grass track

stelaking

Any one any information of meets, near leicester. wood like to get into it

Eddy S

You'd be more likely to get a response if you ask on the track section of the Veloriders forum - quite a few of the members there ride grass track.

HillClimber101

what is grass track?

i haven't hered of it before tonight

jimycooper

the weird median between track racing and cyclo cross.

Bronzie

Usually held on a 400m grass circuit (think back to your school sports day!), ridden with fixed wheel track bikes with knobbly tyres (but no brakes) over short distances (typically 800m or so).

liposuctionguide

I love grass track.I bin doing grass track since i started racing when i was 18.

HillClimber101

so where and when are these events?

Bronzie

HillClimber101 wrote:

so where and when are these events?

See the British Cycling Calendar.

HillClimber101

thanks

JonS123

There is a grass track at Roundhey Park in Leeds, there was a piece in the local paper about it and them wanting more riders to use it or something.

alanf

Have just ridden one at Bredfield in Suffolk. Used a grass track frame (better clearances) with Vittoria diamond tread cross tyres pumped to 80 psi. Gearing was about a 74" 49x18. Track diameter was 250m.
Grass track is pretty hard, its like riding Herne Hill with someone grabbing your back wheel on the straights (mucho drag) and then getting to the corners to find that someone has spilt Olive oil on them. So you need strength and good bike handling and a high lactate threshold. I thought i was pretty fit as a cross rider until i tried it. Brian Taylor turned up on saturday and mashed everyone. He finished off with a win in the 32 lap 8km which is pure purgatory as an event - bodies everywhere.
But it was lovely weather , great Cakes and tea and everyone had ahigh old time. They even had some trike races-and you thought testers were weird!

jimycooper

hi, im riding the mildenhall grass track festival, but i have no grass track tyres :roll:

would anyone have any that they could sell on? dont need to be great, just do the job cheers
(i'll put this in classifieds, but seeing its relevant to this thread...)

alanf

I have a pair of old vittoria cross tyres very narrow for £20
Alan
07876495278

jimycooper

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Vitto ... 360035183/

are these the ones?

peanut1978

good response so far

thanks for the brutal description, provided no encouragement.

it is on a t most highland games meetings up this way, so a good way to compete without too much commitment

peanut1978

is 48 x 18 fairly standard?