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Originally Posted by bluegoose
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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. |
At one point I thought Phil/Paul said Millar was pushing a 56! I hear dit with disbelief becasue I was looking at him spinning like he was going downhill in granny gear.
I would guess a false flat descent is a stretch that looks flat but is really downhill? I use these for ego boosts all the time.