"Podiumed" - aaaargh!!
Dunno what all the fuss is with the flats, we've all seen what can be done with a flat tyre this year 😉
Re: Electronic Gears "The mechanics of bikes are changing, we've been on dérailleurs so long, we thought it would never change..."
it's always great to see how much they push 80mm travel XC bikes.
[quote=plyphon ]Dunno what all the fuss is with the flats, we've all seen what can be done with a flat tyre this year
Come in last? 😀
Besides the commentary (who is Liam Carling? 😀 ), the coverage really is excellent. It might be my imagination but the amount of cameras angles seems to have increased compared to the Women's race and the extra angles make the course look even more fun
The 48 yearold chap from Swaziland looked a bit out his depth. Got me thinking though. I started biking at 35 and through my grandad qualify to compete for mauritius. Hopefully hes running strava so I can check out whether its worth writing a letter...
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Really needs Rob Warner and his mate Bart to do the commentary though doesn't it.
Just noticed bright eyes, the stw middle aged IT consultants wet dream, did very well
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Same age as me and I don't think I'll be competing at Commonwealth level anytime soon 😉The 48 yearold chap from Swaziland looked a bit out his depth.
Have to say the coverage of the mens is much better and are showing a lot more technical areas, better angles.
Plus the guys are really hammering it round.
The berm stuff looks like fun.
This kind of riding would kill me though. I'd cope with a lap at that pace and die 😀
Jersey are Jey for short
UR XC JEY BOY
Commentator is better than Hugh Porter...
Good to see the kiwis smashing it out, Anton is a machine. Great coverage and as said before if you think this is an easy course then that's fine as you have obviously a number of medals and wins to your name.
14.5mph average! Saucy!
It's nice watching cycling and not being interrupted to look at [i]another[/i] chateau that nobody wants to see 😀
Makes me look forward to xc rampage next month 🙂
I thought Killeen was pronounced Killeen!
One of the NZ pair wearing one of the Specialized aero road helmets, in an xc race, interesting.
Dude from Lesotho still had the reflectors on his wheels! I'd be using that as an excuse for starters!
Reflectors on the wheels of the last retirer!
One of the NZ pair wearing one of the Specialized aero road helmets, in an xc race, interesting
Not sure what the aero gains are at 15mph with numbers flapping all over the place and a pretty upright position.... but if he were to lose out on a position at the line by a fraction of a second you may wonder what if I guess....
They might as well use CX bikes....boring
Not sure what the aero gains are at 15mph with numbers flapping all over the place and a pretty upright position.... but if he were to lose out on a position at the line by a fraction of a second you may wonder what if I guess....
Yup, and any gains he's probably losing by having his jersey zip undone!
The bowls was boring.
Very exciting to watch the Canadian hanging on, hope he gets a medal!
Granted the front four dicing it out between them is fantastic to watch but it would be nice to hear about some of the home nations countries riders.
Still don't get lefties.
Great finishing lap to watch!
...boring
No way! The front four were a cut above the rest and it was anyone's to win. Camera angles and course made it look so fun to ride and the kids on the side and noisy support for all riders is awesome. The amount of non-finishers shows how fast the front guys were going and it there were a fair few tricky sections considering the wide ability range you get at the CW games. All around good stuff as far as I'm concerned! Time to ride 😀
Great coverage and cracking course. Oh, and I need a pair of those spotty gloves 😛 No Welsh riders?
How come the riders from New Zealand were on different bikes? I though if your the same team they rode the same bikes 😕
The MTBers will usually ride their trade team bikes.
point of interest, upside down forks on number 12's bike 😉
DanW-
Camera angles and course made it look so fun to ride
mamadirt-
Great coverage and cracking course.
Got to second that, looks like it will be a fun wee place for a spin with a load of different sections to try and it should be good for a lot of different abilities.
Liked Gaze's reaction on losing the sprint. Not happy.
dammit, missed the first 10 finishers due to being called into the boss's office.
Shortly followed by realising he still won a Silver medal and celebrating 😀
point of interest, upside down forks on number 12's bike
Noticed that at the start- I thought they would probably get ignored by the XC race crowd as they are a touch heavy but maybe we'll see more of them on the WC as they become more available? Hard to know who the RS1 is really aimed at as the marketing videos were very "lifestyle" focused rather than for any type of racing.
Brilliant stuff, Anton has been sick this year but is an amazing talent. He knocked over the karapoti race record when he was 13. Sam has had a great start to he year and they would have been racing hard against each other. They all ride their factory team bikes, bike nz which is a basket case only give them really minimal support and funding. Stunning g result though and I thought it was exciting.
Liked Gaze's reaction on losing the sprint. Not happy.
I think it was just a celebration that his country had won, but didn't quite look like one.
Good racing that, and for some reason I really wanted the Kiwis to beat the Australian. Might have been based on nothing more than the Australian kit.
Killeen? Kallean? killin? kallan? kullen, i'm so confused.. identity crisis looms for him when he watches that race back.
Liked Gaze's reaction on losing the sprint. Not happy
Just saw a replay.
I think it goes along the lines of
"FFFFAAAARRRRRRKKKKKK!!!!!!"
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point of interest, upside down forks on number 12's bike
Been seeing a few at WC rounds this year. They look the same but guess we don't know if they are the stock ones or some new prototype version.
As a matter of interest, what bike was Liam Carling/Killeen/Killen riding?
Only asked as there's no team listed in the Nationals t'other week.
A Specialized Stumpjumper. Looked like the lowest spec bike to finish!
So, will they sing the national anthems?
Liam Carling beat Oli Beckindale apparently at the 2006 games according to the commentators 😀 Who can blame them for not doing their homework with no real English medal threats 😐 Would always be nicer to see more exciting young XC racers from the home nations. Great ride by the NZ and Scottish boys today though
