Track Worlds SBS 7pm Tonight

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Originally posted by flyingdutch Im going on Sat night (cant wait)

Me, Sunday.

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I'll wave to you

I'll only see ya if you make it onto TV. I didn't end up with tix to
Saturday's racing. Costs were getting silly..

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Out of curiosity (and yes, i do presume it is allocated seating, but
for future ref) where is the best place to sit/view at 'Drunk Grey' ?

Never been there, but if you are talking about Melbourne's Vodaphone
Arena (where the World's are), the best place is probably just after the
finish line in the Platinum seating or at the bar in the middle of
course! You can see the whole track from most places.

I've only been to Vodaphone and Blackburn so I don't know any other
tracks. Vodaphone would be nicer if someone would give me a press pass
so I could get closer 😄

hippy

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hippy said:

Starting tonight, the track worlds will be live on SBS from 7pm..
Wednesday 26 May 7.00 – 9.00pm Thursday 27 May 7.00 – 9.30pm Friday
28 May 7.00 – 9.30pm Saturday 29 May 7.00 – 10.30pm Sunday 30 May
12.00 – 5.00pm
Now, do I skip the ride home, catch a train and tape it or do I ride
home and miss some of it on the tape?
hippy

Im going on Sat night (cant wait)

I'll wave to you

Out of curiosity (and yes, i do presume it is allocated seating, but for
future ref) where is the best place to sit/view at 'Drunk Grey' ?

Only been to 2 track meets (the last Austral at Northcote. Daughter on
shoulders shouting out 'Gaaareeee Neeewaand'😉 and (i think) an
International meet in Adelaide

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hippy said:

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Now, do I skip the ride home, catch a train and tape it or do I ride
home and miss some of it on the tape?
hippy

None. Put the G code in the DVD writer, and take your time enjoying the
ride every night. 😄

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amirm said:

None. Put the G code in the DVD writer, and take your time enjoying the
ride every night. 😄

I just bought a DVD burner.. where are the G-Code buttons?

;-)

If I ride fast I might only miss a few minutes of it. Not too bad out of
15 or so hours!

hippy

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I'll only see ya if you make it onto TV. I didn't end up with tix to
Saturday's racing. Costs were getting silly..

Yep! look out for moi on the tube! me with father-in-law over from
Adelaide (who sprung for the tickets) and 2 jumpin-up-n-down kids

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the best place is probably just after the finish line in the

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>Platinum seating or at the bar in the middle of course!

A Bar in the middle. how civilised😄

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Quoted message said:

Originally posted by flyingdutch Im going on Sat night (cant wait)

Me, Sunday.

Quoted message said:

I'll wave to you

I'll only see ya if you make it onto TV. I didn't end up with tix to
Saturday's racing. Costs were getting silly..

Quoted message said:

Out of curiosity (and yes, i do presume it is allocated seating, but
for future ref) where is the best place to sit/view at 'Drunk Grey' ?

Never been there, but if you are talking about Melbourne's Vodaphone
Arena (where the World's are), the best place is probably just after the
finish line in the Platinum seating or at the bar in the middle of
course! You can see the whole track from most places.

I've only been to Vodaphone and Blackburn so I don't know any other
tracks. Vodaphone would be nicer if someone would give me a press pass
so I could get closer 😄

hippy

I scored tickets for both Saturday and Sunday off the internet from a bloke
in Canberra ($80 for two "Silver" tickets)......can't wait....

Gags

watched last night fleetingly.

what kind of gearing would those lads be on? Looked like 50-sommut ring
and a 12-13 cog at the back

think Mr 'man-mountain' Eadie will start a trend with that pint-of-guinness-hanging-off-the-
chin look???😄 😄 😄

AMazing to think that the Brit Quealy is saying he probably cant even
qualify to defend his kilo gold medal!

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flyingdutch said:

what kind of gearing would those lads be on? Looked like 50-sommut ring
and a 12-13 cog at the back

Scroll to bottom for some track gearing info:
http://www.delaunecc.org/track.htm

My track bike is 49/16. The street fix will be something closer to 48/18
(~69 gear inches).

hippy

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Yay! Witnessed a new world record in this mornings session! How's
that for cool! Sarah also had the coolest skinsuit I've ever seen, I
want one!!!!

Flying Kiwi Ulmer smashes world record
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1117144.htm

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coowoowoo said:

Does anyone know if row AAA is as bad as i think it is going to be? I
am guessing that its not like an aeroplane where ticket 1A is the cream
of the crop.

We were in row BB this morn, up high, but view pretty good.

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My gosh, i was watching sbs last night and all i can say is, i dont
think i ever appreciated just how fit these guys are. (cardiovascular as
well as physically... ooh la la) . I moan and whine when i start puffing
into a headwind along beach road.

