SRAM Rep Discusses the Chain Drop

[marle]

VeloCenter: TdF Stage 19 Extra | CompetitorTV

[winmonster]

Thanks for the link. It's amazing that they are going up a freakin' mountain using that kind of gearing.

[SteveP]

surprised it took 4 days to come up with this. ( i didnt listen- 12 minutes too much of life to waste on proabably a fiction story )

lemond used to drop his chain all the time if anyone remembers.

[Too Tall]

thanks

[e-RICHIE]

surprised it took 4 days to come up with this. ( i didnt listen- 12 minutes too much of life to waste on proabably a fiction story )

lemond used to drop his chain all the time if anyone remembers.

so - can we now mebbe look at the, er - attack (and subsequent passing of all 19 riders) that afternoon in a different light atmo?
for a brief moment in time, the break riders were branded as outlaws.
that's fkingcu inane.

hey - thanks for reading.

[ergott]

It makes the most sense.

SRAM guy:
He said Andy was in the 38/12. As he pedaled, the chain was scraping the inside of the big ring and it must have hit the pick up ramps causing a skip and the resulting slack in the chain caused it to drop.

Me:
I think that by far the most plausible explanation. I'm sure he was putting all sorts of power down and things were flexing somewhere. It was his left leg that was coming through the most powerful part of the stroke. There is a lesson here somewhere. Don't use an extreme chain cross when attacking.

-Eric

[Human Epic Jolt]

i suggest fitting something like a rear car door child lock mechanism to the shifters that blocks out the possibility of cross chaining. then mechanics could safegaurd these riders from themselves.

perhaps L plates would suffice.
or is the white jersey a L plate? i was under the impression it was like those prizes they give out at wella for best upcoming hairdresser of the year, though, come to think of it, i dont think they hand them out to the same guy twice in a row.

[SteveP]

personally i vow never to attack in a 38-12 when climbing one of the hc or cat 1 climbs in the tour.
might chuck me chain and give away the win...

hate for that to happen.

[e-RICHIE]

personally i vow never to attack in a 38-12 when climbing one of the hc or cat 1 climbs in the tour.
might chuck me chain and give away the win...

hate for that to happen.

bring that game to D2R2 atmo.

[Human Epic Jolt]

poor old zinn.

[SteveP]

bring that game to D2R2 atmo.

if my chain falls off will you wait for me?
what if it falls off in front of a restaurant and i want to get something to eat? will you still wait?
need to know...

[Craig Ryan]

jump the video ahead to about 8 min to hear the sram guy.

[Human Epic Jolt]

what if my chain falls off?

you're not riding one of those magnetic chains with a steel inner ring? are you?

[SteveP]

what, youre not riding one of those magnetic chains and a steel inner ring?

i may just hire someone to ride for me and just hang around with roman and jon greene and drik the whole day...
its an appealing thought...
esp if its hot as hell like its been.

[xjoex]

Andy just dropped it again messing around doing photos with contador. Some mechanic is getting chewed a new one tonight.


Joe

[e-RICHIE]

esp if its hot as hell like its been.

you should wear that special Sissy Be jersey for D2R2 atmo.
whiner.

[Human Epic Jolt]

you should wear that special Sissy Be jersey for D2R2 atmo.
whiner.

im working on a team to whip both your arses, and its not financed by swizzlers. how tight are you on drug users over there?

[e-RICHIE]

im working on a team to whip both your arses, and its not financed by swizzlers. how tight are you on drug users over there?

don't agitate me atmo.
after the tdf stage i am scheduled for some reenactment training.

[SteveP]

6 riders dqed last year for:
" lack of twizzlers in their blood..."

oddly they were the guiys who finished ahead of e- richie...

[Uncle Jam's Army]

so - can we now mebbe look at the, er - attack (and subsequent passing of all 19 riders) that afternoon in a different light atmo?
for a brief moment in time, the break riders were branded as outlaws.
that's fkingcu inane.

hey - thanks for reading.

I wasn't going to respond any further on this debate, as I think it pointless. But branding all opinions that differ from yours on this subject as fkingcu inane is beyond the pale.