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Infrared FLIR cameras are being used to help spot the cheaters. http://hackaday.com/2016/04/25/cyclists-use-tiny-motors-to-cheat/ http://hackaday.com/2016/04/2

• huphtur 10y ago
  That news article may not be entirely correct: https://www.eptc.co/watts-the-deal-with-motors/ https://www.eptc.co/watts-the-deal-with-motors/
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  • rasz_pl 10y ago
    This guy analysed a control image - image taken of a KNOWN bike with a vivax motor - and came to a conclusion there is no motor in that picture.
    • mrob 10y ago
      What's more it claims that friction is the biggest source of losses in an electric motor, when it's actually a very minor source of losses. The biggest losses are from resistive heating. See section "Motor Efficiency" at: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/products/reference/15297 http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/energy/products/reference/15297