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fryup

Beasty wrote: »

2 sessions on Saturday.

The first starts at 2pm our time with Shannon McCurly due to race in the Kierin which will conclude tomorrow evening. The Men's sprint will continue through to the semi final stage in the evening and the Women's pursuit will progress to the medal races in the later session starting at 8pm

i think i'm in love

DominoDub

Ha when I see Shannon McCurly's name ..I somehow keep thinking of "Sharon Curly " from The Snapper

Go on the Barrytown Wheelers CC

ThisRegard

Yeah, and when Georgie bleedin Burgees told her A1 Sharon in that fateful episode in the carpark, he was talking about that's where he wanted to see her ridin next season.

Beasty

Well if some of you guys spent a bit of time down at Sundrive you would have had a chance to meet her a couple of weeks ago

Chris Hoy just mentioned Kenny's time in the Flying 200 yesterday is a World best at sea level

ednwireland

just seen the replay of the pursuit - great ride by team gb (was out last night !)

Beasty

Keirin first round on now

lennymc

Has Shannon raced yet?

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That was a horrible bang there

Mint Sauce

Ouch. Can only imagine the friction burns.

:eek:

lennymc

That shot with the ladder really shows the steepness of the banking!

Beasty

Slight delay whilst they scrape any residual skin off the track

2 heats down with McCurley still to go

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Oh that was close, some ride by James

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Oh good luck Shannon!

MediaMan

No joy for Shannon.

First time I've watched track cycling with any degree of attention. It's incredible in so many ways!

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What helmets do the Aussies have? They look cool.

ETA Bambino.

ednwireland

MediaMan wrote: »

No joy for Shannon.

really got swamped there when the derny went off

whats with the derny looks like a bodged up full sus mtb !

back to the track i though they only allowed one rider form each country in the sprint at 2012

lennymc

cr@p I missed it. What channel was it on. I was watching BBC!! I blame Brexit

mhiggy09

Just curious is there a weight limit of some sorts on track bikes?

Mint Sauce

lennymc wrote: »

cr@p I missed it. What channel was it on. I was watching BBC!! I blame Brexit

BBC Red Button 7.

ednwireland

channell 244 on my non freesat tellly

its in the 470's on sky

ThisRegard

lennymc wrote: »

cr@p I missed it. What channel was it on. I was watching BBC!! I blame Brexit

Same here. Was watching on BBC1 until they were fixing the track and showed a bit of rowing. Set it to record and switched to RTE. Came back to my recording only to find they switched to bloody BBC 4.

Beasty

ednwireland wrote: »

whats with the derny looks like a bodged up full sus mtb !

Electric bike similar to those used in 2012 (although they were white)

back to the track i though they only allowed one rider form each country in the sprint at 2012

Up to 2 riders in the individual sprint events. Only 1 in the omnium (which has lower entry numbers)

mhiggy09 wrote: »

Just curious is there a weight limit of some sorts on track bikes?

Minimum weight 6.8kg. When using 2 disc wheels it's relatively easy to get there but with some setups I know teams have been know to put some weights in the frame to get to that weight

CrowdedHouse

It's on RTE News now

Beasty

How the hell did that Dutch rider avoid being thrown into the crowd:eek:

ThisRegard

Nice bit of wall riding by the Dutch lady.

ednwireland

Beasty wrote: »

How the hell did that Dutch rider avoid being thrown into the crowd:eek:

got a carreer in wall of death that lady !

Mint Sauce

What exactly is the Repecharge? Is it like a second chance to qualify for the next round?

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Incredible. Looked like her wheels went up over the fence at one point!

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Mint Sauce wrote: »

What exactly is the Repecharge? Is it like a second chance to qualify for the next round?

Yep.

ednwireland

shannnon in the repecharge now