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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 2:35pm |
LeeW wrote:
If 250m is Dead Scary then what is 140m (calshot)? |
Having been to Calshot in a previous life (watersports instructor), I would say that the Calshot Velodrome does not resemble a so much a cycle track, more a Wall of Death ... Training ??! Pah ! Get a bodyshell - molds are now dust free and drying on the back patio awaiting their first coat of new wax release to back up what is still on there from when Neil used them ....
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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 3:19pm |
Yanto63 wrote:
Never been around a velodrome so i'm sure i will have to cope with numerous "points" and "experiences" e.g. how do you keep speed up around the slopey bits at the ends of the straights? How do you keep to a line going around a bend? Yes it will be an experience, and i worn everybody to keep well away from me, preferably behind me! Haha..
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Reading is pretty flat, there's no issues with a trike on there at all.
Even steeper ones it's okay as long as you're going over about 18mph. Having never ridden a VD till about 4 years ago I reckon the best thing you can do is ride as fast as you can into the first corner, after that it's just a matter of staying awake to finish the race. As confidence grows, youll probably find yourself sprinting to overtake people just so that you can go higher up the banking, and as Adrian says, get into a group and it's much more interesting.
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graydog
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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 5:09pm |
VD's are the daddy!!! have to say not happy that we are not doing Newport any more
up side I live closer to Manchester, and we are going with the stick bikes on the 5th of june
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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 5:58pm |
GeoffBird wrote:
...and youth (sorry Nick!) |
Oi! Lee's got more hair than me, that's all!
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LeeW
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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 9:25pm |
Is someone going to do a race report? If not I could maybe write something before I forget about it, although it maybe a while before I forget my first win ever.
I seem to pass more people in the later stages of a long race, I wonder if I get faster or if everyone else gets slower? I set myself a HR limit and stuck to it for most oof the race, resisting the temtation to chase after twed becuse then I would have blowen my HR limit and risked blowing up later on.
What happened to the eddie?
PS, would it be possible to have some more longer races? Maybe another 2hr or a 3hr race? I seemed to quite enjoy it.
Edited by LeeW - 27 April 2009 at 9:27pm
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Current fleet: Milan SL MK2 #027, Fujin SL II, Beany!
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KevinJ
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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 9:39pm |
Looking at your times (although not particularly accurate) - they should be within a few seconds. They are reasonably consistent - and slowing down slightly at the end.
Edited by KevinJ - 27 April 2009 at 11:31pm
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LeeW
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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 10:24pm |
Thanks for the lap times
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Posted: 27 April 2009 at 11:30pm |
LeeW wrote:
Is someone going to do a race report? |
Yep. When I've got a spare 15 mins from waxing. No-one told me it was this hard on the elbows
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Posted: 28 April 2009 at 9:12am |
KevinJ wrote:
Looking at your times (although not particularly accurate) - they should be within a few seconds. |
Oh no... <head-in-hands smiley>. I told you not to let on you could do this.
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Carol
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Posted: 28 April 2009 at 9:25am |
rob gillions wrote:
Yep. When I've got a spare 15 mins from waxing. No-one told me it was this hard on the elbows |
Ot can't take that long to get all the hair off your legs, surely?[
Carol
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