ed073 said:Will anyone back me on Stephen Pate?
Yeah, Patey: legend!! Got a world title and had a world record for the profesional indoor 200m.
http://www.uci.ch/english/palmares/track/record_index.htm
Was he not also a Bentleigh boy?
ed073 said:Will anyone back me on Stephen Pate?
Lee Povey said:I take it most here are from Auz?
I'm amazed that Gary Neiwand has had 22% of the vote when he has only one world tiltle to his name!
Jens Fiedler hasn't had a single vote yet he is two times Olympic champion, maybe those that have voted for Neiwand could explain why?
Lee
Dont mean to nit-pick but Niewand has won 3 world titles that i am aware of, but only one in the sprint. He did the double that year with the kieren and absolutely demolished the Japanese guys at home in the kieren series, then went on a couple of years later to beat the french in the Olympic sprint with Darryn Hill and Shane Kelly. Apart from this he rode an almost perfect race (against two french, two germans and the guy who won the sprint at the same meet) to win silver in the Sydney olympic kieren...Lee Povey said:I take it most here are from Auz?
I'm amazed that Gary Neiwand has had 22% of the vote when he has only one world tiltle to his name!
Jens Fiedler hasn't had a single vote yet he is two times Olympic champion, maybe those that have voted for Neiwand could explain why?
Lee
ed073 said:John Kennedy??
lol....
531Aussie said:Well, he's on that world record page, too -- but it says he's from
the USA
http://www.uci.ch/english/palmares/track/record_index.htm
Lasalles said:Just on John Kennedy,wasnt he the World Straightline Champ or something?!!!
Nothstein did 10.347 on an outdoor track 1996 in T-town http://www.lvvelo.org/records.htm531Aussie said:As far as I know, John Kennedy still holds the world record for the
"Professional Outdoor Flying 200m", with a time of 10.405 seconds.
10.405 J. F. KENNEDY (USA) 24.08.1991 COLORADO SPRINGS (USA), V. 7-Eleven
There's an error on the UCI page which states that he's from the USA.
http://www.uci.ch/english/palmares/track/record_index.htm
Obviously, since 1991 the pros and amateurs have been thrown in together, so his "professional" is kinda redundant.
I think the attempt cost him about $10,000, so he naturally sought sponsors, and was contacted by Zipp to use one of their bikes. I'm too scared to tell the story about his thoughts on the bike for fear of liable , but i'll just say that there were definitely moments that John wished he was on one of his good old steel track bikes.
velomanct said:Nothstein did 10.347 on an outdoor track 1996 in T-town http://www.lvvelo.org/records.htm
armchair_spacem said:There's a lot more to come from Flyin' Ryan Bayley. Worth noting that some of his Olympic and World Champs times were slightly overstated as a result of his kick to the line raising his front wheel - many of his times reflect when his BACK wheel crosses.
VeloFlash said:Some sprinters during qualifying for the 200m TT will attempt to lift their front wheel when hitting the timing strip start so the clock runs off the back wheel.
Is it even legal? Do officials look for this? This sounds nearly impossible to do on a shorter track. Maybe on a 400 where you hit the timing strip before the turn.taras0000 said:That's gotta be damn hard with all the force onthe rider
leif_bike said:Is it even legal? Do officials look for this? This sounds nearly impossible to do on a shorter track. Maybe on a 400 where you hit the timing strip before the turn.
Ryan Bayley, hands down. Most comprehensive annihilation in olympic (any sport) history.Lee Povey said:Please use the above poll to vote for who you think is the best track sprinter since the 80's to the present, i hope this gets a lively debate going
Lee
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