David Couthard on an electric bike ........!

[Peter Thornton]

Coulthard was riding one of these
http://www.typhoonbicycles.com/product/road/

That looks right.
Anyone tried one of these? It looks very nice.
I wonder what the battery capacity is?

 

[Deleted member 4366]

That looks right.
Anyone tried one of these? It looks very nice.
I wonder what the battery capacity is?

The maximum battery weight is about 1 kg, which makes it 20 cells max, so the most it could be is 200Wh.

 

[Peter Thornton]

Here's an article about the bike, and it mentions that DC has one on order ...........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/tour-de-france/11712225/Tour-de-France-2015-Cycling-fears-cheats-have-a-new-weapon-mechanical-doping.html#disqus_thread

 

[egroover]

Here's an article about the bike, and it mentions that DC has one on order ...........
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/cycling/tour-de-france/11712225/Tour-de-France-2015-Cycling-fears-cheats-have-a-new-weapon-mechanical-doping.html#disqus_thread

Yep I saw that too, however, the article is more than 2 years old, so I guess he's had it for a while (and perhaps the same one he was riding in the show)

I love this bit

"In fact, the project has a number of high-profile supporters. Prince Albert of Monaco has a prototype, while former F1 driver David Coulthard also has one on order. “DC says it’s for his wife but I note that he has ordered it in his size,”