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Hadden 
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 Posted: 14 January 2007 at 6:15pm |
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gNick.I will get back to you. I was waiting for the race dates to plan round. Next I will check for availiabilty of accomodation. Camping,double and family rooms a hostel and 6 man tipis! It gets buisy around local events. You can check it out at www.deepdalefarm.co.uk
Edited by Hadden - 14 January 2007 at 6:22pm
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LeeW
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Posted: 14 January 2007 at 7:45pm |
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Is there going to be a Quibal Park race?
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Current fleet: Milan SL MK2 #027, Fujin SL II, Beany!
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gNick
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 10:31am |
 LeeW wrote:
Is there going to be a Quibal Park race? |
Not currently - the track condition was poor, there are a number of safety issues and the marshall requirement is high.
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gNick
"I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"
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LeeW
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 2:52pm |
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Condition is poor??
I think the surface condition is great, it was resurfaced last year and is much better than welwyn (or any any other track I have ridden apart from maybe manchester and newport), are you thinking of pre-refurbishment days? What marshalls are needed?
What are the saftey issues, the fence was replaced during the refurbishment? I posted some pictures of the refurbishment in another thread, not sure if you saw them.
Edited by LeeW - 15 January 2007 at 2:56pm
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antony
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 2:58pm |
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Deja mu: The feeling you've heard this bull before
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gNick
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 3:18pm |
And Castle Combe is back on, on Sunday 10th June from 2.00 after the Car Boot. We have done this before so some will know how we do it but details will be posted when I get the whole lot done.
Lee, regarding Quibal Park, have they moved the gateway, the lighting posts, and are there fences to prevent any man/chav and his dog from trying to walk/drive along/across the circuit?
I am unhappy about circuits with high levels of access from the general public since the danger of public injury is higher. Before anyone makes a comment, yes I know Salt Ayre has lots of access but it isn't in the middle of housing so though we do get people to aim at there aren't that many.
For the same reason we don't use the Hetton Lyons circuit, which is one of the better UK circuits, since the behaviour of some locals just make it unfeasible to use without a large number of marshalls.
Edited by gNick - 15 January 2007 at 5:45pm
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gNick
"I'm afraid it's definite, Mrs Banker - your son has bicycles"
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David Hudson
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 3:40pm |
gNick wrote:
And Castle Combe is back on, on Sunday 10th July from 2.00 after the Car Boot. We have done this before so some will know how we do it but details will be posted when I get the whole lot done. |
The 10th of July is a Tuesday.  Did you mean 10th June?
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David Hudson
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LeeW
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 4:07pm |
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There is a fence all around the outside of the circuit, this is made from a mesh with bars going horizontally so if someone hits it there is less chance of getting hurt. There is only one gate to access the circuit and I don't think the general public are allowed on the circuit itself. The one gate is in the same place as it was before but is made with the same mesh as the rest of the fencing. The lighting posts are outside the outside fence so there should not be much problem with them. There was a thread with some pictures a few months back.
EDIT: pictures here http://www.bhpc.org.uk/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=908
Edited by LeeW - 15 January 2007 at 4:10pm
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gNick
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 5:55pm |
Arghhh
I am getting my circuits confused...apologies all round
Right, back in the land of the living, the only thing would be the number of velodromes, there are currently 2 booked, Newport and Aldersley both of which are reasonably(!) banked. We have, for the last few years been going to Reading which provides a (considerably) shallower alternative.
Now I don't think we really want to be doing 4 velodromes so it really comes down to which ones people would like to try., Reading or Quibell Park (apparently the fastest outdoor velodrome in Europe)
Personally I would prefer Quibell since its location is much more suited to those of us what live an appreciable distance away from Greater London.
What do you jolly boys and girls think?
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gNick
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graydog
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Posted: 15 January 2007 at 6:49pm |
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some one said Cardiff has been surfaced, any good if it has or is it just toooo far West?
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