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Thanks! I love this place sometimes, the depth of knowledge is awesome!
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Mudguards?
Suspension?
Mudguards?
Safety - you look at the actual bike and it's got some proper steel guards so if the rider behind actually bumps their front tyre into the derny it just bounces harmlessly off the guard.
The dernys at Manchester all have scuff marks up the back of their guards. 🙂
It's got MTB discs,
The poor Italians, that one just fell to pieces. It's heartbreaking to see 2 teammates disappearing up the track and you can't do a thing about it.
PSIKK!
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Never mind the bloody Derny CFH!!
GB vs USA Women's Team Pursuit now!
Paunchy with awful shoes. Could suit a certain demographic....
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Oh bloody hell, this is going to be as nerve-wracking as the Men's race...
Back in the pub...:-) it is August.
No free beer but the lovely Thai lady gave me some spring rolls.
Good crowd in tonight. Brilliant.
Come on come on
COME ON!!!!
Yyyyyyes!
WOW! That all got close at the end, right on the limit. 😀
Holy crap that was absolutely awesome.
Out of this world. Fantastic!
Wow.
GB OWNING the track here!
That's huge.
Double post oddness. Even if it was worth saying twice!
8)
OH AYE!
Amazing ride, well done girls!!!
Great result. Well done girls.
Their kit hasn't held up well in the crotch area!
Amazing ride again. Shame they don't have a mixed event, Trott and Kenny would smash all.
Fair play for the US team, do or die stuff. They must have known GB would smash it again.
Team GB on Campag rears, but unbranded fronts. Trispoke for the keirin, for example.
Anyone know who's making them?
Becky James in the Keirin now, up against Meares, Vogel...
Just too far round the outside for Becky....
Just caught the end. Awesome stuff.
From where she was, great effort to get the silver!
Stole a silver, so close to gold from so far back!
Phenomenal acceleration down the straight and going the long way round but it can't have been more than a fraction of a tyre between her and Meares for Silver/Bronze.
Edit: result says 5/1000ths of a second!
#hitlerstem and a frame fit pump on Becky's warm down bike!
Sportivist!
Great effort from Becky, thought she'd blown it.
As a Welshman I'm hoping Becky James and George North have about 10 kids!
As a Welshman I'm hoping Becky James and George North have about 10 kids!
See also Kenny/Trott
Could we perhaps start a breeding program between their respective offspring?
Jason Kenny beaten by Dmitriev. 😯
The Russian is probably cheating.
Skinner showing kenny how it should be done!
Those GB tracksuits are thoroughly awful. 🙁
Canada and USA both look really smart on the podium, GB look like they've been dressed in a brightly coloured bin bag.
Aye, they are bloody dreadful. Look like a troop shellsuit from the late 80s!
Phew!
I thought Kenny had left it too late for a second, there
Guaranteed silver!
Skinner looking good here...
Skinner on fire. Absolutely caning the opposition all week.
Re tracksuits, I'm just about ok with the GB one but thought the USA kit had some kind if cosmonaut arms.
Kenny's quicker, just has to avoid being outbluffed. Denis is a canny operator.
Come on Kenny!
Those GB tracksuits are thoroughly awful.
It's like they have been doing arts and crafts at the break.
Stella must have had one too many Artois when she sketched that up.
Callum-Jason final 😯
Oh.
YES!
Brilliant
YESSSS!! 😀
Did he cross the red line in the back straight..
[edit] what they just said on TV.
Nervous...... but given by the looks of it.
I reckon we'll get another gold.
...and silver.
What a first Olympics for Callum,brilliant.
Why do Team GB track cyclists win everything? Is it all about the plumpness of pillows, like Dave Brailsford used to bang on about?
Jess Varnish who? 😉
Why do Team GB track cyclists win everything?
Rounder wheels, innit?
and silver.
Could be a draw.
Why do Team GB track cyclists win everything?
They are the experts at marginal gains init
So all those tiny details,we have more than anyone else.
Laura Trotts pigtails..no accident,they is moar aero 😉
They are the experts at marginal gains init
So all those tiny details,we have more than anyone else.
