Olympics 2012 track cycling

They've all had 'accidents' now though haven't they...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Team-GB-Official-Signed-Cycling-Jersey-Top-Signed-11-Charity-Listing-/190710238583

is varno allowed to post stuff on ebay without offering us dibs first?

/jk

Then sell me a picture.

They don't have a charity auction for a picture. They do have one for a jersey of unknown size.

what, no lady laura trott signature ?

BMX tiem. That's a track, right?

here she goes

hows Shanaze doing?

2 seconds
smashed it

funny looking fixies ?
track has broken up a bit since yesterday though

They need a bike fit

More astroturf than I remember.

Can't find the size.

They don't have a charity auction for a picture. They do have one for a jersey of unknown size.

Jersey is size small adult.

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yeah the track looks so much nicer than the london prepares event where all i remember was piles of broken tarmacadam and dirt

do they know about gear inches in the bmx world
i'm sure some of them could be using a smaller cog and bigger chainring

Have you been working at the velodrome during these Olympics, Rob?

That's a sick joke Mike.

Of course not. Wasn't allowed to have time off to volunteer, have to carry on doing my usual job. Which is a bit difficult seeing as there's this effing great thing called the London Olympics going on all over London.

that jump after the tunnel looks big ? what is it 10 foot above the top of the jump or more
they're only just clearing the top of the lip

Is my imagination or is their a dirt demo going on in the middle of the BMX Track?

Awesome course

All I know is I want to see it, not just hear it.

BBC have done superbly again...

do they know about gear inches in the bmx world
i'm sure some of them could be using a smaller cog and bigger chainring
i imagine at elite level the mechanic might have an inkling...

the smaller chain ring is for clearance i think

their poor little legs are a blur
won't somebody please think about the gearing

@dicki
:)

boy they rocket out of the gate don't they

the ET style silhouette's are nice too

Didn't understand the 'garlic purée' analogy in commentary a while back, but top marks for delirious babble.

I thought it was tarmac at first.

Low gearing is to get fastest acceleration out of the gate and hit the turn first.

The USA team were using power meters in run up to 2008 games and racking up highest ever recorded 5 second power measurements. The riders who made the team were pedalling only 18-25 times on the whole course, if you were pedalling 30+ times your body just got too fatigued from the repeated efforts and those riders didn't make the cut.