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Where's it gone?
Now where the duck has it gone. Get this ****wit off my telly. Going to post the can't 50 pigeons!!
Red button. That frickin' annoys me.
Can still rip holes in tubeless on rocks as I proved on the Borrowdale Bash on my last visit.
Lightweight race tyres + rock garden?
I didn't see a tube on the Israeli
Going to post the can't 50 pigeons!!
Incoherent raving. Love it!
That Dutch crash a few minutes ago. He never looked happy in the face about that drop in.
I can't find it in the red button 🙁
Press the blue button after the red button.
on iPlayer: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p042zd71/olympic-cycling-mountain-bike-mens-crosscountry#group=p04375l6
If anyones watching on their mobile you can watch it through the BBC Sport App.
I've backed Schurter and Kulhavy EW. Looking good!
I'm just watching it online, does anyone know how Grant is doing?
Channel 602 on Freeview.
Definitely on satellite.
Commentary is awful - why do they keep referring to Coldharbour - is this filmed on Leith Hill? There's a section that looks like Yougurt Pots on Holmbury!! 😉
'Kin'ell - Portuguese is done
prototype fail
Now that's a properly knackered wheel
Ch 473 if you've got Sky
Slows down a bit when Schurter lets someone else lead, gives others hope they might pull it back, then he takes over the lead again and stretches the elastic.
properly knackered wheel
29er. What did you expect?
😉
Love to see a race on something more brutal, but got to admit I'm quite enjoying this.
I missed the start, how many laps is it?
7 I think? I know the women did 6.
Good telly - much better than Essex IMO.
Hamish yes I think we all agree the course is far superior.
Gutted for Sagan.
Also commentator said a wheel was "pretzeled" ?? It "Pringled" or "tacoed" because of the shape! Pretzeled would mean the rim is tied in a knot.
He also said nino did a tail whip...
Serious question: what's the benefit of the formentioned 'tail whip'?
MSP its interesting how he's happy to let the Czech rider lead for a bit even thiugh he's slower - he's certainly giving the look that he's rather confident of the win
Wiggles yes there have been a (token) whip or two
what's the benefit of the formentioned 'tail whip'?
It looks orsumz! And, err, that's about it.
Ha ha! Foot down! I wish the bloke behind him who had to stop had shouted 'you b*****d!!!'
what's the benefit of the formentioned 'tail whip'?
Makes the crowd cheer.
God that female commentator talks crap.
But the Moose-tache!
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God that female commentator talks crap.
JUST.SHUT.UP.ABOUT.THE.TACHE
Good to see Kulhavy has his stem superslammed still.
Moooshtache
No benefit - just shows how rad he is in the heat of tha race. Moose tash FTW though.
Edit: miles too slow.
Indeed. She has an odd pronunciation of it as well.
What are the forks with the disco blue stanchions on Marotte's bike?
French chap in fourth, what are the forks? Blue stanchions.
Edit - great minds!
Is the Moo Stache part of Trek's 2017 range?
I think the number board will be more aerodynamically detrimental than a little facial hair.
Which channel? Bloody basketball on here!
Forks are the same ones that ST towers have on front page?
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Lovely slomo
No, the ones with blue stanchions, not lowers.
Did RS give up on the upside down forks? No-one using them here that i can see.
Coloma Nicolas looks like he is on a stag weekend!
Number 31 riding upside down forks.
Colombian is on RS1 forks. In fifth or so.
Maxime Marotte (french dude with blue fork stanchions) is riding SR Suntour Axon forks.
Marotte and Koretzsky race for BH Suntour, so some proto for an Axon as a guess. Ah, beat me to it
Its a Whip! Tailwhips are something else that would require some interesting geometry for an xc bike and less less cables attached to the handlebars 🙂
No idea about the blue forks but I think he won the gold in 2004 and 2008 so thats quite an effort to be here in 2016
Whats Sagan up to ? Carrying down again ?
Oh and the 'annoying' female presenter is Rochelle Gilmore who owns and runs the womens Wiggle-High5 pro road team..
I think she's actually doing a pretty good job considering she's obviously been drafted in as Chris Boardman has come home.. loving the 'moosetache' 🙂
The commentator said nino was on a softtail......is that correct?
Commentator "Kulhavy never had a bottle on his bike"
Next shot? Yep. You guessed it!
Soft tail = rear suspension in this commentary context.
She's not doing too badly, having been roped in at short notice.
First time I've heard the term "soft tail"
Surely, with the potential for mechanical problems, these kind of races can be best two of three, points races.
Frenchie into 3rd - they like that on France-2
There was enough controversy when they initially introduced the tech and feed zones.. 'It's not realy mountain biking unless they carry their own tools and fix their own mechanicals' but it has led to better racing.
To make it a best 2 from 3 would mean having to shorten the races to something more like a sprint race unless they run them over several days.. these races are damned hard and the riders are wrecked by the end..
Some events just have a bigger part for luck to play I guess, especially equipment sports.
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Frenchie into 3rd - they like that on France-2
Not so surprising seeing as they have three prospective podium finishers in this race.
Glimpse of GF behind Hermida, I think about 14th?
🙂 quality from the Spaniard
Nino has gapped him, didn't really see where - on the descent ?
Yep.. Shurter go bye bye..
Go Nino!
doh
Nino's making it look like he rode 5 laps with Kulhavy just for the company.
Gosh, so Olympics are different because they only come around once every four years. Great commentary 😯
Verbal diarrhoea
He's a man who knows how to win mtb races - its awful drivel
Ouch
Machanicals: up to the riders to pick the kit and decide how light they want to go.
Ouch Austrian in a bad way - no party pack padding either
That last crash looked very painful.
Nino is a beast, just wait wait wait then open up the taps, crazy speed up the climb.
Oof! Big stacks there.
Oooff!
Wiggles yes there have been a (token) whip or two
My point was there is a big difference between a whip and a tail whip...