Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Cycling

[Patchelicious]

14 hours ago, Jewbacca said:

He doesn't know whether Zwift has one or not....

Mate, I don’t know if you had the same Zwift advert over and over and over and over and over during the Tour. MvdP was on his Zwift more in those adverts than he was at the Tour.

[Patchelicious]

1 hour ago, shaper said:

too soon?....

 

[Shebeen]

19 hours ago, Vetplant said:

From the horse's mouth:

I'm a big mvdp fan, but this is just tacky.

rocking up there late (saturday according to GdK) was not a good move in my books.

Take your losses like a man, don't go blame your team. Everyone else got the memo.

He wanted to race Rio, but didn't get the UCI points. this is going to burn a massive fire for him to do it in paris. Pidcock gets to rock up at mtb events and be olympic champ for 3 years now, all we need is Wout to decide he wants some of the action too

[Eldron]

Just read this piece on Anna Kiesenhofer and I like her more and more. Still reckon her PhD sounds more Philosophical than Mathematical  ????

 

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anna-kiesenhofer-the-anti-authoritarian-mastermind-of-her-own-olympic-glory/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=cyclingnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2WhcJ-6exYDFQ3KGnaf-kR1Ts2Nv1rIvAUpW1VZVHHQZYZ4FgQjF5k43I

[Underachiever]

5 minutes ago, Eldron said:

Just read this piece on Anna Kiesenhofer and I like her more and more. Still reckon her PhD sounds more Philosophical than Mathematical  ????

 

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anna-kiesenhofer-the-anti-authoritarian-mastermind-of-her-own-olympic-glory/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=cyclingnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2WhcJ-6exYDFQ3KGnaf-kR1Ts2Nv1rIvAUpW1VZVHHQZYZ4FgQjF5k43I

I battled through engineering maths!!!  Very much a philosophy for me too...

Anna is the next superhero!!!  

[Spafsack]

I looked at the replays again when he wiped out. At first i thought he took a different line, to the left, but looking at the slow mo's you can actually see he front wheel is down, hardly enough weight on the back, as if he thought there was a ramp. Still makes no sense, he saw the riders infront of him going over at speed, leaning back, front wheel up. Its still bad form form him to say what he said.

[lechatnoir]

1 hour ago, Eldron said:

Just read this piece on Anna Kiesenhofer and I like her more and more. Still reckon her PhD sounds more Philosophical than Mathematical  ????

 

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anna-kiesenhofer-the-anti-authoritarian-mastermind-of-her-own-olympic-glory/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=cyclingnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2WhcJ-6exYDFQ3KGnaf-kR1Ts2Nv1rIvAUpW1VZVHHQZYZ4FgQjF5k43I

I saw some of her posts on twitter that seemed to have screenshots from intervals.icu. seems she may have used that to do some temperature analysis. if that's the case, then kudos to David Tinker!

[DieselnDust]

1 hour ago, Eldron said:

Just read this piece on Anna Kiesenhofer and I like her more and more. Still reckon her PhD sounds more Philosophical than Mathematical  ????

 

https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/anna-kiesenhofer-the-anti-authoritarian-mastermind-of-her-own-olympic-glory/?utm_medium=social&utm_content=cyclingnews&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR2WhcJ-6exYDFQ3KGnaf-kR1Ts2Nv1rIvAUpW1VZVHHQZYZ4FgQjF5k43I

what do you mean like her more and more.

I thought wow, I have a little sister!

[DieselnDust]

31 minutes ago, lechatnoir said:

I saw some of her posts on twitter that seemed to have screenshots from intervals.icu. seems she may have used that to do some temperature analysis. if that's the case, then kudos to David Tinker!

David has received many accolades for intervals.icu. It's an awesome tool. Bye Bye FTP tests

Edited July 27, 2021 by DieselnDust

[hopefield]

Are we only discuss the events that features a bicycle, or are we going to mention any other great performances by Team SA so far? Ps can we claim Flora Duffy's gold medal in the triathlon as she is currently living and training (to some extend) in SA?

[Jewbacca]

2 hours ago, hopefield said:

Are we only discuss the events that features a bicycle, or are we going to mention any other great performances by Team SA so far? Ps can we claim Flora Duffy's gold medal in the triathlon as she is currently living and training (to some extend) in SA?

The thread was split.. There is a 'non cycling' olympic thread
 

 

[Mountain Bru]

7 hours ago, Eldron said:

Just saw the highlights after the race and Daaaaaamn! Neff almost pulled a MvdP over the drop when her and PP were battling early on.

Flip it was close if you look at the second pic. I reckon if she touches her front brake, or was going slightly slower, she goes straight OTB. Definitely helped that she had a dropper post. MVDP should take some notes. 

 

[Jewbacca]

Shows what happens when you have genuine mtb skills and not just drop watt bombs........... ????

[Mountain Bru]

6 hours ago, amac said:

They have the ramp in practice so that you can safely determine how fast you have to hit the take off to reach the landing. If you too slow, you land on the ramp without crashing. 

 

I'm not sure if it was always going to be in place for the womans race or if they changed it due to the conditions. But if it was always the plan to have it there for the woman, it kind of would make sense to leave it there for the practice sessions and just tell the men it won't be there in the race.

Like if men and woman want to practice at the same times, or if they don't want to move the thing the whole time depending on who is on the course, you have to have the ramp in place and just tell the men not to use it. The men can still practice the exact race situation with the ramp in place, but the woman can't replicate their race conditions if it's not there. 

Edited July 27, 2021 by Mountain Bru
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[Shebeen]

Today's Google Doodle is very very Olympic related. I gave it 5 minutes and realised it could be very very addictive

[Puncture Kid]

 

Any idea if there is a DSTV replay of the ladies MTB?