Anyone else watching the track world championships

moonio

the Madison race is a bit mental

attica

Ah, it was far easier to watch at the track. It's quite a spectacle.
Fantastic day out, only just got home though.

gb155

I was offered 2 VIP tickets, however I was supposed to be doing something so refused them, how gutted am I now that the plans got cancelled !!!!

Coriander

OK, idiot question, but why are some Brits (Geraint Thomas for one) cycling in a skinsuit that has the Union Jack on it and the odd Sky logo and others (Chris Hoy) cycling in a drak blue heavily logoed Sky skinsuit?

And then in the team sprint final the two teams were up against each other.

I'm very confused.

:roll:

snooks

The team pursuit are a bit quick aren't they?

stuaff

Coriander wrote:

OK, idiot question, but why are some Brits (Geraint Thomas for one) cycling in a skinsuit that has the Union Jack on it and the odd Sky logo and others (Chris Hoy) cycling in a drak blue heavily logoed Sky skinsuit?

And then in the team sprint final the two teams were up against each other.

I'm very confused.

:roll:

The Sky+HD team- featuring Chris H, Vicky P and a few others- is a sort of 'team within a team'. The whole British team benefits from the sponsorship dosh, I imagine....

Agent57

snooks wrote:

The team pursuit are a bit quick aren't they?

Just a little. I don't know how far off the WR they were, but with more of a carrot (and not having to pass the other team), I reckon they could have gone even faster. Shame I've missed it this year (was at last year's, and it was excellent to watch it live).

ravey1981

Why is there a moped going round the track in front of the riders? I dont really understand track cycling :?

nicklouse

why are they not Electric?

shouldbeinbed

ravey1981 wrote:

Why is there a moped going round the track in front of the riders? I dont really understand track cycling :?

kind of a warm up - keeps a pace before it drops off and all out hostilities commence.

ravey1981

Oh right i see. Why can they not pace themselves until the last 2 laps or whatever it is then?

shouldbeinbed

not a clue, I'm a good spectator but no idea about the thinking behind track racing. It'd be a canny job to have a go at tho.

LazyBoycp

Agent57 wrote:

snooks wrote:

The team pursuit are a bit quick aren't they?

Just a little. I don't know how far off the WR they were, but with more of a carrot (and not having to pass the other team), I reckon they could have gone even faster. Shame I've missed it this year (was at last year's, and it was excellent to watch it live).

About a second off, I think, assuming you're talking about the men - the ladies beat it by a second or two. The atmosphere was brilliant for the second half of the men's final. The GF enjoyed it maybe even more than I did, and now wants us to go to Copenhagen for the Worlds next March!

tailwindhome

The track event metioned above, with the pace making moped is called Keirin

tailwindhome

ravey1981 wrote:

Oh right i see. Why can they not pace themselves until the last 2 laps or whatever it is then?

Presumably because no one would want to pace everyone else and it would turn into a mass track stand

itboffin

Scalp of the year surely

daniel_b

WheezyMcChubby wrote:

ravey1981 wrote:

Oh right i see. Why can they not pace themselves until the last 2 laps or whatever it is then?

Presumably because no one would want to pace everyone else and it would turn into a mass track stand

Yeh that'll be it in a nutshell, the Keirin would take AGES otherwise, as it is you have a handful of laps once the Durney bike pulls off the track, and by then they are up to pretty much full race speed, so there ain't going to be any trackstanding going on, as the rest of them would be half way round the lap if anyone tried it

Watched all of the action this weekend, another amazing performance, and am seriously thinking about going to see the main event in Copenhagen next spring

My GF has even suggested we might make it into our 10th Anniversary long weekend trip away too

My GF is the best 8)

Dan

attica

itboffin wrote:

Scalp of the year surely

Not only that but I saw a member of the Spanish Squad RLJ as I was parking up!

Personally, if I'm wearing club kit I try to behave impecably, can't understand why you'd do that in your national colours, I'd be so proud to be wearing them.

ravey1981

RLJ ?

attica

ravey1981 wrote:

RLJ ?

Red Light Jumping

See here

http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12645896

Dudu

moonio wrote:

the Madison race is a bit mental

Best bit of the event IMHO.

Dudu

ravey1981 wrote:

Why is there a moped going round the track in front of the riders? I dont really understand track cycling :?

The moped gets the riders up to speed (50kph for men, 40kph for women) by allowing them to slipstream, then it pulls off into the well of the track and the race proper begins with a flying start. It lasts 2.5 laps and is Very Fast (and Very Dangerous) (and hence Very Fun).

singlespeedexplosif

proper ace weekend's racing that. The Men's TP final was awesome. Catch on the 9th lap? incredible.

FTR: it was the World Cup, not the World Championships...!!

ThreeLionsBrian

Inspirational.

I have only been on the velodrome once, it is an experience in itself: but watching the track stars is amazing viewing. A shame to lose events there should be more. Anyway keep it up you're all awesome.

el_presidente

If you enjoyed that I'd recommend hopping over to Belgium for some 6-day racing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-day_racing

I went a couple of years ago and it was awesome - the copmpetition is not so pure but there is more beer and frites

Dudu

el_presidente wrote:

If you enjoyed that I'd recommend hopping over to Belgium for some 6-day racing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-day_racing

I went a couple of years ago and it was awesome - the copmpetition is not so pure but there is more beer and frites

I'm going to the Saturday racing at the Ghent six-day this year for the second year running. A mate of mine describes it as "a beer festival in a disco with some cycle racing". And if you're in London, a trip to Herne Hill for the Good Friday meet is good fun (unless it rains).