As always in cycling there are sceptics and knockers who attempt to tarnish the reputation of the best riders in the business when they achieve great results. Take a look at the latest shot at Fabian Cancellara and make up your own mind.
Bike with engine and Cancellara
Paul O
UPDATE – there have been further revelations as to how Boonen gets to go so fast.
Peter
World’s best time trialer riding away from
a bunch of sprinters, he must have a motor……
what are all complaining about…we all know Mr Fynn’s got one!!!
i am just wondering where he is hiding the extra 1kg of battery. the official manufacturer of this product shows that a massive battery is usually slung under the seat.
and if you think about how big a seat tube is, whether a motor of this size can effectively generate enough power to actually move a 70kg person. i mean they show that it can turn the pedals, but if you sat on the bike, would it have enough torque to actually get the bike moving???
i agree with zac, how could the world TT champion get away from a guy that usually just has his face in the wind over the last 100m. impossible.
Some very amazing rides by Cancellara and the skeptics come out..
Innocent until proven guilty I say…
Although if anyone was found guilty of using mechanical assistance, they should be banned for life. It is worse than increasing your bodies performance illegally..
Same thing happens with fynn= good time trialer. Rest of us= gumbys 😉
Omg so getting a hamster wheel!
Where do you store the hamster in between stages?
Same place as his gerbil 🙂
Or his budgie
That hamster failed doping tests as well. The carrot was injected with EPO. Cant trust anyone these days…
Is it possible to have 2 hamsters? One front and the other back wheel – like having 2WD, or rather AWD. WAIT! How do we make sure the Front Hamster and Back Hamster put out the same wattage, so you don’t get wheel slip. Ahhh… silly me… the hamsters can wear wireless pieces so they can communicate with each other.
Raph,
Sorry, can’t synchronise hamsters using radios, they were banned last year……..
A couple of links to debunk any notion of a motor.. I’d suggest that this is all a very cheeky publicitiy stunt for the manufacturer using viral marketing as their tool (which mind you is being super effective don’t you agree?!).
http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2010/06/anatomy-of-cancellara-attack.html
and
http://cozybeehive.blogspot.com/2010/06/gruber-assist-made-no-sale-to.html