The Olympic Games Rio-2016 Thread

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BTW, what's wrong with this USA Team Pursuit bike.?

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Joanna Rowsell-Shand was talking about this, saying the Brits might have a look at these bikes (not that we need any more of an advantage)! The chain set is on the left, which supposedly gives some help on the left handed tracks.
 
Joanna Rowsell-Shand was talking about this, saying the Brits might have a look at these bikes (not that we need any more of an advantage)! The chain set is on the left, which supposedly gives some help on the left handed tracks.
Doesn't seem to have helped the US team much, though...:D
 
Joanna Rowsell-Shand was talking about this, saying the Brits might have a look at these bikes (not that we need any more of an advantage)! The chain set is on the left, which supposedly gives some help on the left handed tracks.

Indeed. Didn't know JR-S had said anything. I heard about them on the run-up to the Men's Team Pursuit. Personally, I can't see any advantage, though there is something in motorcycle frame and drive physics which rings a vague bell, so I don't exclude anything. I put it to a dead-keen cycling mate, who has done a fair bit of racing in his younger years, and who knows his cycle tech, and he reckons it's psychology only.