Du Ke pushed the car behind Wang Zhen, suddenly stopped and stopped, observing Wang Zhen changing tires. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wang Zhen was tinkering with the rear tire of his mountain bike, he first released the air of the rear tire, and pinched the outer tire with his hand to confirm whether the gas in the tire was emptied to the maximum extent. Be sure to clean the air before prying, otherwise it will be difficult to pry the outer tire.

Then Wang Zhen took a blue tire pry stick, the length of the tire pry stick is about 20 centimeters, it is called a "stick", in fact, it is more like a switchblade knife without a blade, only a knife handle.

One end of the pry bar is flat for prying, while the other end is designed in the shape of a small hook. Wang Zhen flattened the end with a tire lever, skillfully pried open the outer tire near the valve, and hooked the rim spokes with the end of the tire lever.

According to the conventional textbook steps of prying the outer tire, after Wang Zhen fixes the first tire lever, he should use the second tire lever to pry open the sidewall of the outer tire as a whole.

However, Wang Zhen did not follow the routine, he directly used his hands to pick up the tire with his bare hands.

Wang Zhen used his right hand to pick up the sidewall of the outer tire, and his left hand immediately followed and probed into the inner side of the outer tire, and it was an understatement to pull and pull, and the inner tube was pulled out by Wang Zhen.

Seeing this, Du Ke almost wanted to applaud Wang Zhen, but he still held back, and he continued to watch Wang Zhen install the new inner tube.

Wang Zhen took a new inner tube and gradually put the inner tube back to the inner side of the outer tire in circular order from the valve position. He then uses the thumbs of both hands to press the sidewall into the rim step by step, starting from the valve position and working in both directions.

After the inside and outside were tightly sealed, Wang Zhen used a pump to pump up the rear tire, and it was done.

Bang bang, suddenly there was applause behind him, which startled Wang Zhen, and when he looked back, Du Ke was applauding himself with a smile.

Du Ke gave Wang Zhen a thumbs up after applauding: "Wang Zhen, I remembered an allusion when I saw you change the tire, four words: Ku Ding Xie Niu." ”

Wang Zhen smiled and waved his hand: "Awards, awards, carving insect skills make the great god smile." ”

Du Ke sincerely praised: "You went from deflation to prying, and then to picking the tire with your bare hands, changing a new inner tube, and blowing up, it took almost 1 minute in total. It took me twice as long to do this whole job as you do, so don't be modest, tire changer. "It's not enough to change tires, practice makes perfect.

Punctures are one of the most frequent bike breakdowns, and changing tires is usually the responsibility of a team technician, but mountain racers must also master the skill.

Mountain racing is not like a road race, where the road racer is accompanied by his or her own support car, and if something goes wrong with the road bike, the driver's support team will take a new car directly from the support car and give it to the rider.

Once a tire punctures in mountain races, mountain bikers have to go to the maintenance point to change tires by themselves, and riders who do not know how to change tires or change tires at a super slow speed can only play GG and quit the race when they encounter a puncture.

Wang Zhen is quite modest: "My driving skills are average, and I can only study a wild way." I suffered a slow tyre change in a race a few years ago, and then I wondered how I could change it faster. Oh, by the way, Duke, are you looking for me? You can't just come to see me change the tire, right? ”

Du Ke pointed to the direction of the track: "Let's go to the track together, test ride the two cars, practice and cooperate, and when the official competition is held in two days, we have to take care of each other." ”

In the next two days, Du Ke and Wang Zhen practiced together, and in view of various road conditions and possible battles during the game, the two formulated some tactical plays, which may or may not be applicable at all, there are too many uncertain factors on the field, but the probability of success is higher than that of no plan.

At the same time, the Japanese cycling team is also making the final preparations for the sprint.

The overall level of Asian cycling is not very high in the international context, but the overall level of Japanese cycling is relatively high in Asia.

The Japanese have also contributed to the development of cycling, and one of the individual events in track cycling, the Keirin, was invented by the Japanese.

