the battery downhills to give a boost going up the other side.
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