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bluegoose · 07-08-2008, 05:57 PM

Check out the quads on Schumacher:

Cadel Evans makes a statement today by putting a minute on Valverde. I'm excited to see the first mountain stage on Thursday.

Big Maggie Beckstedt said he hit 50 mph today on a "false flat descent". What exactly does that mean? I'm picturing a slight downgrade of less than 2-3%. Is it even possible to do that on anything less than a downhill of at least 6-8%? An online gear calculator I looked at says that with a 53/11 pedalling at 110 rpms top speed should be 41mph. Must have been a rip-roaring tailwind.

07-08-2008, 05:57 PM	#1
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	Stage 4 - ITT (spoiler) Check out the quads on Schumacher: Cadel Evans makes a statement today by putting a minute on Valverde. I'm excited to see the first mountain stage on Thursday. Big Maggie Beckstedt said he hit 50 mph today on a "false flat descent". What exactly does that mean? I'm picturing a slight downgrade of less than 2-3%. Is it even possible to do that on anything less than a downhill of at least 6-8%? An online gear calculator I looked at says that with a 53/11 pedalling at 110 rpms top speed should be 41mph. Must have been a rip-roaring tailwind.