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BMX General => BMX Chat => Topic started by: markyp on August 07, 2012, 07:49 PM
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what time does it start tomoz??? ::)
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8/8 2.55pm Channel Olympic 1 on sky
9/8 2.55pm Channel Olympic 6 on sky
10/8 2.55pm Channel Olympic 1 on sky
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??? I know the finals are 14.40 , 14.50 on Friday :daumenhoch:
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:daumenhoch:
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Is there nothing on the beeb?
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Is there nothing on the beeb?
X 1 ???
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On the Beeb the BMX dates and times are as follows:
Wednesday 08 @ 14:55
Thursday 09 @ 14:55
Friday 10 @ 14:55 (Semi's and Finals)
It will be live on the red button, but if you have Virgin cable (I don't have sky but search for BBCOly channels) you can actually record the programes as they are on channel 550 on Wed and Fri and Channel 555 on Thursday.
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Sky plus already set up. I'm looking forward to this. :daumenhoch:
Come on shanize. :4_17_5: :4_17_5:
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/schedule-results/cycling-bmx/20120808
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Good piece here too
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18632436
By the way Kevla, I'm running late for work see ya around 10 ;D
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thanks kids,im now dialled in :daumenhoch:
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Any links to watch this live on my phone?
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What's with the rear disc brake on the Swiss rider then ????
Didn't look right at all, almost non BMX :-\ :-\ :-\
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Any way to watch this now I'm back from work?
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Any way to watch this now I'm back from work?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/live-video/p00w32b2
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first and third spot in the time trail for Good old Holland :4_17_5:
I hope they can turn it in to medals friday ::)
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Just watched the seeding and it was very exciting, couple of nasty offs and a couple of wobbles to add to the excitement, cant wait to finish work tomorrow and wach the quarters
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I must admit I haven't really watched the racing before. It was quite enjoyable and a couple of nasty offs made it interesting. Ouch!!! ???
I did start to think it would be nice to see some classic trick jumps. A few turn downs, lookbacks, can cans etc just like fuzzy used to do back in the day. :LolLolLolLol:
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who fuzzy fuzzy bear :2funny: :2funny: :2funny:
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What's with the rear disc brake on the Swiss rider then ????
Didn't look right at all, almost non BMX :-\ :-\ :-\
I think Roger R has his BMX set up to be like his 4X bike ie very long frame and disc brake etc. Personally I think it's more 'BMX' than bolting your feet to the bike :police: :police: :police: :police:
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Good piece here too
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18632436
By the way Kevla, I'm running late for work see ya around 10 ;D
JUST GET OFF HER AND GET YA ARSE IN ....IM FED UP WITH THE NUMPTYS CHATTING CRAP ON THE CAMERA FLOOR!
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What's with the rear disc brake on the Swiss rider then ????
Didn't look right at all, almost non BMX :-\ :-\ :-\
I think Roger R has his BMX set up to be like his 4X bike ie very long frame and disc brake etc. Personally I think it's more 'BMX' than bolting your feet to the bike :police: :police: :police: :police:
Jeez, it's 2012 not 1982 guys. I bet the riders would probably like to run flatties but if you're on flats and your opponent has foot-retention you might as well pack up your gear and go home. (on a track where lots of pedalling is involved that is)
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What's with the rear disc brake on the Swiss rider then ????
Didn't look right at all, almost non BMX :-\ :-\ :-\
I think Roger R has his BMX set up to be like his 4X bike ie very long frame and disc brake etc. Personally I think it's more 'BMX' than bolting your feet to the bike :police: :police: :police: :police:
Jeez, it's 2012 not 1982 guys. I bet the riders would probably like to run flatties but if you're on flats and your opponent has foot-retention you might as well pack up your gear and go home. (on a track where lots of pedalling is involved that is)
It's just as much an advantage when manualling and pumping. It's quite satisfying rolling round on an old banger of a bike with flats and beating someone on a ultra light bling bike who's clipped in :daumenhoch:
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What's with the rear disc brake on the Swiss rider then ????