Laura Trotts pigtails..no accident,they is moar aero
*Avoids making poor taste Joanna Rowell joke*
Anyone know why the American's aren't bothered on the men's side? Their men's track team is two blokes, neither of whom look like they will be competitive.fasthaggis - MemberWhy do Team GB track cyclists win everything?
They are the experts at marginal gains init
So all those tiny details,we have more than anyone else.
Seems odd that they can't get a serious team together.
Great photo of Chris Hoy holding up a young Callum Skinner on Edinburgh track. Skinner is looking like a worthy replacement. Awesome.
But the Ladies keirin was my pick of the medals. Such a great event. Every one I've ridden, I've been trashed, but so much fun.
I hope Cav gets a medal this time (not meddle).
Anyone know why the American's aren't bothered on the men's side? Their men's track team is two blokes, neither of whom look like they will be competitive.
Seems odd that they can't get a serious team together.
According to some tweets by someone called Caley Fretz, there is no guaranteed funding for the US Olympic cycling team, all sponsorship. Not sure if this applies to the other sports. Hence the US women's team pursuit has one permanent member of coaching staff and that is about it. British Cycling has an enormous budget via the National Lottery etc.
Struck me as very amusing that the US saw themselves as underdogs! God knows how this country managed to invest in something and get results, never usually happens!
Yeah the US track programme is run on a shoestring apparently. They were definitely the underdogs.
Was anyone else surprised that Laura Trott only has three Olympic golds after last night's win?
Hopefully four after the Omnium.
🙂
Yeah the US track programme is run on a shoestring apparently. They were definitely the underdogs.
Sports programmes in the US are run in a weird way and besides, US only has one indoor velodrome (Los Angeles) - there are another couple of dozen outdoor (or partially shielded) tracks built to a wide variety of standards, most are strange distances like 333.3 metres. Also, track cycling itself is very under-the-radar compared to sports like baseball and basketball.
The UK now has 5 international standard indoor velodromes so it's far easier to identify talent from a young age.
Interesting then how the US structure works - suspect lack of central funding is offset by a massive amount of investment in college sports etc., hence swimming and T&F dominance.
Also, track cycling itself is very under-the-radar compared to sports like baseball and basketball.
Even sprinting exceeds the attention span required for baseball or basketball.
It's cycling's tastiest discipline...
The omnomnomnium
Well the Women's Sprint is starting off well in the flying 200m seeding runs, new Olympic Record from Becky James!
0.003 seconds faster than the old Olympic Record set by Victoria Pendleton in London.
Oi, BBC - what the ****?!
You've gone to tennis while there are British riders competing on the track!
Bring it back right now!
Now cycling has disappeared from the blue button.
🙁
So - the incident in the women's Keirin where the Dutch girl rode the advertising boards having been forced all the way from the inside line to the top of the bank by the French girl, taking two others out badly in the process..... It looks like a deliberate act on the part of the French rider, but I've seen no suggestion of this (not looked that hard admittedly...) - what am I missing?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37070169
It's on BBC1 now...back on the blue button!
Phew, it's back.
It looks like a deliberate act on the part of the French rider, but I've seen no suggestion of this (not looked that hard admittedly...) - what am I missing?
Dutch girl was in a shit position and boxed in by Hong Kong. She leant inwards, French girl pushed back (which is natural when leant into), went off balance as the Dutch girl went with her rather than leaning back and that off-balance carried her up the track.
You know when you think there's an extra step in a staircase and fall forwards? Bit like that.
Spain behind got caught up in it and went down immediately (front wheel taken out by the back wheel of the French girl), NZ went down as a result of the final rider kicking back to avoid it all.
Certainly not deliberate because 99% of the time if you did that deliberately you'd all fall off together!
I know it's been said before, but Jo Rowsell Shands eyes..
So the two fastest qualifiers in Women's Sprint are Becky James and Katy Marchant for Team GB. 🙂
Cav in the 15km Scratch Race on now, this is shaping up to be another good night in front of the TV!
Ta crazy-legs. Makes sense, but still looks nuts!
This should be a cracking race.
This should be a cracking race.
Brilliant so far, you can feel the tension! First little dig now. Looks pretty smooth but they're going at a fair old rate, 50-ish kph. Nicely tactical.