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| sieve |
Posted on 27-11-2012 16:50
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Does the protect feature have any effect if the protected rider is already riding behind others or mixed into the peloton? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-11-2012 17:34
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Yes, on cobblestones for example. |
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| sieve |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:25
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So, always protect riders through cobbled sections? |
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| juszta |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:26
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sieve wrote:
So, always protect riders through cobbled sections?
Yes, definitely want to protect your leader(s) on cobbled sections. |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:26
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Best that you do. You can see the effect by looking at their heartbeat monitor  |
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Posted on 27-11-2012 18:29
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Best that you do. You can see the effect by looking at their heartbeat monitor
Ahh, OK. I'll test that out. |
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Posted on 27-11-2012 18:32
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So, does the same theory (reducing heart rate) hold true for steep climbs? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:34
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I believe so. Protection is always useful, but especially when there's a lot of wind and on cobblestones |
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| Jesleyh |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:36
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sieve wrote:
So, does the same theory (reducing heart rate) hold true for steep climbs?
Yes, it does, but you have to expect a higher heart rate than usual on flat roads... So if you're protected on flat roads, the heart rate can be for example 152, but on a steep climb it will then be for example 165...
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:43
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Protecting works on all terrains, no matter where you are in the group afaik (quite senseless, but yeah). Basically what happens is the protector will have a bigger heart rate and the protected rider will have a lower one.
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| sieve |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:44
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I believe so. Protection is always useful, but especially when there's a lot of wind...
Regarding the wind, does protection have any effect if the rider is already surrounded by others while riding in the peloton? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-11-2012 18:47
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Yes it does. It always works. It's always useful |
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Posted on 27-11-2012 18:51
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Does having 2 riders doing the protecting double the protection effect, or does it just spread the effort (and related energy decline) from 1 protector to 2? |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 27-11-2012 19:00
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You can't protect with 2 riders at the same time. |
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| lluuiiggii |
Posted on 27-11-2012 19:01
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sieve wrote:
Does having 2 riders doing the protecting double the protection effect, or does it just spread the effort (and related energy decline) from 1 protector to 2?
You can't have 2 riders protecting the same one. Unless you're talking about the water bug, in which case it's just a bug and doesn't have any effect.
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| Pellizotti2 |
Posted on 27-11-2012 19:03
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Actually, you can. It's kind of pointless though, as the protection effect wont change.
If you send back the protecting rider to get bottles, you can take a new rider and protect the same rider. Then when the first rider returns, he'll continue protecting - together with the other guy.
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| sieve |
Posted on 27-11-2012 19:04
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Unless you're talking about the water bug, in which case it's just a bug and doesn't have any effect.
I was.
Now that I know it does nothing, I won't bother with it anymore.
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