It gave me inspiration and as such i have just secured the last ticket
for sunday according to Ticketek. It could be the best or the worst. All
i know is its row AAA. I am working on the theory that once i am in
there i can work my womanly ways to try and change seats as i have
friends going there.

Does anyone know if row AAA is as bad as i think it is going to be? I
am guessing that its not like an aeroplane where ticket 1A is the cream
of the crop.

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coowoowoo said:

Did you notice if there a row on the ground level that has railing in
front of it? If so, are we talking a dirty great bih wall that you
cant see over?

Don't remember that. All the seating is arranged steeply, so you should
be able to see the action, even if perched up high.

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cfsmtb said:

We were in row BB this morn, up high, but view pretty good.

Did you notice if there a row on the ground level that has railing in
front of it? If so, are we talking a dirty great bih wall that you
cant see over?

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cfsmtb said:

Don't remember that. All the seating is arranged steeply, so you should
be able to see the action, even if perched up high.

Cheers for that..

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watched last night fleetingly.

what kind of gearing would those lads be on? Looked like 50-sommut ring
and a 12-13 cog at the back

think Mr 'man-mountain' Eadie will start a trend with that

pint-of-guinness-hanging-off-the-

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chin look???😄 😄 😄

I dunno.... I thought his start was a bit slow. I only watched a few races
because I got home late but I expected him to do well. I was disappointed to
see his start was slow compared to the other guy and the margin the team
lost by was quite small. You've really got to do well before people start
copying your fashion style. I reckon he should get rid of the beard and get
a Ronaldo style haircut. http://www.soccermemo.com/brasil/Ronaldo02Open.jpg

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AMazing to think that the Brit Quealy is saying he probably cant even
qualify to defend his kilo gold medal!

Marty

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Originally posted by Marty Wallace I dunno.... I thought his start was
a bit slow. I only

He's been recovering from injury (knee?) for 12 months, as well as
a recent cold and he could be riding at a specific level with
Athens in mind?

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I reckon he should get rid of the beard and get a Ronaldo style
haircut.

Egads! No way! Eadie is famous for his beards and that dude's haircut...
aye aye aye!! ;-)

hippy

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"cfsmtb" wrote

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Don't remember that. All the seating is arranged steeply, so you should
be able to see the action, even if perched up high.

I had a good view on my 104 cm LCD screen.

Yeah, I know, not the same as live, but I'm in Perth.

Theo

No Aussie gold yet......... 1 silver in pursuit tonight with Katie
Mactier beaten by Sarah Ulmer. Oh man the mens scratch race would have
been great to see live.

What a great moment watching on TV when Mike Tomarlaris called Katie
Mactier, Sarah and took ages to correct himself. Katie didn't seem to
pleased......... hahahahahahaha

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What a great moment watching on TV when Mike Tomarlaris called Katie
Mactier, Sarah and took ages to correct himself. Katie didn't seem to
pleased......... hahahahahahaha

Oh good; someone else has brought this up. I don't know about you
guys, but I know a bit about pro cycling... as much as any fairly up
to date fan who has been following through cyclingnews, magazines
and... cough... SBS's world sport for about five to ten odd years.
I have noticed that Mike Tomalaris does not know Jack [censored] about pro
cycling. He is dumb as a spud when it comes to all things two wheeled.
Really, it is cringe time when he is given the opportunity to
interview people like Lance Armstrong etc (he actually asked a few
years ago if Lance was worried about Stuie O'Grady RE GC contention
when Stu was in yellow). I could go on for a while (he suggested Stuie
was getting old, to his face, last year... tactful...) but I won't
(maybe I have) because it's obvious to me that SBS's self professed
'cycling expert' Mike Tomalaris knows nothing about this sport.
I know, I know, they're the only network who will touch the sport
(please, channel ten, surely the TDU and Bay Classic aren't enough),
but if you look at their coverage of world football (live matches from
Europe a couple of times a week and six odd hours every Sunday) we get
pretty screwed over with coverage of World Cup races a month after the
fact (vaguely interested fans find out results much earlier; what's
the point?) and a twenty three or four minute update a day of TDF -
with that smug, useless, tactless, knowledgeless PRAT Mike Tomalaris
using up about five of those minutes proving just how little he has to
contribute to the sport... Live stages are cool, but compared to live
soccer, we get stuff all.
This is aimless, sure, but I have a bit of dissatisfaction with the
way SBS cover their cycling... sorry. The Track Worlds have been great
to see, but have you noticed how dodge the coverage has been? We
regularly miss parts of races through ads (on SBS!) and crappy
Tomalaris "interviews", and even Les seems lost.
I'm sure I have a point, maybe - just cranky for a few years and it's
all come out. I'll ride tomorrow.. maybe it'll be better then... No,
I'll just watch the coverage from the Worlds and get crankier...