Track Cycling at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Federer91 2,884]

  On 8/4/2021 at 7:14 AM, 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  

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

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 8/4/2021 at 8:24 AM, Federer91 said:

 

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

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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 3,600]

  On 8/4/2021 at 8:24 AM, Federer91 said:

 

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

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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 3,600]

  On 8/4/2021 at 8:34 AM, 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.

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[Federer91 2,884]

  On 8/4/2021 at 8:33 AM, heywoodu said:

 

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

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

[heywoodu 15,333]

  On 8/4/2021 at 8:38 AM, Federer91 said:

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

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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 15,333]

Excellent repechages for the Malaysians  

[dcro 10,210]

Tjon

[Grassmarket 3,600]

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 3,238]

Mateusz