Didn't look right at all, almost non BMX :-\ :-\ :-\
I think Roger R has his BMX set up to be like his 4X bike ie very long frame and disc brake etc. Personally I think it's more 'BMX' than bolting your feet to the bike :police: :police: :police: :police:
Jeez, it's 2012 not 1982 guys. I bet the riders would probably like to run flatties but if you're on flats and your opponent has foot-retention you might as well pack up your gear and go home. (on a track where lots of pedalling is involved that is)
It's just as much an advantage when manualling and pumping. It's quite satisfying rolling round on an old banger of a bike with flats and beating someone on a ultra light bling bike who's clipped in :daumenhoch:
I don't like them either TBH. Had a few low speed crashes on my MTB because I've needed to put a foot down but was unable to clip out in time. NOT COOL. :LolLolLolLol:
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4 races, 3 crashes, awesome
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Awesome stuff .. Even better sat in the pub with a pint :daumenhoch:
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Awesome stuff .. Even better sat in the pub with a pint :daumenhoch:
oi u just told me not 20 mins ago how busy you are at work :tickedoff: right thats it im telling your boss :LolLolLolLol: in the pub busy more like :2funny:
Carl will now be known as in2beer2much :LolLolLolLol:
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The crash in heat 3 was insane! :4_17_5:
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Awesome stuff .. Even better sat in the pub with a pint :daumenhoch:
oi u just told me not 20 mins ago how busy you are at work :tickedoff: right thats it im telling your boss :LolLolLolLol: in the pub busy more like :2funny:
Carl will now be known as in2beer2much :LolLolLolLol:
I let myself leave a little early that's all ... ;)
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Awesome stuff .. Even better sat in the pub with a pint :daumenhoch:
oi u just told me not 20 mins ago how busy you are at work :tickedoff: right thats it im telling your boss :LolLolLolLol: in the pub busy more like :2funny:
Carl will now be known as in2beer2much :LolLolLolLol:
I let myself leave a little early that's all ... ;)
I said I was meeting a client for the next few hours >:D
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now watching on my ipad as BBC seems to have switcheed to 'Dressage' :tickedoff: :wtf:
is it on any BBC channels now?
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now watching on my ipad as BBC seems to have switcheed to 'Dressage' :tickedoff: :wtf:
is it on any BBC channels now?
it's on the red button on bbc :daumenhoch:
Some great crashes .
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bbc redbutton, it stays with bmx rather than jumpin to dressage inbetween moto break
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Its not on the normal telly red button :(
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Its not on the normal telly red button :(
normal telly RED button only gives option of dressage or taekwondo....
both are boring :idiot2: slow motion horses or two birds kicking each other :LolLolLolLol:
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Its not on the normal telly red button :(
normal telly RED button only gives option of dressage or taekwondo....
both are boring :idiot2: slow motion horses or two birds kicking each other :LolLolLolLol:
your stuck with it then!! or bbc site only other option
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Its not on the normal telly red button :(
normal telly RED button only gives option of dressage or taekwondo....
both are boring :idiot2: slow motion horses or two birds kicking each other :LolLolLolLol:
your stuck with it then!! or bbc site only other option
ipad -> digial AV cable -> hdmi cable -> TV - SORTED
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stopped a few empty seats there though........................
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good racing but it aint mk ;D
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Don't think thats Dave - heard he was on holiday up north
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Liam's through to the Semis :daumenhoch:
gonna leave work early tomorrow (POETS Day ;))
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Thats not Dave
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Not enough chins
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Haven't seen a left/right track kink like that since Reading Hawks Baughurst track back in '84!
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Good tv,now i want a race bike ::)
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If Team GB don't get through I'm gonna support the Swiss guy only because he's in his 30's and the rest of the field are yoot's! Can someone answer me this Why have we only got 1 girl and 1 bloke
in the contest???? everyone else has 2 or 3 in each ? :Great_Britain:
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Because we didn't send any riders to the qualifying events... just relied on our host spots :knuppel2:
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Just finished watching today's installments. How Fooking exciting was that then. Liam got through, well done lad. Now thee hard work starts for him
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Because we didn't send any riders to the qualifying events... just relied on our host spots :knuppel2:
THATS JUST TYPICAL OF US THOUGH! I thought the Team GB officials may have been like the fa England spotters and gone to all the race teams and picked out the best of the best and put them into Team GB men and Team GB womens! what will happen in 2016.Probably nothing because we don't have anyone to step up for it!
