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MrNubbz

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #14 on: February 04, 2022, 12:17:01 AM »
Quote from: utee94 on February 03, 2022, 10:20:34 PM
I love bobsled, always have.  I love watching those sleds go flying down the race course.  I've always wanted to do that.


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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2022, 12:23:09 AM »
Quote from: ELA on February 03, 2022, 11:45:10 PM
C'mon up to Pittsburgh.  We can find some bald tires to throw on your car on these hills
'Bout 25 yrs back some friends PSU grads were from North Hills I think it was.Showing me what I guess amounted to a front lawn on a hill but it was literally straight up/down - a grass wall.Not sure if they used a hedge trimmer or weed Wacker
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2022, 06:24:24 AM »
We will not be watching.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2022, 08:18:17 AM »
I imagine riding a bobsled at O speeds would be frightening.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2022, 08:24:53 AM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 04, 2022, 08:18:17 AM
I imagine riding a bobsled at O speeds would be frightening.
Exhilarating! 


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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2022, 09:38:54 AM »
I never liked roll coasters.  I've seen an Olympic bobsled run at Park City, UT, it appeared to be almost vertical.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2022, 09:40:34 AM »
This is one event I do plan to watch, all of it:

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #21 on: February 04, 2022, 12:06:09 PM »
I love roller coasters.  Might be why I enjoy watching bobsled and dreaming of a day... :)


I think you can still ride the bobsled course at Lake Placid, with professional driver and brakeman.  Perhaps in some of the other former Olympic sites as well.

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #22 on: February 04, 2022, 12:08:55 PM »
Quote from: Cincydawg on February 04, 2022, 09:40:34 AM
This is one event I do plan to watch, all of it:

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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #23 on: February 04, 2022, 12:09:46 PM »
Quote from: utee94 on February 04, 2022, 12:06:09 PM
I love roller coasters.  Might be why I enjoy watching bobsled and dreaming of a day... :)

I think you can still ride the bobsled course at Lake Placid, with professional driver and brakeman.  Perhaps in some of the other former Olympic sites as well.
Ever since I've skydived and ridden a motorcycle on a racetrack, roller coasters have become boring to me...

So I'd be down for a high-speed bobsled run. 
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #24 on: February 04, 2022, 12:28:50 PM »
It has been decades since I was interested in the Olympics. Can't remember the last time I watched any of it 
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #25 on: February 04, 2022, 01:05:09 PM »
Marmotta curling - YouTube

Coolest event in Olympics.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #26 on: February 04, 2022, 01:16:20 PM »
Bobsled is badass. I've taken the civilian sled ride in Park City. Other friends (incidentally, both are civil engineers) were practitioners of the sliding sports for a while while they lived in Salt Lake City.

If your travels ever take you to Whistler, Lake Placid, or Park City, swing by the track and see this in person. It is impossible to translate to TV just how damn fast they're going.
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Re: The China Olympics
« Reply #27 on: February 04, 2022, 01:26:32 PM »
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