by Elliot M » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:50 pm
I can't believe that no-one has called out Joe Friel on this.
[quote][Joe Friel] Here's what he [Dirk] had to say about the race: 'When I crested a hill and started to accelerate, the weights transferred to the rim aiding the acceleration. I would actually feel the weights hit the rim and in some cases it meant I could shift to a bigger gear. It literally is like a small turbo booster.'
http://www2.trainingbible.com/joesblog/blog.htmlNot only is this absolute nonsense - the effect as the weights move to the rim would be to slow the wheel's rotation down* - felt as a reduced acceleration, but it also contradicts the site which says the advantages are at the opposite points of the cycle:
[quote]One can feel it coming out of a downhill or going into an uphill -- Joe Friel
* you can test this - go to your local kids' playground, go for a ride on a roundabout and see what happens as you move your weight from the centre to the edge and back again.