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So far so good.
Liam a second
and Shanaze a second and first
:Great_Britain: :Great_Britain: :Great_Britain:
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:daumenhoch: Good old i player, shhhhhhhhhh. :-X ;)
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TV catchup for me :2funny: :angel:
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Shanaze in the Final :Great_Britain:
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Managed to get out early :daumenhoch:
Watching at home now :D
Expect some big things in OS novice next week :daumenhoch:
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Gonna be a tense next hour >:D
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Gonna be a tense next hour >:D
10 mins to the women's final :laugh:
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This is ace
How many kids are going to be begging their parents for a bike now?
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Go for it Shanaze and Liam :daumenhoch:
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Ah well
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F@ck >:(
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Unlucky Shanaze. Came 6th. Got a bad start out of the gate. :-[
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Unlucky Shanaze. Came 6th. Got a bad start out of the gate. :-[
Terrible start, no way back after that :'(
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She was wobblin on the gate. oh well nevermind. unlucky :'(
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Well that was shit....she was shaking like a leaf on the start, got a bad start and it backwards from there on.
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Come on Liam !
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Poor first straight. Shame.
Liam gate 6 :-\
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Bugger...
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CNUT!!!
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On the plus side, I got out of work early
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:LolLolLolLol:
On the plus side, I got out of work early
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It gets worse >:(
Ffs
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Bugger!! we sh*t out. :buck2:
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came unclipped >:(
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Good racing, shame we didn't medal 8)
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Unlucky Shanaze :buck2:
Liam unclipped, shit out of luck for the main. Well done for making the main though guys, a big achievement in itself ;)
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F'in Cameron Jinx Again :2gunsfiring_v1:
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Awesome racing Thats how bmx goes
The machine peaked at the right moment
And dont forget the most important thing
The gold stays in Europe where bmx started early 1950's
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Racing was great :smitten:
Thought Liam was a bit unlucky,but he can take lots of positives from the experience :daumenhoch:
Shanaze looked nervous on the gate,not good if your in lane 1 :(
Well done to Pajon and Strombergs :4_17_5:
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Liam was genuinely unlucky - Shanaze looked underprepared, perhaps as a result of her injuries ???
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perhaps as a result of her injuries ???
Or only racing half as many events as the rest of the field, even when fit. She was very twitchy in the seconds before the gate dropped :(
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she looked like she was shivering with nerves ???
didn't look anywhere near quick enough compared to the others
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Reade must blame herself. She unneccessarily put herself on pressure with all that PR sh*t she did the last couple of years.
Too much time before a camera, far to less track and race time.
Seriously, this was kind of foreseeable.
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Reade must blame herself. She unneccessarily put herself on pressure with all that PR sh*t she did the last couple of years.
Too much time before a camera, far to less track and race time.
Seriously, this was kind of foreseeable.
It looks that way from the outside; we don't really know how fit or injured she's been for a long time :(
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Liam was solid all the way through as was Shanaze. Come the day of the races it didn't happen. Roll on MK, thats BMX.
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Liam was solid all the way through as was Shanaze. Come the day of the races it didn't happen. Roll on MK, thats BMX.
I want to be able to watch the same super slo-mo replays of MK when I get back from my hols :D
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Good racing, awesome crash's
well done to them both, think Liam done very well, I just think neither of them race any where near enough
they will have to get there fingers out and race if they want to go again in 4 years
or will shanaze get back on her track bike? more attempts for a gold at 1 games?
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Reade must blame herself. She unneccessarily put herself on pressure with all that PR sh*t she did the last couple of years.
Too much time before a camera, far to less track and race time.
