http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html en-gb 30 Sun 27 Dec 2009 18:16:28 GMT+1 A feed of user comments from the page found at http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=19#comment19 "Using a hairdryer, they heat it all up and, several singed fingers later, the repair's carried out: The rest is history."In other words: they MacGyvered it.Serious modification would've been to repair it so well that the bike was also capable of firing cabbages with an accurate range of 50 yards... Thu 11 Dec 2008 17:42:23 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=18#comment18 Even if he carried two bikes, he'd want to have his favourite machine repaired for use. Sometimes a bike takes on more than just its physical identity..a soul, if you like.for the record, Obree's bike just used the bearing from a washing machine because that allowed for a narrow bottom bracket. oh, and one of the crank arms was a scavenged piece of roadside metal, apaprently. there was also some reynolds tubing used on the bike.When Obree tried to challenge Moser's hour record, he did not use this machine and instead used the one made specifically for the event by the man who made Boardman's own 'lotus' bike. unfortunately, he failed at the first attempt and then used his 'old faithful' bike to finally break the record the next day..this all goes to show that the way one feels about a bike makes a difference to how one performs on it. i would think that Hoy would have moved heaven and earth before using a spare machine. then again, he might not have cared...what does it matter though? things like this happen to riders at every big event. the Beeb are just trying to make it seem out of the ordinary when it really is not.. Sun 16 Nov 2008 11:32:49 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=17#comment17 I won a few races on a bike stuck together with glue in the 1980's, a Vitus 979! It's still in my shed, bless it.he won on a bike stuck together with glue... man mountain! Sat 15 Nov 2008 20:28:20 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=16#comment16 Have to agree with BVIshudd, Laporte whingeing about our superior funds, surely even the French had enough money to buy superglue !Chris Hoy - what a legend ! Thu 13 Nov 2008 22:23:25 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=15#comment15 It's a carbon bike. It's a mix of carbon fibres and glue anyway. What did you expect them to do with it? Weld it? Thu 13 Nov 2008 10:11:29 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=14#comment14 Funny, Hoy never struck me before as being stuck up! Anyway, my last bike was glued together ------ I think it was called brazing. Wed 12 Nov 2008 21:54:51 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=13#comment13 "All we need is a yogurt pot and some sticky back plastic, and away we go!"We all may laugh but that is what some of the Olympic venues will need if the recession bites deep. Wed 12 Nov 2008 17:17:26 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=12#comment12 so I suppose he's just following up on a fine British tradition of ingenuity (in the face of adversity?)****************************no, it's one of the other traits, p*** poor planning or lack of backing by the govt Wed 12 Nov 2008 16:48:56 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=11#comment11 I think Graham Obree (another Scot) made his bike from an old washing machine;so I suppose he's just following up on a fine British tradition of ingenuity (in the face of adversity?). Wed 12 Nov 2008 16:42:15 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=10#comment10 "mobile telephone?" You make it sound like it's something he keeps in the top drawer of the sideboard...I think you will find 99.9% of the English speaking world call it a "mobile" or a "mobile phone". Wed 12 Nov 2008 15:53:41 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=9#comment9 Well it's an amusing story although seeing that the Olympics are quite old now it's taken a while to come out and then in common with many BBC blogs seems to have been cobbled together in a hurry. The Beeb should know that it's our job as providers of random comments to apply the old superglue and hairdryer treatment and hope for the best. Today's spin around the track: what does "Boardman's take from all of this" mean? Maybe the author was attempting the American colloquialism 'take on all this' that's to say 'opinion of' , which in the American tradition of making anything colloquial formally acceptable the time-pressed hacks of British journalism have turned into standard English, but then it seems to have collided with the more traditional 'take from all this' as in a lesson learnt? If that had happened on the track there would have been nasty skin burns all round. Tsk! Wed 12 Nov 2008 15:52:55 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=8#comment8 Next GB cycle team to be sponsored by SuperGlue Wed 12 Nov 2008 15:46:43 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=7#comment7 i have heard of the magic spounge, never the magic glue!classic!!! Wed 12 Nov 2008 15:33:46 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=6#comment6 Next time by a back up!!!! Wed 12 Nov 2008 15:33:22 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=5#comment5 The Blue Peter Olympics!!!!!!All we need is a yogurt pot and some sticky back plastic, and away we go! Wed 12 Nov 2008 15:11:15 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=4#comment4 2012 with sellotape - bring it on! Wed 12 Nov 2008 14:57:14 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=3#comment3 Don't they take spare bikes? I would expect that such a well-prepared and well-funded team would take at least 2 bikes for each competitor. Wed 12 Nov 2008 14:41:47 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=2#comment2 Is someone pushing for Hoy to get SPOTY because of a dodgy bike?! Wed 12 Nov 2008 14:26:32 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=1#comment1 This is quality. After all the whingeing that Bernard Laporte did about us so unfairly winning all those gold medals because we spent more money on preparation than the French, it seems we can still win on a bike stuck together with glue. Wed 12 Nov 2008 14:11:29 GMT+1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/olympics/2008/11/when_hoys_bid_almost_hit_the_b.html?page=0#comment0 he won on a bike stuck together with glue... man mountain! Wed 12 Nov 2008 13:53:46 GMT+1