Olympics
#26
Because of the schedule, and the lackluster cycling coverage we get in the US, we've been recording the races and watching them later. Sometimes the schedule changes though, which is annoying. For example, women's keirin was supposed to be on a 6 am this morning, and I scheduled it to record. They changed it to baseball and moved keirin to 10 - which was not scheduled to record. I got up early to watch it. Anyway, one nice thing about recording is that I can rewind and watch the races in slow motion, which is pretty cool.
#27
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[QUOTE=Because of the schedule, and the lackluster cycling coverage we get in the US, we've been recording the races and watching them later. Sometimes the schedule changes though, which is annoying. For example, women's keirin was supposed to be on a 6 am this morning, and I scheduled it to record. They changed it to baseball and moved keirin to 10 - which was not scheduled to record. I got up early to watch it. Anyway, one nice thing about recording is that I can rewind and watch the races in slow motion, which is pretty cool.[/QUOTE]
If you all can get it using a VPN, I highly recommend the link I posted above. So far every heat of every race has been covered live on NHK.
If you all can get it using a VPN, I highly recommend the link I posted above. So far every heat of every race has been covered live on NHK.
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#28
Is it just me, or does anyone else wish there was event held with standardized equipment? So...a Japanese Keirin...but for the madison for example? I feel so out of touch with the tech sometimes and it would be super interesting to see how results would change with equipment standardization.
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#29
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No way! In fact I'd go the opposite. It would be great to see the UCI loosen the reigns a bit and make the Olympics kind of like the F1 of cycling.
But fast is fast, so in standardising equipment, I don't think that positions would change much
But fast is fast, so in standardising equipment, I don't think that positions would change much
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#30
I think the current homologation and commercial availability requirements are a good balance of fairness and innovation.
Folks see, for instance, the Velobike NZ "horny bars", and everyone has a shot at using them instead of just the NZ team. But the technology of the sport still advances instead of being cast in amber.
#31
I echo this.
I think the current homologation and commercial availability requirements are a good balance of fairness and innovation.
Folks see, for instance, the Velobike NZ "horny bars", and everyone has a shot at using them instead of just the NZ team. But the technology of the sport still advances instead of being cast in amber.
I think the current homologation and commercial availability requirements are a good balance of fairness and innovation.
Folks see, for instance, the Velobike NZ "horny bars", and everyone has a shot at using them instead of just the NZ team. But the technology of the sport still advances instead of being cast in amber.
#32
Elitist
Whelp, as a great racer once told me, "When in doubt, lead it out!":
#33
Elitist
Valente gets her wheel swiped from under her in the Points Race, goes down, gets back up and finishes strong to win the Omnium. Amazingly close to it being a tragic loss after coming into the race leading in standings.
#34
Elitist
Lots of shenanigans from both Hoogland and Lavreysen, but Lavreysen simply has more horsepower:
#35
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#36
Senior Member
Well he beat thyroid cancer and then after coming back from that, he had a massive calf tear at the start of last year. I think he did well to be even at the Olympics let alone making it to the keirin final.
Malaysia might be attacking him, but Awang made a choice and it didn't work. I think perhaps everyone might have been expecting Glaetzer to run much harder and so sat in rather than going around him. He put in a charge but it wasn't enough and I think you can see from the rest of the race that he just didn't have the gas to chase Kenny down and everyone else should have jumped much earlier than they did. He's still quite fast, but not as fast as he used to be ATM, but after all he's been through he's still up there with the best.
Malaysia might be attacking him, but Awang made a choice and it didn't work. I think perhaps everyone might have been expecting Glaetzer to run much harder and so sat in rather than going around him. He put in a charge but it wasn't enough and I think you can see from the rest of the race that he just didn't have the gas to chase Kenny down and everyone else should have jumped much earlier than they did. He's still quite fast, but not as fast as he used to be ATM, but after all he's been through he's still up there with the best.
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#38
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#40
Nicholas Paul rode 9.500 s in Keirin Quarterfinals. However, he was disqualified in semifinals after passing through Cote d'Azur,
Kenny 9.569 in a Repechage.
Probably a dozen others were able to ride 9.6 s either in keirin or matchsprint.
Kenny 9.569 in a Repechage.
Probably a dozen others were able to ride 9.6 s either in keirin or matchsprint.
Last edited by 2500W; 08-16-21 at 11:31 AM.
#41
#43
I'm pretty sure the Argon tri front wheels are made by FSA. Argon notes it on its website.
#44
Elitist
Did that new Koga bike ever make it out of the prototype phase?
https://www.velobike.co.nz/blog/2019...o-track-review
https://www.velobike.co.nz/blog/2019...o-track-review
#45
Elitist
Also, I haven't studied the photos and videos too much, but I didn't notice any groundbreaking equipment that I thought people would be itching to get their hands on.
#46
Senior Member
Did that new Koga bike ever make it out of the prototype phase?
https://www.velobike.co.nz/blog/2019...o-track-review
https://www.velobike.co.nz/blog/2019...o-track-review
#47
Senior Member