Seriously, this was kind of foreseeable.
It looks that way from the outside; we don't really know how fit or injured she's been for a long time :(
I agree in a way, Jon.
But imo all her injuries are more coming from lack of practice (and therefore routine), than from "bad luck".
I mean, wtf is bad luck anyway? Do you believe in Jesus too?
And why comes bad luck alway to the same riders and never (or hardly) to the kinds of the current male Olympic gold medalist?
Think about it. Godd luck you must aquire, you must work hard for it. It´s nothing of a fate or anything. This is just superstitiouness.
What do expect from a rider anyway, who hits about 5 races a season and then thinks to win the Olympics?
Reade was not always injured. She had many possibilities to race the Euro rounds or races over at the tates. But she preferred to sit them out. I just wonder why?
Who´s her coach or counselor? These heads must definitely roll now. :knuppel2:
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Liam did well and was unfortunate to get unclipped from mid air contact on the 2nd straight. If he could get clipped in straight away he might have had a chance at bronze but he tackled 3 more jumps unclipped before he came unstuck. :(
They both did well to qualify. Took it nice and easy and didn't push too hard.
Shaneze looked shaky at the start. Had a really bad start and then looked like she'd tootle around hoping to get bronze. She never really went for it. A bit more agression and she might have done better. I think missing out on a medal in Beijing has messed with her head or maybe she thought she was too good to get beat.
In contrast look at Sarah Walker. Very average in the Semis (5-4-3) but really went for it in the final.
A good sport to watch at the olympics though. Spectacular crashes and brilliant racing. Hopefully they'll be more tv coverage after this!! :daumenhoch:
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Racing was great :smitten:
Thought Liam was a bit unlucky,but he can take lots of positives from the experience :daumenhoch:
Shanaze looked nervous on the gate,not good if your in lane 1 :(
Well done to Pajon and Strombergs :4_17_5:
What he said, it was great to watch and should be on TV more :4_17_5:
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Rather whitewashing here. Zero criticism on British boards... as expected. ::)
But yes, i wished more TV coverage too. ;)
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Considering the injuries Liam went through recently he did damn well to get to the final.
Shanaze bottled it completely I am afraid, she isn't the force she was and although obviousely incredibly talented, not talented enough any longer as there are much, much better riders out there.
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Agree w/ Stidds.
Compared to Reade Phillips did a rather better job me thinks. Olympic final is great.
Good analysis on the state of Ready by now. (You been a racer Stidds? ;)) :daumenhoch:
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She was shaking on the gate, you could see it. Bless her, she could have won that the way she was going in the moto's.
Proud of her though :daumenhoch:
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Get her back in the velodrome and let her win everything
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Agree w/ Stidds.
Compared to Reade Phillips did a rather better job me thinks. Olympic final is great.
Good analysis on the state of Ready by now. (You been a racer Stidds? ;)) :daumenhoch:
I raced lots bitd Pedestrian, rode for JMC, GT etc.
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liam was good, as he always is. He did just as well as fastest US rider.
I can't understand Shinny, shaking like a shitting dog on the gate. This was the final of the ultimate race, not novice class at a regional. Physically powerful, mentally weak.
She's on the box now, getting interviewed by someone who hasn't a clue about BMX. Questions written by an uneducated child. Pathetic.
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dont know why she took the inside gate when the middle worked so well for her previously.i feel sorry for her but i think if shed concentrated on bmx all year rather than all the other shoite shes got in to she may have done a bit better.four years of regret just for another four years of misery straight after :-\
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Thats bmx guys, and i can imagine that here nerves took over in the final
dont or didnt we all have that when we are at the gate in a final ?
also the injury's that have been made the last years can go crawl in your head..
Still awesome racing this week, got me inspired again to go race again , now i have to convince my body about that :)
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Agree w/ Stidds.
Compared to Reade Phillips did a rather better job me thinks. Olympic final is great.
Good analysis on the state of Ready by now. (You been a racer Stidds? ;)) :daumenhoch:
I raced lots bitd Pedestrian, rode for JMC, GT etc.
