Track Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Federer91 3,020]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

It's still a shame there's not some somewhat fat, bearded 60-year old riding on his noisy motorbike ahead of the keirins anymore  

 

I loved those chubby motorbikes  Why and when did they remove them?

[heywoodu 16,001]

8 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 

I loved those chubby motorbikes  Why and when did they remove them?

As for the when: I saw these new thingies for the first time in Rio.

 

And the why: I think you can guess why they went for an electric bike instead of the fuel-powered smoke machines

[Grassmarket 4,028]

6 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

 

I loved those chubby motorbikes  Why and when did they remove them?

It’s part of the local culture. In Japan they use fit ex-cyclists on slightly modified bikes. In Belgium & Holland it is fat 60-year old bar-owners on petrol bikes improvised during the Nazi occupation. In the Americas it is Latino youths on Harley-Davisons.

[Grassmarket 4,028]

Just now, Grassmarket said:

It’s part of the local culture. In Japan they use fit ex-cyclists on slightly modified bikes. In Belgium & Holland it is fat 60-year old bar-owners on petrol bikes improvised to burn turnip leaves during the Nazi occupation. In the Americas it is Latino youths on Harley-Davisons.

 

[Federer91 3,020]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

And the why: I think you can guess why they went for an electric bike instead of the fuel-powered smoke machines

I suppose they need a bigger marketing to sell those electric bikes, otherwise i don't see any other reason. 

[heywoodu 16,001]

1 minute ago, Federer91 said:

I suppose they need a bigger marketing to sell those electric bikes, otherwise i don't see any other reason. 

You genuinely don't see the reason, or don't you agree with the reason?  

 

Because changing those diesel-powered things for something electric and so way less dirty is a really obvious reason  

[heywoodu 16,001]

Excellent repechages for the Malaysians  

[dcro 10,210]

Tjon

[Grassmarket 4,028]

Actually the idea is that if there is a massive crash - which sometimes happens during six-days - there won’t be any damage to the track with small light bikes.  
 

Or damage to the riders. Of course, no damage to the riders.

[rybak 3,302]

Mateusz