Bring on the track events! *spoiler*

Lichtblick
Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
edited July 2019 in Pro race
Good God. Three medals in five minutes and two of them gold. (Shooting and canoeing).

That puts GB 5th on the medals table. WOW!

BRING ON THE TRACK EVENTS!!!!!!!!

(I didn't used to watch track cycling but have got to, now) :lol:
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    ITS A NEW WORLD RECORD!!

    oh wait... the Chinese just beat it in the next heat :?

    damn them and their prison camps... oh sorry.. training camps
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,717
    Polish rider just pulled a foot out, there was a glimpse of him sitting down and it looked like the front of the cleat had snapped off.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    whyamihere wrote:
    Polish rider just pulled a foot out, there was a glimpse of him sitting down and it looked like the front of the cleat had snapped off.


    How do those track shoes work?

    is it a cleat and a strap?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    whyamihere wrote:
    Polish rider just pulled a foot out, there was a glimpse of him sitting down and it looked like the front of the cleat had snapped off.


    How do those track shoes work?

    is it a cleat and a strap?

    Yup.
    _
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,717
    Yeah. Tends to be very stiff road type shoes and pedals locked down tight, then a toe strap or two to add more security.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    whyamihere wrote:
    Yeah. Tends to be very stiff road type shoes and pedals locked down tight, then a toe strap or two to add more security.

    Often very old models! Tend to be much stiffer!
    _
  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Anyone know where Venenzuela is?
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    edited August 2012
    Slim Boy Fat wrote:
    Anyone know where Venenzuela is?


    hang on, I'll get my atlas out.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Fast track by the looks of it.
    _
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Fast track by the looks of it.

    apparently its hot in there
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Fast track by the looks of it.

    apparently its hot in there

    Was when I went to the test event (courtesy of Moomloid)

    They've been making them hot for a while though.

    It's all about how hard the wood is, the varnish, the track layout.
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  • thomthom
    thomthom Posts: 3,574
    Falling on purpose after a bad start.
  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    ThomThom wrote:
    Falling on purpose after a bad start.

    looked like a loose stem or something?! didn't seem to be steering properly!
  • TheBigBean
    TheBigBean Posts: 22,027
    Menchov would be proud of that
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Good recovery! Must have been a horrible feeling being on a knackered bike with feet clipped and strapped being unable to steer to the barrier to stop. I guess all you can do is slow right down and hope you fall slowly.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    ThomThom wrote:
    Falling on purpose after a bad start.

    I assume that's tongue in cheek?
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Pross wrote:
    ThomThom wrote:
    Falling on purpose after a bad start.

    I assume that's tongue in cheek?
    I thought so too - but Jamie Staff has just suggested that was the case. Staff reckons he screwed up the start, got a wobble on and fell off to get the restart.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Quick thinking.
    _
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    This team sprint game - do the riders get to select their gearing, or is there "prescribed" gearing? And does the lead out person(s) run easier gearing than the anchor man/woman?
    Swim. Bike. Run. Yeah. That's what I used to do.

    Bike 1
    Bike 2-A
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Quick thinking.
    In Obree's book he talks about a race where he unclipped/some part of the shoe pedal interface broke as he started a pursuit. He was horrified when he heard someone in the crowd yelling "Fall off!" at him, but only later realised if he had just ditched it in the first few metres he'd have got a restart. I guess these days they GB riders will all have this drilled into them, that if something goes wrong at the start they need to hit the deck.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Greg66 wrote:
    This team sprint game - do the riders get to select their gearing, or is there "prescribed" gearing? And does the lead out person(s) run easier gearing than the anchor man/woman?

    You pick your own gearing.

    No idea for the 2nd Q.
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  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    I imagine the first rider probably would usually have a smaller gear
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Messed up change? DQ for GB??
  • Lichtblick
    Lichtblick Posts: 1,434
    Them bikes have no brakes? Unless they're hidden somewhere. No gears either AFAICS.

    Cav's there. Commentating. He looks tiny compared with the tank-men.
  • whyamihere
    whyamihere Posts: 7,717
    No brakes, fixed gear. Makes it a hell of a lot safer.
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    It'll be a brave official that DQs the GB women from the final, crowd will go nuts!!
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Show the sodding reply.
    _
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Especially odd as one of the graphics suggests that the Chinese have been DQ'ed too (a graphic showed Germany vs Australia for the gold medal race).

    If it is a rule and they broke it, then I guess they should be DQ'ed, but surely if rider 2 comes through too early that's a disadvantage to them, not an advantage. It means that riders has their nose in the wind for longer.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Graeme_S wrote:
    Especially odd as one of the graphics suggests that the Chinese have been DQ'ed too (a graphic showed Germany vs Australia for the gold medal race).

    If it is a rule and they broke it, then I guess they should be DQ'ed, but surely if rider 2 comes through too early that's a disadvantage to them, not an advantage. It means that riders has their nose in the wind for longer.

    Depends how quick your leadout is.
    _
  • graeme_s-2
    graeme_s-2 Posts: 3,382
    Latest is GB are NOT DQ'ed

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