I have no stake or set opinion in this debate.
But your parent poster posted an interesting-looking video, and you responded with "it means nothing" without any explanation. Care to explain?
I have no stake or set opinion in this debate.
But your parent poster posted an interesting-looking video, and you responded with "it means nothing" without any explanation. Care to explain?
Sure. People move their hands on bikes all the time, to get more comfortable to address a balance issue or to keep the positions moving.
Seated attacks are becoming more and more popular. Pogi uses them almost exclusively these days. "A little too strong" is nonsense.
Plus, bikes are xrayed.
I makes no sense to carry around the weight of a motor in the off chance you might use it for a single attack. These people care about grams. They're not going to waste it on a motor that may or may not be used to give them a tiny boost.
Not only that but any motor linked to the drive train is going to add resistance and cost the more net watts over the ride than a tiny motor with a tiny battery that may or may not get used, could ever provide. It just makes no sense tradeoff wise.
There's way more reasonable explanations than a conspiracy theory.
This all reeks of nonsense like that cis gendered athlete that got hounded by the nutters about being trans
I think the interesting part of the video is that it looks like the wheel keeps spinning with force while the bike is on the ground, or did I misunderstand why it was highlighted?
I appreciate the point about dead weight though.
Spinning objects sink a non intuitive about of force. Adam Savage's Tested has a video about it. Even small wheels can hold kilojoules