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Listed below are comments made by philskills between Friday, 15th August 2008 and Friday, 15th August 2008.

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Communists 2-0 Capitalists 6:04pm on 15 Aug 2008 I don't think many people care about baseball do they?

It goes on for ever and none of the payers that turn up are any good.

How did it make it in anyway?

Why am I even writing this, I should be going home to watch paint dry.

PY
British cyclists lay down marker 5:27pm on 15 Aug 2008 philskills said
> In my eyes this will do much more for cycling
"> than any hill climb or track race, even those
> these results are very impressive.

> BMX is seen as achievable and relevant

I like most forms of cycle sport but I can't see why BMX is more 'relevant' or likely to do more for cycling than road, track or cross country mountain biking. A BMX track is just as artificial as a velodrome."

Indeed - My point perhaps was not made as well as it could have been.

I meant to say that (and I should clarify at this point that I live in a city) most young kids will get a bmx or mountain bike first off and that going to the park and flying over some dirt jumps is closer to their reality than cycling up a big hill, which I wouldn't let my kids do for fear of being mowed down by a truck or charging round a wood track, which at the age of 39 I have yet to see.

As such, watching BMX racing is likely to inspire young kids in a way they can relate to. I am aware that the truth of the matter is that there are not that many people who compete in the racing side of BMX, most prefer freestyle which is arguably the most progressive form of bike riding. Coverage of the bmx racing though will open a lot of eyes to what is possible on a bike over and above going fast. And I think that this is my point, that ultimately seeing Shanade or any other of the young hopefuls taking doubles or tucking into berms will change the perception of what people think a bike can do.

PY
British cyclists lay down marker 4:50pm on 15 Aug 2008 Do you think the BMX will get any coverage and if so will it have the same tired old jokes that they pulled out when snowboarding hit the Winter Olympics?

I'd say there were far more young people out there with a BMX bike than with some crazy expensive road or track bike, and it's these kids we have to inspire.

I was watching the coverage the other day and one of the studio guests had to stop the presenter so he could mention the BMX. In my eyes this will do much more for cycling than any hill climb or track race, even those these results are very impressive.
BMX is seen as achievable and relevant to so many people and the fact that a mixed race girl from a less than privileged background has a chance of winning a gold should me more than enough reason to support it. At least lets hope it gets more coverage than the archery, which is hardly a great spectator sport.

PY

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