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rio - mtb races - no spoiler tags required

  • 20-08-2016 05:02PM
    #1
    ednwireland
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    anyone watching ?

    gunn rita dahle leading she's ben around for like ever !

    "Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others" - Winston Churchill

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  • #2
    Mickeroo
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    ednwireland wrote: »
    anyone watching ?

    gunn rita dahle leading she's ben around for like ever !

    What channel is mtb on?


  • #3
    ednwireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,005 ✭✭✭✭ednwireland


    Mickeroo wrote: »
    What channel is mtb on?

    bbc red button
    its olympic channel 6 on my telly its tuned in as channel 243

    its 470 something on a sky box

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  • #4
    ednwireland
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    gunn rita gone now

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  • #5
    Lusk_Doyle
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    Gone where?


  • #6
    RobFowl
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    Red button not working down in ROI ;)


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  • #7
    ednwireland
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    RobFowl wrote: »
    Red button not working down in ROI ;)

    red button only on sky and freesat telly box. not on my satelllite tuner built into to the tv just have to find the 8 olympic channels.

    dont think virgin media broadcast the extra channels either as far as i know
    Lusk_Doyle wrote: »
    Gone where?

    out the back

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  • #8
    Lemming
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    Women's cross country race now available on BBC iplayer


  • #9
    Beasty
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    Lemming wrote: »
    Women's cross country race now available on BBC iplayer
    Which is only available in the UK

    Anyone wanting to watch (live) BBC red button coverage of any events can do so via a Sky Satellite setup and adding channels (details of which can be found via internet search)


  • #10
    ednwireland
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    Sagañ going to have start from back of grid.

    http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/peter-sagans-bid-for-olympic-gold-just-got-a-whole-lot-harder/

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  • #11
    Darkglasses
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    I'm watching the women's race on rte news now. Course looks like great craic.


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  • #12
    Eamonnator
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    ednwireland wrote: »
    Sagañ going to have start from back of grid.

    http://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/peter-sagans-bid-for-olympic-gold-just-got-a-whole-lot-harder/

    I really don't think, it'll make much difference, where he starts.


  • #13
    CrowdedHouse
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    Darkglasses wrote: »
    I'm watching the women's race on rte news now. Course looks like great craic.

    What category of bike are they? The different names I see mean nothing to me

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #14
    Eamonnator
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    ^^^^^^^^^
    Mountain Bikes.
    Mixture of hard tail and full suspension.
    mostly hard tails


  • #15
    CrowdedHouse
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    Thanks - but are they xc enduro etc. I presume gravity is downhill only?

    Seven Worlds will Collide



  • #16
    Darkglasses
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    CrowdedHouse wrote: »
    Thanks - but are they xc enduro etc. I presume gravity is downhill only?

    I only saw XC bikes myself


  • #17
    Eamonnator
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    The winner was on a Scott full sue XC bike.
    It weighs about 9.5kgs.
    It probably has about 100mm travel front and rear.


  • #18
    Eamonnator
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    It's a 27.5 and has tubeless tubular tyres, made by Dugast(maybe wrong spelling) who make tubulars for a lot of the top road teams.


  • #19
    moonshadow
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    Brilliant to watch even the Mrs and daughter were enthralled ....no 1 son still argued downhill is better......
    I said downhill was for lazy MTB 's ��


  • #20
    Lusk_Doyle
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    moonshadow wrote: »
    Brilliant to watch even the Mrs and daughter were enthralled ....no 1 son still argued downhill is better......
    I said downhill was for lazy MTB 's ��

    "No 1" son is presumably no longer enjoying that position any longer as a result of his mistake!


  • #21
    Mr. Grieves
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    Eamonnator wrote: »
    The winner was on a Scott full sue XC bike.
    It weighs about 9.5kgs.
    It probably has about 100mm travel front and rear.

    120 mm apparently. Interesting considering many were on hardtails.

    http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331797327177/bike-check-jenny-rissveds-scott-spark-xco-mtb


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  • #22
    C3PO
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    Mr. Grieves wrote: »
    120 mm apparently. Interesting considering many were on hardtails.

    http://www.redbull.com/en/bike/stories/1331797327177/bike-check-jenny-rissveds-scott-spark-xco-mtb

    The Scott Spark is almost unique in the XC world running 120mm front/rear travel - just about everything else is 100mm! According to the Redbull article she was also running a 1 x 12 speed drivetrain with a 10-52 cassette!


  • #23
    Wanderer78
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    C3PO wrote:
    The Scott Spark is almost unique in the XC world running 120mm front/rear travel - just about everything else is 100mm! According to the Redbull article she was also running a 1 x 12 speed drivetrain with a 10-52 cassette!


    1x12 - diriculous! Wouldn't say no though


  • #24
    JayWalsh
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    What channel can i watch the race on today lads?


  • #25
    dastardly00
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    JayWalsh wrote: »
    What channel can i watch the race on today lads?

    I think the race will be on BBC1 (according to the info provided on the Virgin Media TV Guide).

    The bronze medal match in Men's Basketball is on BBC4.

    Not sure about RTÉ2 and RTÉ News Now.


  • #26
    Eamonnator
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    My prediction:
    1) Nino Schurter
    2)Jaroslav Kulhavy
    3) Julien Absolon


  • #27
    Eamonnator
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    We're in business.

    RTE News Now

    On now


  • #28
    letape
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    About to start on rte 2 now too


  • #29
    dastardly00
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    Live on BBC1 also.


  • #30
    Eamonnator
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    And BBC1


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  • #31
    dastardly00
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    Does Sagan have any chance? (Sorry I haven't a clue about this)


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