find_bruce wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:37 pmI thought the Aussie team sprint had found an unusual way to mess up, then the Brits did the same
Yeah, I just don't follow why there have been so many stuff ups in the Team Sprint and Pursuits!
Foo
Postby foo on patrol » Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:16 pm
find_bruce wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:37 pmI thought the Aussie team sprint had found an unusual way to mess up, then the Brits did the same
Postby stevenaaus » Tue Aug 03, 2021 10:08 pm
Yeah, Australia underachieving with style.find_bruce wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:37 pmI thought the Aussie team sprint had found an unusual way to mess up, then the Brits did the same
Postby Derny Driver » Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:32 am
The gears they are riding in the pursuit make it almost impossible to accelerate and gain speed during the race. The only way to get that gear going is to stand up and get the cadence up in the first half lap. Then they sit down and just try to maintain that cadence. Its almost impossible to increase the cadence (unless you are Ganna). Riders are tired towards the end and struggling to hold cadence and hold the wheel. If you let the wheel in front go, you have no hope of closing the gap. And once you have a gap, you lose draft and go out the back real quick. The most critical time for each rider is after they have done their turn on the front, they are buggered and swing up and drop in at the back. If they do not drop in perfectly close to the last riders wheel, if they leave a small gap, they are too tired to close the gap. And they are dropped. Seen that happen a few times.foo on patrol wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 9:16 pmfind_bruce wrote: ↑Tue Aug 03, 2021 7:37 pmI thought the Aussie team sprint had found an unusual way to mess up, then the Brits did the same
Yeah, I just don't follow why there have been so many stuff ups in the Team Sprint and Pursuits!
Foo
Postby Derny Driver » Wed Aug 04, 2021 6:47 pm
Postby stevenaaus » Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:18 pm
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Aug 04, 2021 8:53 pm
Derny Driver wrote: ↑Wed Aug 04, 2021 6:47 pmBaffling tactics from the Aussie sprinters too. Or lack of tactics.
Postby LG » Fri Aug 06, 2021 6:03 pm
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Aug 07, 2021 11:43 am
Postby stevenaaus » Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:41 pm
Postby 10speedsemiracer » Sat Aug 07, 2021 5:57 pm
Postby Arbuckle23 » Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:05 pm
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Aug 07, 2021 7:59 pm
stevenaaus wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:41 pmYeah, track performance has been so disappointing, and embarrassing even for quite a while.
Geez, seeing the two Dutch sprinters battle for gold was a good one. Only thing is - I guess they're real cyclists, but they just look like body builders.
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:00 pm
stevenaaus wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 1:41 pmYeah, track performance has been so disappointing, and embarrassing even for quite a while.
Geez, seeing the two Dutch sprinters battle for gold was a good one. Only thing is - I guess they're real cyclists, but they just look like body builders.
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:01 pm
10speedsemiracer wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 5:57 pmMatty Glaetzer just blitzed the field in his Keirin heat, even had to go round the long way to do it ..
Brilliant ride from the big fella.
Love the Keirin..
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:02 pm
Arbuckle23 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 6:05 pmAussie performances aside, have really been enjoying the track racing and coverage.
Great being able to just watch the one sport on 7+
Postby stevenaaus » Sun Aug 08, 2021 12:52 pm
In the Men's madison, we were non-starters. And just turned on the womens elimination race, one of my fave races. Aussie Annette Edmondson rider out on second lap ! Matthew Glaetzer in the keirin final though.foo on patrol wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:00 pmOur performance has been extremely poor but the rest of the racing as a whole, has been very good.
Postby Retrobyte » Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:30 pm
Short preparation and lack of riding after his thyroid cancer treatment - wanted to keep his freshfoo on patrol wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:01 pm
He is still not looking comfortable on the bike but his ride to qualify for the final was pretty good. I still haven't heard what was wrong with him, to make him pull out of the Sprints.
Postby foo on patrol » Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:31 pm
Retrobyte wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:30 pmShort preparation and lack of riding after his thyroid cancer treatment - wanted to keep his freshfoo on patrol wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:01 pm
He is still not looking comfortable on the bike but his ride to qualify for the final was pretty good. I still haven't heard what was wrong with him, to make him pull out of the Sprints.
Postby foo on patrol » Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:36 pm
stevenaaus wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 12:52 pmIn the Men's madison, we were non-starters. And just turned on the womens elimination race, one of my fave races. Aussie Annette Edmondson rider out on second lap ! Matthew Glaetzer in the keirin final though.foo on patrol wrote: ↑Sat Aug 07, 2021 8:00 pmOur performance has been extremely poor but the rest of the racing as a whole, has been very good.
Om-g embarrassing.
Postby find_bruce » Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:36 pm
To lose the heat in the Keirin by looking back for too long is unfortunate - to lose the final making the same mistake looks like carelessness.foo on patrol wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:31 pmI'll give that on but his thinking ability or lack thereof has been shown again. If he wasn't prepared enough, then he shouldn't have been in the Team. He made a huge mistake in watching behind him for to long, when he had already given Kenny 3-4 lengths gap. Kenny just looked and thought, I'm out of here now and backed himself, Glaetzer made no inroads on him at all and was swamped. I'm a fan of his but very disappointed with all but two rides.
Postby foo on patrol » Mon Aug 09, 2021 2:54 am
find_bruce wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 9:36 pmTo lose the heat in the Keirin by looking back for too long is unfortunate - to lose the final making the same mistake looks like carelessness.foo on patrol wrote: ↑Sun Aug 08, 2021 8:31 pmI'll give that on but his thinking ability or lack thereof has been shown again. If he wasn't prepared enough, then he shouldn't have been in the Team. He made a huge mistake in watching behind him for to long, when he had already given Kenny 3-4 lengths gap. Kenny just looked and thought, I'm out of here now and backed himself, Glaetzer made no inroads on him at all and was swamped. I'm a fan of his but very disappointed with all but two rides.
Pretty underwhelming performance by the track team - the mens team pursuit was the only one to win a medal. The SMH gives cycling a tick as winning 1 gold and 2 bronze from a funding of $8,729,081 per year over the last five years. That includes Dennis' ITT bronze & the BMX freestyle gold. How much of that funding is spent on road cycling or bmx?
Postby Mububban » Thu Feb 24, 2022 12:44 pm
Baker's report sheeted the bulk of the blame for the failure home to inadequate specifications for the base plate and a failure to conduct adequate fatigue testing.
It said the base plate was exposed to forces one and a half times greater than specified, creating fatigue which led to the failure.
Also, the time frame to design and make the base plate had been reduced from 10 months to four months.
The titanium material specified was lighter and stronger than steel but more sensitive to fatigue damage, the report said.
"Fatigue testing specified was reduced by the Australian Cycling Team from 200,000 to 50,000 cycles," the report stated.
Fechner said the decision was made to “optimise the opportunity for the boys to train with the base bar on the bike".
"In hindsight, that put everyone and the process under significant pressure,” Fechner said.
The report also laid blame at governance failures in the Australian cycling team, saying: "There were scant policies or processes in a technical sense and individuals made it up as they went along."
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