Segueing a lil' bit: there was another thread today on this list or t'other, where someone attached old video of Eddy one one of the big rides. Very interesting to see (I guess this was very early '70s) how pedaling had changed from the days of Coppi and late Bartali. You watch even older video of C and B on the flats, and they're spinning at very high cadences; Coppi seemed to prefer the spin-coast, spin-coast, which I also favored 25 years ago when I could maintain 20-23 in my favorite 64-65" gear. Then they hit inclines, and they're grinding up in amazingly high gears at very low cadences.
But Eddy and companions are pushing bigger gears on the flats, and it is very interesting to see how, at the slightest rise or, perhaps, a turn into a wind, they get out of the saddle, without downshifting, and torque their way through the "obstacle." And they stand while in the hooks! (And, btw, Eddy was a "messy" pedaler; you can't say he had finesse -- all over the bike!) I've not watched much Tour video since Big Mig, but I daresay that the style now is fast spinning and maintaining cadence in all conditions and terrains. On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I guess the gaps are getting so narrow that any difference between marques > disappears. But that's a good thing. > > What about derailleurs? Are road and mountain bike derailleurs compatible > with the opposite shifters? And what about shifter compatibility between > the different marques? > > Frankly, if I were to use indexing, I'd at least seriously consider > wireless electric (I'm tempted to be snide and say, "If you've abdicated > shifting skill to indexing, you might as use electricity," but I won't). > But my last bike with indexing was the Ram, when I had it set up with 7 > speed Dura Ace, and I didn't particularly like it. Friction for me. > > Patrick "hell, fixed/single for me" Moore, who just had a nice 76" gear > ride on the gofast in breezy but sunny and warm ABQ, NM. > > Seriously, if you don't shift so much, you have all the more attention to > give to other aspects of cycling, like cadence strategy -- but don't mind > me, I admit that it's *chacun/ne a son/sa gout/te.* > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Brewster Fong <bfd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >>> Agree. With 11 speed, all of the different platforms work with each >> other. So you can mix Campy, Shimano and Sram wheels and cassettes. >> > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle *Le sacre est la projection du Centre celeste dans la peripherie cosmique, ou du "Moteur immobile" dans le flux des choses. *F Schuon, *Le Sens du Sacre, *Etudes Traditionnelles, 1r q 1979 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
