Dave_minall

I see what you mean when you told me to read the Star about Kelvin's opinions on tyres. I clearly wasn't thinking outside the box! A great read. Looking forward to more of this!

Pathetic.

I couldn't agree more dude - this is just common in city centres nowadays and is EXACTLY what people are like from the ages of 17-25 and that's what a lot of people on these forums just don't see. That's life.

Some of you fail to realise that this is what the youth of today are like. I'm 25 and I went out last weekend and got drunk out of my tree on friday, saturday and sunday, despite having work monday morning. Are you all going to have a go at me because of it? Just because Darcy is in the public eye doesn't mean he is denied his rights to live his life how he wants to. He's just a target for the media, given his track record (no pun intended)

Well if I'm honest, 'folk' won't make the blindest bit of difference posting what they think of Darcy's downtime performances, so what is the point. If he's going to continue enjoying his youth like everyone should, then he's going to do that.

Just let the lad enjoy his youth whilst he can. Role model or not. Michael Lee was just as bad if not worse and he was in the UK national press all the time. This happens. Just get off his case and enjoy watching him ride whilst he's still in his prime.

Steve Johnston actually did a section very similar to this on the SGP website before Auckland last year, it was great but too short in my opinion. With regards to the tyres though, there isn't much to discuss - the tyres are standard and all they do is inflate or deflate them. They could incorporate something about wheel base though I guess.

Really enjoyed the camera angle yesterday that they've got mounted on a radio controlled helicopter - I saw that they were testing one in a photo a few weeks back. There was a couple of hiccups where the riders were very close to being out of shot, but all in all, it was refreshing and nice to see them trying new stuff yet again. Jan Staechmann and Chris Louis make a great team together on the inside track section too.

I agree to a certain extent. Somerset is pretty much without fault and produces amazing racing, yet Wolverhampton is an egg shape and that also produces some cracking races. Kings Lynn (as we've seen) produces some breathtaking races and that is also a near perfect track. I can see Kelvin's point, but at the same time it is flawed. A perfect track promotes confidence whereby a flawed track would suit a 'thinker'... 2 sides of the coin!

Looks awesome but that track looks like it could do with some water

Very nice of you to comment on something you've not been watching, I'm sure your opinion will go a long way right now. My opinion of the new additions to the Sky production are that they are superb and definitely a step in the right direction. Nice to see they're thinking of new things to do now they don't have the GPs any more.

Before I start, this is information taken from http://www.point-two.co.uk/ - they provide the jackets that we've seen Jason Bunyan and Chris Harris using on TV. 1) They range from £200-£600 in price 2) They are set off when the lanyard which is attached to the bike and rider is pulled off - providing the rider does not leave the vicinity of the bike in an accident, the bag won't go off (for instance if he just slid off and stayed on the bike, it would stay deflated) 3) not unless the lanyard is pulled 4) you detach the air canister and install a new one (I believe they just screw on) 5) No. They are worn by the rider under the suit, but special compensation has to be made to the suit so that it can stretch and not tear around the shoulders. 6) They do need to be serviced by point-two either once a year, or after six small impacts or one heavy impact. They come with a lifetime warranty. Hopefully this helps!

He looks like the Michelin man!

I must admit as much as I like Pearson/Tatum, Wade and Jonno make a good pairing. It would be nice to alternate between the 2 between GPs to keep it feeling fresh. Just a suggestion? I did really enjoy some of the one liners. My favourite was when Wade said 'That Australian flag got a right thrashing there' - I'm not explaining why that was valid but I was in tears

Tai's highlight of the night for me was when he outright beat AJ and Darcy, who were at the time completely unbeaten. He left them scrapping between themselves and he just flew off for the win. No pressure on him at all from either rider, despite how well they were doing before that heat

Either way, bitching aside, I'm happy to see the GPs on TV and I'd be happy with just 1 cameraman on the centregreen with no commentators, as long as I get to see them. The fact that we have it for the next 3 years is just awesome. Many thanks and congratulations to everyone involved in getting this new contract set up

I like single points because it will keep the scores closer, however I was also a fan of the final points being 6, 4, 2, 1. maybe they could consider making the points 4, 3, 2, 1 so there's still a bigger reward for winning (albeit only 1 point) but it will also reward a rider for getting to the final.

I also noticed that a lot of riders have a lot less sponsors than usual. AJ's bikes in particular looked very bare.

You're missing my point. Everybody keeps raving about how great a job eurosport did, the only thing they did that was different to Sky's production was that there were different commentators than what we're used to, and there were no studio scenes. Regardless of who Eurosport provide for commentary, this was different to what Sky provided. It really wasn't that different to what Sky produced and yet, people have provided nothing but praise for something that in reality, is very much the same as what Sky provided. It'll be even less of a difference when we get to Bydgoszcz.

I don't get how everyone keeps congratulating everybody for the 'coverage'... it's the same cameras, the same shots, the same people as last year. Apart from at Cardiff, sky only piggybacked on the live feed provided by somewhere else. The only difference between that and Eurosport's is that ES didn't provide a fancy studio and had different commentators. That's it. Apart from that it was exactly how Sky would have shown it.

Not in the slightest that's just my opinion!

That's the one, couldn't remember which GP they started work on. I'm sure that'll give some mixed opinions... Personally I'm happy they're back. I love their commentary.

I can't understand why for the past 2 years Gollob has had blue and red guards with different colour covers. It just looks awful

Not sure if anyone has mentioned (surprisingly) but Nigel and Kelvin are back doing the commentary soon - I can't remember the GP in which they start but it won't be New Zealand.