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Zitat von dasgehtschneller

Ob es sich bei einer TDF Etappe oder einer Ironman Strecke lohnt die ganze Zeit 1-2 Kilo mitzuschleppen um dann für eine kurze Zeit mehr Leistung abrufen zu können, wäre ich mir nicht sicher.
Auf jeden Fall versteh ich nicht was das Problem sein sollte das im Profi Umfeld nachzuweisen. Einem ersten Blick hält das vielleicht Stand aber bei genauerer Kontrolle eines Fahrrades müsste eigentlich jeder Antrieb auffallen den es im Moment auf dem Markt gibt.

Think again:

The smaller hub-assist motors, which he makes only for custom orders, typically produce only about 25 watts, he said, and require the rider to be able to maintain a high pedaling rate as is the case with all professionals. Even a 25-watt boost would be significant during a professional race.

Varjas said his system was nearly silent and light enough to keep a bike at the cycling union’s minimum weight.

“If you have this system, you can stay with the group, but nobody hears it, nobody sees it, nobody knows about it,” he said of the devices, which cost 10,000 to 25,000 euros (about $11,300 to about $28,200), depending on features.

While Varjas said that some professionals and teams used the motors for training — sometimes as a substitute for pacing at high speeds behind a motorcycle — he said that he did not know if the motors were also used in races for cheating. But he added that he believed that some kinds of carbon fiber, the material used to make pro bikes, could render the technology invisible to the cycling union’s new screening devices.

New York Times: Tiny Motor Powers a New Threat to Cycling Races