The Keirin Race originated from a kind of motorcycle + bicycle mix and match gambling game in Japan, because this gambling game has perfect rules and strong competitiveness, and then became popular in the international cycling world, and eventually became an Olympic event.

Like China, Japan has never won a gold medal in cycling, and as of August 2015, no country in Asia has won a gold medal in cycling.

Everyone wants to be the first/first Asian cycling gold medalist/national team, and the Japanese will never lose to the Chinese in their desire for an Olympic gold medal.

In contrast to China, the Japanese women's riders have been weak for a long time, but the men's riders have a certain historical heritage, and the Japanese team has won a total of three cycling medals at the Olympics, all of which were won by Japanese men.

Kenta Koyama and Kohei Yamamoto are the top mountain bikers in Japan, and their UCI points are also the highest among all riders in the Asian Championships, and they are ranked the highest in the world.

The two Japanese riders are aiming for two Olympic tickets.

Kyohei Yamamoto: "Kenta, according to the UCI rankings, we all start in the first row of the official competition, so let's implement it according to Plan A, you bring it in the first four laps, and I bring it in the last five laps." The powerful opponents are none other than the two people of Iran and Kazakhstan, both of whom are lone wolves, and it is impossible to spend 9 laps with us, and their physical strength cannot keep up. ”

"Kenta, what do you think? Hey, Kenta, what's the fuss? Yamamoto found that his teammate Kenta Koyama looked down at his phone and didn't bird himself.

Kenta Koyama raised his head abruptly and handed his mobile phone to Yamamoto Xingping, "Xingping, look, Asahi Shimbun broke the news that the No. 29 driver of the Chinese team is Du Ke, and it's actually him!" ”

Yamamoto took the phone and took a closer look, and said in surprise: "Isn't this the Chinese who is very good at swimming?" How did he come to Malacca for a bicycle race? ”

Kenta Koyama complained: "Damn, he also participated in athletics, triathlon and archery competitions!" If you pull down, it's this Duke, who went to Ohio in June as an anonymous person to participate in a mountain bike invitational and won the championship, so this person's mountain racing strength should not be underestimated. ”

Yamamoto asked suspiciously: "In June, the Ohio Invitational?" Kenta: Didn't you go to Ohio to compete in June this year? ”

Kenta Koyama resents +1: "Yes, I was also on the Ohio circuit at the time, but I didn't know that the Chinese driver was Duke!" He was wearing a helmet and protective glasses, so he couldn't see his face clearly, and he deliberately used a fake name at that time, like a chemical element symbol, what the hell is ke? Duke is a super climber, and he can be called the world's top climber, anyway, I lost to him on the climb in Ohio, and I remember it very badly. ”

Yamamoto Xing's face was a little solemn: "So, Du Ke is here to grab Olympic tickets with us?" ”

Kenta Koyama nodded: "Yes, for sure, if we can only get one ticket, then let's protect you and implement Plan B." I promised my uncle to take care of you, and I will do it. "They are really old watches, and Yamamoto Kyohei's father is Kenta Koyama's uncle.

"Nope! If you want to go, let's go to Rio together! Yamamoto Xinghei shook his head decisively and said resolutely: "I don't believe it, this Duke is really so terrible?" His climbing ability is super strong, it's okay, there is no slope for him to climb on the Malacca track. The two of us learned to drive together since childhood, and no one has a better understanding than our brothers. In my eyes, Duke is no different from the two lone wolves in Iran and Kazakhstan, and he has done it alone in the nine-lap trip? ”

Kenta Koyama: "The Chinese team has two riders this time. ”

Yamamoto Kyohei, who is 3 years younger than Kenta Koyama, is in the prime of his competitive state, and he smiled a little proudly and disdainfully: "There is another driver in the Chinese team, I can't remember his name, so I don't have to be afraid." I've listened to you since I was a child, Kenta, this time you have to listen to me, implement Plan A, and let me go to Rio together. Kenta, be confident, please work hard! (To be continued.) )