Author Topic: The Rio Olympics. (Read 41841 times)

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #75 on:** 11 August, 2016, 07:23:28 pm »

Hurrah! BRITAIN has just pwned South Africa in the Chaps ruggerball to set up a final against Fiji.

So, a silver medal then $:-\$

woollypigs · « **Reply #76 on:** 11 August, 2016, 09:21:26 pm »

Wow the lads and the lasses have just qualified to next round with world record times, fast them cyclist

red marley · « **Reply #77 on:** 11 August, 2016, 09:31:49 pm »

So what's the verdict on team USA's left-hand drive bikes then? Looks like they may have benefited more from practicing team riding skills if the women's team pursuit quals are anything to go by.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #78 on:** 11 August, 2016, 09:42:16 pm »

Don they have any explanation for this - either rational or pseudo-SCIENCE?

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #79 on:** 11 August, 2016, 09:54:17 pm »

When riding counter-clockwise, the LH side of the bike is travelling a little slower on average than the RH side. Putting the chainring and chain on the slower side of the bike reduces drag.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #80 on:** 11 August, 2016, 10:00:39 pm »

TV's C Boardman reckons it's mostly psychological

LittleWheelsandBig · « **Reply #81 on:** 11 August, 2016, 10:22:15 pm »

Of course it is.

red marley · « **Reply #82 on:** 11 August, 2016, 10:22:39 pm »

Perhaps someone here better than I can do the maths, but I'd have thought with the banking on the curves, the difference in speed relative to the air flow on the inside and outside of the bottom bracket has to be tiny. Marginal gains indeed.

Tim Hall · « **Reply #83 on:** 11 August, 2016, 10:43:31 pm »

Boom.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #84 on:** 11 August, 2016, 10:44:14 pm »

Hurrah for BRITAIN!

TigaSefi · « **Reply #85 on:** 11 August, 2016, 10:58:32 pm »

2500 watts per corner!! No wonder they looked tired!! Great stuff

Clare · « **Reply #86 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:12:23 pm »

Quote from: Mr Larrington on 11 August, 2016, 07:23:28 pm

Hurrah! BRITAIN has just pwned South Africa in the Chaps ruggerball to set up a final against Fiji.

So, a silver medal then $:-\$

Yup.

TigaSefi · « **Reply #87 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:13:42 pm »

Getting annihilated by Fiji.

spesh · « **Reply #88 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:16:47 pm »

Well, they are the favourites...

TigaSefi · « **Reply #89 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:17:24 pm »

There's favorite and there's getting pummeled into the ground!!!

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #90 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:19:01 pm »

And there was me thinking Japan-South Africa was a bit of a mismatch

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #91 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:35:40 pm »

Oh dear...

LEE · « **Reply #92 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:40:20 pm »

Quote from: TigaSefi on 11 August, 2016, 10:58:32 pm

2500 watts per corner!! No wonder they looked tired!! Great stuff

That's Philip Hindes pushing 2500Watts out of the gate into the first corner.

Hard to even imagine.

TigaSefi · « **Reply #93 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:41:51 pm »

Quote from: LEE on 11 August, 2016, 11:40:20 pm

Quote from: TigaSefi on 11 August, 2016, 10:58:32 pm
2500 watts per corner!! No wonder they looked tired!! Great stuff

That's Philip Hindes pushing 2500Watts out of the gate into the first corner.

I don't think I can get anywhere near that on my watt bike. Phenomenal! No wonder he has a specially built bike!

LEE · « **Reply #94 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:44:04 pm »

Quote from: TigaSefi on 11 August, 2016, 11:41:51 pm

Quote from: LEE on 11 August, 2016, 11:40:20 pm
Quote from: TigaSefi on 11 August, 2016, 10:58:32 pm
2500 watts per corner!! No wonder they looked tired!! Great stuff

That's Philip Hindes pushing 2500Watts out of the gate into the first corner.

I don't think I can get anywhere near that on my watt bike. Phenomenal! No wonder he has a specially built bike!

How come, if you have a Wattbike, you don't know how close to 2500Watts you can get?

It's the first thing I'd try.

I get to around 900 Watts during Wattbike sessions, on short sprints but I've never had the opportunity to try a peak power test.

My FTP is around 240Watts and my Max Minute power is 362Watts. (900 Watts is brutally hard, even for a couple of seconds).

TigaSefi · « **Reply #95 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:44:57 pm »

Cos I only been to 1,600 and I had to be lifted off!

I suppose I can have a go when I got some free time*

* by free time I don't plan to be on a bike for a week!!!

Wowbagger · « **Reply #96 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:50:56 pm »

Why have I never heard of any of these GB rugby players?

Wowbagger · « **Reply #97 on:** 11 August, 2016, 11:57:17 pm »

I cant work out why the commentators in the rugby were so crap. There was a moment right at the end when there were multiple replays in the GB line. I thought "That's a try" and quite a long time afterwards the referee/3rd official/whoever said "That's a try." and then, some second afterwards E. Butler (for it was he) said "Oh! He's awarded a try!"

OK, BBC. Give me a job as a rugby commentator.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #98 on:** 12 August, 2016, 12:01:58 am »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 11 August, 2016, 11:50:56 pm

Why have I never heard of any of these GB rugby players?

Quote from: Wikinaccurate

Although sevens has proven a commercial and competitive success, sevens is starting to become divorced from the 15-man game. Former Wales international and current pundit John Taylor wrote in 2010 that sevens
“ ...is in danger of becoming a totally separate game. Ben Ryan, the England Sevens coach, dismisses the idea that it should be seen mainly as a development tool. A few years ago players would spend a year or two with the Sevens squad to improve their running and passing skills. Many international players refined their game on the Sevens circuit including all-time greats such as Jonah Lomu.
That is happening less and less. Players have to make a choice – do they want to concentrate on Sevens or 15s? The techniques and training required are becoming very different. Modern professional players are already pretty lean but the forwards in 15-a-side do need bulk as well. In Sevens that is not required and new training regimes are making body fat levels even lower so they are not able to transfer from one game to the other.

Deano · « **Reply #99 on:** 12 August, 2016, 12:03:23 am »

(in the continuing series of lazy questions)

Why are Hungary doing so well? Are they shit-hot fencers and swimmers, or what?

Author Topic: The Rio Olympics. (Read 41841 times)

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