Paris Olympics

[mk one]

A short article here on the evolution of XC race bikes through the Olympics.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/how-much-have-olympic-winning-bikes-evolved-in-the-past-28-years.html

 

[kingoffootball]

I'm currently watching the women's time trial .... fortunately the course is not too technical, given the rain.

 

[highlandsflyer]

I'm currently watching the women's time trial .... fortunately the course is not too technical, given the rain.

Slip slidin' away!

 

[highlandsflyer]

If there was a medal for best outfit; I'd want to give the Spanish lassie one.

 

[moonlite]

It seems appropriate at this juncture to reveal my treasured Olympic XTR brake lever.

I bought it on Facebook Marketplace not knowing its provenance, and then got into a dialogue with the seller. That's when he told me the story.



I said I recalled a 2000 scandium Kona Explosif being up for sale as an ex-Olympic mount a few years previously. Turns out my correspondent was the seller of that too.


So there we have it. A priceless artefact. Perhaps I should cast it in a block of lucite?

 

[The History Man]

It seems appropriate at this juncture to reveal my treasured Olympic XTR brake lever.

I bought it on Facebook Marketplace not knowing its provenance, and then got into a dialogue with the seller. That's when he told me the story.

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I said I recalled a 2000 scandium Kona Explosif being up for sale as an ex-Olympic mount a few years previously. Turns out my correspondent was the seller of that too.

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So there we have it. A priceless artefact. Perhaps I should cast it in a block of lucite?

Like Tuco’s grill?

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

I like the Olyimpics, love the paralympics.

I do think we're missing a "Hyperlimpics". Essentially no rules against doping/drugs/steroids etc. Let's see what the human body is REALLY capable of! 100m in 6 secs. long jump measured in KMs. Clean and jerk a car. Dressage with the horse as the rider.

That'd be neat.

 

[Frankenorange]

I still can't get over them flying the worlds biggest olympic flag upside down at the opening ceremony. I thought it had happened when the fan started blowing it and they obviously noticed and turned it iff

The time trials were good value. Thankfully nobody seems to have been seriously injured from any of the falls. It was so slippery!

Anyone notice the group of people get a massive soaking from one of the following cars?. I think it may have been a bunch of cops as i am sure it happened where i had seen them previously. Whoever it was; they vanished in a wall if water.

Roll on the mtb races. The track has been criticised for being to easy and not technical enough. If it is still the same as the course they had a go on last year, to test things out, i cant see what the problem is. It looked techy enough to me and had alot of fast sections.

 

[novocaine]

I still can't get over them flying the worlds biggest olympic flag upside down at the opening ceremony. I thought it had happened when the fan started blowing it and they obviously noticed and turned it iff

The time trials were good value. Thankfully nobody seems to have been seriously injured from any of the falls. It was so slippery!

Anyone notice the group of people get a massive soaking from one of the following cars?. I think it may have been a bunch of cops as i am sure it happened where i had seen them previously. Whoever it was; they vanished in a wall if water.

Roll on the mtb races. The track has been criticised for being to easy and not technical enough. If it is still the same as the course they had a go on last year, to test things out, i cant see what the problem is. It looked techy enough to me and had alot of fast sections.

The skateboard competitors bus crashed as it transported them to the arena. So they all got off and skated there instead.

 

[enc]

A short article here on the evolution of XC race bikes through the Olympics.

https://www.pinkbike.com/news/how-much-have-olympic-winning-bikes-evolved-in-the-past-28-years.html

Nice!