2012 Olympics Track event
08-06-12, 12:10 AM
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If you have cable, you can watch full event replays on the https://www.nbcolympics.com/ website. You have to login with your cable providers information.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/r...les/index.html
I too thought Meares rode the Keirin final strangely. She sat up at the end.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/r...les/index.html
I too thought Meares rode the Keirin final strangely. She sat up at the end.
08-06-12, 06:23 AM
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If you have cable, you can watch full event replays on the https://www.nbcolympics.com/ website. You have to login with your cable providers information.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/r...les/index.html
I too thought Meares rode the Keirin final strangely. She sat up at the end.
https://www.nbcolympics.com/cycling/r...les/index.html
I too thought Meares rode the Keirin final strangely. She sat up at the end.
08-06-12, 11:21 AM
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Yeah, missing the Kenny vs Bouge sprint finals because of the above... and I don't have any provider. Yes I work in TV business, no I don't subscribe to anybody 
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The only thing I've ever heard in regards to bar width on a road bike is you want it the same with as your shoulder width to allow your chest to open up and breathe. I've never seen any scientific evidence of such. I could also assume a wider bar on the road bike would be more comfortable when riding for an extended period of time. But I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn Express and I know what assumptions are... 
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I think the answer to the question is aerodynamics. You want to present the narrowest possible front to the wind.
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absolutely loved the Kenny vs Bouge sprint finals, my wife who isn't the biggest
track fan around was screaming at the TV (for Kenny!).
liking the coverage I'm seeing on NBC with Time Warner cable.
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track fan around was screaming at the TV (for Kenny!).
liking the coverage I'm seeing on NBC with Time Warner cable.
Marty
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Because we sit in each other's laps while we ride. I look at road races and crits and am amazed at the amount of space between riders.
Road bars are wide because it's more comfortable if you're on the road for 5 hours, especially climbing.
Road bars are wide because it's more comfortable if you're on the road for 5 hours, especially climbing.
08-08-12, 12:11 PM
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Yes and no. In the image, the green part is the apron. That's out of bounds. What you're seeing is them going onto the Cote d'Azur(e...?), which is the blue/white part. They could ride the whole distance there if they so chose, but it's not as banked as the rest of the track, so they can ride on it and not worry about sliding off.
Thanks a ton for that! I had no idea that was a legal part of the track to ride on, very cool
08-08-12, 04:39 PM
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In the first stages of a match sprint, the riders are, many times, going too slow to stay on the banking of the track. Olympic standard tracks have a minimum "traction speed" which riders must stay above to avoid sliding off the track. So they use the apron during this phase of the race. Once the sprint is started, it is illegal to use the apron to pass the other rider.
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08-08-12, 04:42 PM
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Yes and no. In the image, the green part is the apron. That's out of bounds. What you're seeing is them going onto the Cote d'Azur(e...?), which is the blue/white part. They could ride the whole distance there if they so chose, but it's not as banked as the rest of the track, so they can ride on it and not worry about sliding off.
You cannot ride the whole race in the apron. It's not like "out of bounds" like football where you are relegated if you run onto the apron during the sprint, but it is not permissible to ride the apron because you are essentially shortening the track. If you run onto the apron after the sprint has started, you are expected to immediately get back onto the track.
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08-10-12, 09:03 PM
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Wider bars are nice for climbing.
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You can download virtually any cycling event that is televised. You're welcome.
08-10-12, 11:39 PM
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What Brian said is right. It's only legal for a certain amount of time. And for what it's worth, the Cote is sometimes banked on the shorter, steeper tracks. Burnaby is 200m, and the apron is banked. Same with Forest City, where it's 143m.
08-11-12, 12:04 AM
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It's banked to match the straights on most tracks that I've been on, except the ones where it's been removed or modified in resurfacing attempts. It's important that it's slightly banked so riders don't slide out if they get pushed below the racing surface.
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