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  • V Do not disturb
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    Virgil
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    Another disqualification ?

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    TVNZ is the best advert Sky Sport will ever get.

    Ads mid-gymnastic competition, live coverage during the competition break

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    Yeah, I went onto TVNZ on demand. Toni Street is annoying at the best of times with her fucking inane questions, but for a segment on the cycling, they showed the women's team pursuit qualifier and then moved onto getting some before game commentary for the netball vs Uganda. Plus a whole lot of promo and ads.

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    @williethewaiter said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

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    that is a shocker for an organisation like that.

    doesn't explain how it got measured ok pre-race... the exact reason they measure it before and after!

    As a complete guess on my part this could be something as simple as the position of the axle in the fork dropouts. There is quite likely a regulation so that fork design can't be used to overly change the head angle of the bike geometry.
    If you attach a wheel in slightly the wrong spot in the dropout you could tip outside the measurement. It is possible that there was slight movement during the race but that is a result of a mechanics mistake in torque on the axle.
    If there is one thing that cyclists of any format know is absolute it is that UCI officials are complete and utter pricks.
    I have seen downhill riders DQ'd for not wearing long sleeves when it was written in the race fine print but allowed all weekend during practice and qualification with officials in attendance.

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    We're on the medal board!

    Silver in the Women's team pursuit. (We did get smashed by 9sec, but the Aussies are reigning world champs on home ground, so no shame.)

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    @crucial said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @williethewaiter said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

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    that is a shocker for an organisation like that.

    doesn't explain how it got measured ok pre-race... the exact reason they measure it before and after!

    As a complete guess on my part this could be something as simple as the position of the axle in the fork dropouts. There is quite likely a regulation so that fork design can't be used to overly change the head angle of the bike geometry.
    If you attach a wheel in slightly the wrong spot in the dropout you could tip outside the measurement. It is possible that there was slight movement during the race but that is a result of a mechanics mistake in torque on the axle.
    If there is one thing that cyclists of any format know is absolute it is that UCI officials are complete and utter pricks.
    I have seen downhill riders DQ'd for not wearing long sleeves when it was written in the race fine print but allowed all weekend during practice and qualification with officials in attendance.

    nah totally our fault. massive fuckup. failed pre-race measure. 'fixed' didn't get it measured again.. failed after.

    2 things - 1 - i didn't think you were allowed on the track until your bike had passed so question mark over the officials.
    but 2 - WHY would you not get bike checked again to make sure.

    beggars belief that an organisation with that much funding behind it can fuck that up.

    but yeh agree with you about the UCI twats - even at a local level they are massive fucktards. I have regular run ins with them. Last one was cause i wore jandals on podium of auckland champs.. guy went nuts, told him to fuck off because there were about 10 people there. WHO GIVES A FUCK!

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    Two Kiwi boys (Hunter and Perry) make the Men's 50m Butterfly final - good on them. Both finished third in their semi. Don't think they will feature against the Saffers or Aussies, but you never know.

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    As expected, we gain a silver in the women's team sprint (our first ever). Good ride by them considering Aussies were overwhelming favourites, and they set a new NZ record.

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    Just a fucking Aussie procession. Medal after fucking medal.

    This is going to be tough to take

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    Mokey
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    Fuck yes. GOLD!!! Mitchell, Webster, Dawkins take the men's sprint.

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    One of the kiwi cycling chicks who just received a medal looked a bit cute.

    Silver lining to the aussie medal avalanch? Ch7 don't have time to flog on endlessly about all of them. Not a terrible family interview to be seen.

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    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    In fairness that does look like Gold Coast formal wear.

    no. This is GC formal wear

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    Fail ... nowhere near enough tatts

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    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    Just a fucking Aussie procession. Medal after fucking medal.

    This is going to be tough to take

    Just keep showing them sandpaper and ask them what tactics you reckon they used to win everytime they do.

    It'll get old very quick, but still worth it to let them know that you now assume they are cheating at every possible sport.

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    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    Just a fucking Aussie procession. Medal after fucking medal.

    This is going to be tough to take

    Back to the cricket. 🙂

    Edit: SNAP!

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    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    @kiwimurph said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    In fairness that does look like Gold Coast formal wear.

    no. This is GC formal wear

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    Gold Coast formal wear...

    alt text

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    #105

    Watched David Nyika's first fight. Hard to take much from it cos his opponent spent most of his time swinging like a bar drunk, but he looked like he has fast feet. Not sure what was going on with the ring ropes. Padded is one thing, but the amount of give was ridiculous.

    Also watched the last quarter of the Silver Ferns vs Wales. Obviously not the top 7 on court, but on the whole they looked sloppy. Poor passing, poor shooting and way too many penalties against a side ranked a long way below them.

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    #106

    @booboo not anymore mate. The bikies are....ahem....gone

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    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    Just a fucking Aussie procession. Medal after fucking medal.

    This is going to be tough to take

    Correct me if I'm wrong but you do choose to live there?

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    @mariner4life said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    Just a fucking Aussie procession. Medal after fucking medal.

    This is going to be tough to take

    I elect not to bother caring. The uni games are bigger.

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    @mikethesnow said in Gold Coast Comm Games:

    The Welsh team must have thought the Games were in Magaluf.

    Shocking.

    My mate's kid Joel Makin playing tomorrow in the squash.

    Can't wait.

    First two matches won.

    Round of 16 today. Fingers crossed

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