Giant stayer

mgittings

Something a little different that many of you may not of seen before.

Yes its a 66 tooth chainring!

inseine

Wow! hope you have a mate with a derny!

thebadgerboy1982

Is the front fork the wrong way round? You must have legs made of steel!

inseine

Is the front fork the wrong way round?

They're supposed to be like that, as he said it's a stayer (motor paced) bike.

mgittings

Its not as bad as you think to get the gear going behind the motorbike!

Paul 8v

Did that chainring come from an ex ONCE rider? :-) That looks mad, what sort of speeds can you get up to on it?

Paul 8v

thebadgerboy1982 wrote:

Is the front fork the wrong way round? You must have legs made of steel!

I wasn't familiar with these either but this could shed a bit of light:
http://www.mediamatic.net/147589/en/moser-stayer-bike

thebadgerboy1982

Thanks paul. Seems a wee bit dangerous just to get a few inches closer to the derny

mgittings

I have 65-68 tooth chainrings

Depending on the track you can go over 100kph

On the European championships track, speeds can reach 110kph+

Paul 8v

Blimey, that must be quite a rush! It's nice to hear about some of the less usual cycling disciplins, I was looking at the Bordeaux–Paris motor paced race a while back but couldn't find to much info on it.

Yossie

I have no idea what it is but its freakin' cool.

And that black and white clip on the link: nutter. Absolute nutter. How cool.

chrisaonabike

Is that a roller on the back of the derny?

mgittings

http://www.pezcyclingnews.com/?pg=fullstory&id=3798

Here is a better link for you. It explains everything.

A derny is a small moped style motorbike that you would see used in the kierins at the olympics. The stayers motor bikes are big BMW motors with rollers on the back.



Heres me in action in Berlin....

inseine

Didn't realize you used it in anger! Respect.

pitchshifter

The forks look backwards, I assume its supposed to be like that?

mgittings

pitchshifter wrote:

The forks look backwards, I assume its supposed to be like that?

Yeh forks are backwards to get the riders as close to the motorbike as possible, but also gives a little bit of flex when hitting the roller

LangerDan

First it was

mgittings wrote:

Depending on the track you can go over 100kph

On the European championships track, speeds can reach 110kph+

Then

mgittings wrote:

but also gives a little bit of flex when hitting the roller

I'm just waiting for

because hitting the back of a motorbike at 110 kph isn't challenging enough, mgittings wrote:

while juggling burning chainsaws

Completely bonkers

:shock:

mgittings

LangerDan wrote:

First it was

mgittings wrote:

Depending on the track you can go over 100kph

On the European championships track, speeds can reach 110kph+

Then

mgittings wrote:

but also gives a little bit of flex when hitting the roller

I'm just waiting for

because hitting the back of a motorbike at 110 kph isn't challenging enough, mgittings wrote:

while juggling burning chainsaws

Completely bonkers

:shock:

Haha! its certainly a crazy sport! It still happens in the UK at the Good Friday meeting at Herne HIll Velodrome. If you fancy watching it live!

Paul 8v

Love Herne Hill, may have to check it out