Track racing, Rio 2016 **spoilers**

[Dogtrousers]

Did you get a pass for the commentary box or were you round Boardman's gaffe?

I have an inflatable Chris Boardman. Doesn't everyone?

 

[summerdays]

Talk about something other than cycling? I don't understand...

Even my kids have watched bits and tried to pick up some of the terminology .... I was asked today "what happened last night in the Kevin?"

 

[mjr]

Any ideas as to what I can do tonight? Diary looks a little empty.

BMX seeding runs from 17:30, Vuelta team presentations tomorrow night, BMX finals Friday, XC Sat/Sun and then the Vuelta highlights are on itv4 every evening anyway

 

[Dogtrousers]

XC mountain biking, featuring Peter Sagan. Sunday 16:30

 

[smutchin]

'If cycling was swimming'
http://inrng.com/2016/08/if-cycling-was-swimming/

 

[Toshiba Boy]

Watched last night's amazing events round at some friends.

What with the two restarts for the Keirin, I got slightly more animated than normal (possible?) when Jason crossed the line, jumped in the air, forgetting they have a low hanging light with four large glass bulb fittings.......let's just say there are only two bulb fittings now. It's OK, the bleeding hand has recovered, and I was vacuuming through the medal ceremony.

Luckily, everyone else had been on the wine and beers, and great hilarity ensued (plus my friend works at a household appliance retailer and can replace said fittings).

Well done to the GB Track Team, awesome riding all round.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

An excellent set of performances from the Brits over these last few days. A small question mark over the clarity of the Keiran rules which will leave someone having to rewrite the rule book. A big question mark over the BBC's ad hoc station changing, sport changing, and often incorrect information giving. Their performance was as bad as the Brits' was good.

Now, what's on telly tonight? There must be something worth watching that I've missed on catch up TV.

 

[Crackle]

Anyone see the Telegraph article on the Kevin last night

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics...-analysts-helped-jason-kenny-during-farcical/

So according to team GB, no one infringed the Durney.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Anyone see the Telegraph article on the Kevin last night

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/olympics...-analysts-helped-jason-kenny-during-farcical/

So according to team GB, no one infringed the Durney.

Top autocorrecting, Kevin!

I guess the big question is, why the feck isn't there a high speed camera lined up with the point where the Durney peels off?

(I'm expert on track racing now. I'd go so far as to say I'm a leading expert. I'll go back to being an ignoramus soon enough.)

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

At a defined point where the derny is deemed to be off, irrespective of whether or not it has.

Yes, it occurred to me that the camera should be on the derny itself, presumably pointing outwards in line with the rear end. That way, it'll be where the derny happens to be.

 

[summerdays]

Yes, it occurred to me that the camera should be on the derny itself, presumably pointing outwards in line with the rear end. That way, it'll be where the derny happens to be.

TMN to me.... I said that yesterday!

I think they need to go off and decide exactly what the rule is first then work out how they can police it.

 

[summerdays]

I quite enjoyed the way it was policed yesterday, once it was all over.

It was certainly the best outcome, but it looked as though the rule had a bit of ambiguity in it, in the first place.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

TMN to me.... I said that yesterday!

Apologies, I appear to have missed your post.

 

[smutchin]

It was certainly the best outcome, but it looked as though the rule had a bit of ambiguity in it, in the first place.

The fact that they were able to achieve the best outcome suggests that it may not be that important to change the rule. Sometimes, ambiguity may be a positive attribute.

I'd only be worried about the rules being faulty if situations like last night were a common occurrence, but apparently they're not.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

The fact that they were able to achieve the best outcome suggests that it may not be that important to change the rule. Sometimes, ambiguity may be a positive attribute.

I'd only be worried about the rules being faulty if situations like last night were a common occurrence, but apparently they're not.

I must admit that I'd not seen it before. However, the fact that Eilers saw fit to exploit the ambiguity in the restart makes me think that competitors will do it again in the same way. Mind, I reckon dernys should go faster than that at that point.