:shocked: i didnt know that Stidds. Respect.
All i made was a bike shop sponsor deal with GT in Munich, and later when i was 30+ a shop deal with Staats in Bremen.
cool guy here Stidds. :daumenhoch:
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according Shinny:
she´d rather have a shrink (mental sports doc) than posing in front of a hundred cams in the last 2 yrs. :wtf:
I say it again: This was so foreseeable.
Look at Strombergs. Dude did everything right. He came back from a massive slam in 2010. Your mind, your psyche you have to work out by yoursef in the quiet. Just with yourself, not with the public.
Read did everything wrong. What a weak performance from the maybe most talented woman in BMX in the last decade. How the fook this just could´ve been happen?
It was her second Olympics, she should´ve known better.
FAIL!
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I also never forgot here action in the finals agains the french lady at the os 2008
wth whas she thinking back then better nothing at all instead of silver :uglystupid2:
well we cant look in to hear head but she had 4 freaking years to get things right instead of moving here ass in front of the camera
but the things are happend and you cant go back to reset them
But i am curious who will step up and follow here up in 2016 in Rio
i did not see any other british talent stroming up the ladder in the womans elite
well a lot can happen in 4 years so time will tell
i only know these olympics where awesome with loads of surprises and awesome bmx racing
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Agree w/ Stidds.
Compared to Reade Phillips did a rather better job me thinks. Olympic final is great.
Good analysis on the state of Ready by now. (You been a racer Stidds? ;)) :daumenhoch:
I raced lots bitd Pedestrian, rode for JMC, GT etc.
:shocked: i didnt know that Stidds. Respect.
All i made was a bike shop sponsor deal with GT in Munich, and later when i was 30+ a shop deal with Staats in Bremen.
cool guy here Stidds. :daumenhoch:
See not just a pretty face am I :LolLolLolLol:
Here are a couple of pictures one from my JMC days and one from my GT days.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/SeanRace034.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/gt.jpg)
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Agree w/ Stidds.
Compared to Reade Phillips did a rather better job me thinks. Olympic final is great.
Good analysis on the state of Ready by now. (You been a racer Stidds? ;)) :daumenhoch:
I raced lots bitd Pedestrian, rode for JMC, GT etc.
:shocked: i didnt know that Stidds. Respect.
All i made was a bike shop sponsor deal with GT in Munich, and later when i was 30+ a shop deal with Staats in Bremen.
cool guy here Stidds. :daumenhoch:
See not just a pretty face am I :LolLolLolLol:
Here are a couple of pictures one from my JMC days and one from my GT days.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/SeanRace034.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v518/stidds/gt.jpg)
woo- hoo! Good stuff here. :daumenhoch:
You were riding in Eire or England bitd?
i remember no German BMX racer ever riding for JMC. I think that brand was just too noble and expensive for German market. ;)
But GT was rather common.
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Riding in the UK bitd, we came over from Ireland when I was a young un.
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I think all this comes down to race experience, a year ago she won the Olympic test event by a mile, has barely raced since then and although from a fitness and physical prep she would be ready to peak i think it did her no favours mentally, IMO you need to be racing and consistently beating riders to gain confidence and trounce all over a field of that stature :daumenhoch:
Phillips was just awesome :daumenhoch:
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Riding in the UK bitd, we came over from Ireland when I was a young un.
ok. So youre pretty much English, with Irish heritage. Now i get it.
me and my family once came over from Bavaria (Munich) to Hamburg when i was 14. My dad got a much better paid job here.
Now being a completely assimilated Northern guy, called a Hamburger Fischkopp (Hamburg Fishhead) :2funny:
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IMO you need to be racing and consistently beating riders to gain confidence and trounce all over a field of that stature :daumenhoch:
Phillips was just awesome :daumenhoch:
Agree with that statement.
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Reade seen flat. Even in practice she didn't seem to have that little extra that some of the others had.
Phillips on the other hand, looked great. Reckon he would have have got silver or bronze.
Was a great afternoons racing regardless of the results.