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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Timoid. wrote:
    Why does Cavendish not do this event. Surely his kick over the final 250m would leave all four of the semi-finalists for dead?

    If Cav had a crack at this he wouldn't know which way any of the track sprinters had gone. He'd look like he was doing a track stand compared to the speed they'd accelerate at.

    For the same reason that Chris Hoy couldn't ride a stage of the tour and then beat Cav in a sprint finish, Cav wouldn't have a hope in hell at beating Chris Hoy in a track sprint. Just look at Cav's build compared to any of the track sprinters.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    Timoid. wrote:
    Why does Cavendish not do this event. Surely his kick over the final 250m would leave all four of the semi-finalists for dead?
    'Cos there isn't room on the track for his leadout train :wink:
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Bronzie wrote:
    'Cos there isn't room on the track for his leadout train :wink:
    :lol::lol::lol:

    Perhaps he could draft in the Men's Team Pursuit team for this role?
  • kaacp
    kaacp Posts: 93
    I was glued to the TV over the weekend, and thoroughly enjoyed all the track cycling. Well done to all the GB cyclists.
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Numpty question:
    Why do some events use a disc front wheel and others not?
  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    will3 wrote:
    Numpty question:
    Why do some events use a disc front wheel and others not?

    It's the rules....I think it's as simple as that.
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  • fluff.
    fluff. Posts: 771
    I thought it was just you lost a bit of steering control with a full disc, so the sprinters/ madison types go for a 3 spoke. Of course that may be a load of rubbish but am sure I've heard it somewhere..
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I've noticed that in the same event some riders will have a front disc and some a 3 spoke. There's even some variety within teams, so I'm guessing it's down to rider preference.
  • Mettan
    Mettan Posts: 2,103
    edited August 2008
    mrushton wrote:
    who will the BBC give their Sportsperson of the Year to?

    I'd imagine it's between Becky Adlington and Lewis Hamilton - I'd imagine Becky will win it.
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    I can't see Addlington win it to be honest.
    Rich
  • tomashford
    tomashford Posts: 27
    fluff. wrote:
    I thought it was just you lost a bit of steering control with a full disc, so the sprinters/ madison types go for a 3 spoke. Of course that may be a load of rubbish but am sure I've heard it somewhere..

    I think you are right. In the events where you need to do alot of changing direction its easier to do with a 3 spoke than a disc.
  • Airmiles
    Airmiles Posts: 101
    RichA wrote:
    mrushton wrote:
    who will the BBC give their Sportsperson of the Year to?
    Errr, Lewis Hamilton.

    Dave Brailsford if there's any justice.... shared with Peter Keen and Simon Jones.
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  • SteveR_100Milers
    SteveR_100Milers Posts: 5,987
    and wiggly wiggo.

    If the tabloids latch onto to "Wiggo" then who knows........
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  • andyrac
    andyrac Posts: 1,197
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Bronzie wrote:
    'Cos there isn't room on the track for his leadout train :wink:
    :lol::lol::lol:

    Perhaps he could draft in the Men's Team Pursuit team for this role?

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  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    Why do people get so excited about winning this BBC "Sports Personality" trophy. Frankly most cyclists, swimmers and everyone else will have been training like a four king bar steward for years with the aim of winning gold, not getting a trophy from the BBC and the chance to meet the non-thinking man's village idiot Adrian Chiles.
  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    So it's Hoy v Kenny in an all GB Mens Sprint Final - can Kenny get around Hoy?
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  • will3
    will3 Posts: 2,173
    Bronzie wrote:
    So it's Hoy v Kenny in an all GB Mens Sprint Final - can Kenny get around Hoy?

    Er no.

    Mad madison on. Makes no sense without some sound
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    How did we 'blow' the Madison?

    Did we ask to much of Wiggins? Should he not have reaced in the team pursuit? Or should Gerauint raced the Madison?

    Dunno.
    Rich
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    RichA wrote:
    How did we 'blow' the Madison?

    Did we ask to much of Wiggins? Should he not have reaced in the team pursuit? Or should Gerauint raced the Madison?

    Dunno.

    I think it was always going to be a tough one to win, but it does seem like we asked too much of Wiggins.
  • Kléber
    Kléber Posts: 6,842
    You know in the pursuit or sprint that if you can produce X watts, you win. Not the same in the madison or points race.
  • Coriander
    Coriander Posts: 1,326
    Victoria Pendleton just crossed the line at 63.3kph :shock: :shock: :shock:
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Pendleton makes it look easy.
    Rich
  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    edited August 2008
    Kléber wrote:
    You know in the pursuit or sprint that if you can produce X watts, you win. Not the same in the madison or points race.
    Understand that, just think that it might not have been in Team GBs interest to use Wiggins in all 3 events. (Burke, Thomas & Hayles could all have done a job in either pursuit/madison)

    Cav comes home as the only tracker rider not to 'medal'. He'll be gutted.
    Rich
  • spen666
    spen666 Posts: 17,709
    Gold for Vicky P & Hoy but only 8th for Wiggins & Cavendish
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  • Eurostar
    Eurostar Posts: 1,806
    Buggrit, just got up, hoping to see this morning'c cycling on my Sky+ and I must have forgotten to set it. Having to content myself with VP's medal ceremony. Well done Vicky xx
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  • Bronzie
    Bronzie Posts: 4,927
    RichA wrote:
    How did we 'blow' the Madison?
    As reigning World Champs, Cav & Wiggy were always going to be marked men - pretty hard to take a lap when every other team is going to chase you.

    Look who won - Argentina - bit of a dark horse wins the race job.
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  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    I met Hoy a couple of times and he's really nice. I thought the most impressive thing is he rode the Etape a few years back when it included Alpe D'Heuz.....he broke 1 hour for the climb.

    Not that impressive compared to the l'Tour boys or indeed a Cat 1 rider but given he's focused on 750m it shows he's no idiot on a bike generally.
  • Michuel
    Michuel Posts: 269
    BigG67 wrote:
    I met Hoy a couple of times and he's really nice. I thought the most impressive thing is he rode the Etape a few years back when it included Alpe D'Heuz.....he broke 1 hour for the climb.

    Chris Hoy is great and 3 golds says it all - though he's got another gold from Athens!
    But kilo riders can't cross into road and the TdF so easily. He did 1:25:03 in 2006 on the Alpe d'Huez in the Etape. The winner of the Etape did it in 49:44. Chris was 94kg he took 8:16:55 for Etape against winner's 6:00:33. Scleck won stage in 4:52:22 though it may have been shorter.

    Chris Hoy's book has just been published. I'm buying it straightaway. Bikeriders write good books - eg Obree and Hutchinson and Hoy's a physics graduate anyway so he knows all about speed and acceleration and watts! :-

    http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/web/si ... y_Book.asp

    I've been listening to RadioFiveLive and Boardman's and Brothertons commentaries have been the tops. Glad to see Boardman's back in cycling after years in the wilderness. His technical knowledge and experience and attention to detail must be unmatched.

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