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Convince me

What type of track racing do you do, and why?

Because you like doing it

Because even just riding round the boards not racing is an awesome buzz

Because it's the "in" thing to do these days.

Try a missing out or an itailian persuit.... wicked fun

colafreak wrote:Convince me

If you need convincing, then you're missing the point.

No bloody Hills

Beanzy wrote:No bloody Hills

Ha ha, another 15 and your start to love hills

Howdy All. Great fun, good training and racing. No brakes, much safer! When you get droped in a long race, your never to far from home!!

Burt 'Pigeon Racer' Jones wrote:

colafreak wrote:Convince me

If you need convincing, then you're missing the point.

exactly

tallywhacker wrote:

Burt 'Pigeon Racer' Jones wrote:

colafreak wrote:Convince me

If you need convincing, then you're missing the point.

exactly

haha. I don't need convincing, I need an extra couple of days in the week!

I'm a total outsider, was just interested in what you enjoy about it.

hmm, why i choose to do track racing.
many things seem to come to mind

1. The pure adrenaline rush of moving at 60+ km/h inches away from 3 other people
2. The amazement of averaging 50+km/h for a scratch race
3. The contact of shoulders, knee and heads when pushin out when you are boxed in or when someone trys to steal your wheel.

and theres heaps more.
its just awesome

Each race meet has 3,4 5 or more races. Makes it much more interesting than racing for tuppence

Hi everyone

I like track bike riding because the people who do it are a very cool group of people.

Also a lot of the other people in the group are teenagers, and the adults talk to me too. It's because we're all interested in the same thing.

I started going to Edwardstown Velodrome (SA) a few months ago, just to watch. Then I had my first race on a track bike and I had to borrow someone else's because I only had a road bike.

Then, when my dad saw I was really interested, he bought me an Avanti Pista Pro and a lot of people helped out with things like riding gear.

It's a cool sport and the people who do it are cool (and nice).

Teenage Bro

The crashes are fantastic.

try a kierin, now thats the best race

teenage bro wrote:Also a lot of the other people in the group are teenagers...

And the obvious reason here is that most road bunches don't like to take teenagers on their long distance training rides for liability reasons. And most parents would also likely to baulk at the idea of their kids riding 80-100km on open roads. So the track is the obvious "safe" enclosure for the juniors until they get their wings.

sogood wrote:

teenage bro wrote:Also a lot of the other people in the group are teenagers...

And the obvious reason here is that most road bunches don't like to take teenagers on their long distance training rides for liability reasons. And most parents would also likely to baulk at the idea of their kids riding 80-100km on open roads. So the track is the obvious "safe" enclosure for the juniors until they get their wings.

what extra liability is there (over and above any other rider)?

Alex Simmons/RST wrote:what extra liability is there (over and above any other rider)?

Being a minor. There may not be any extra legal liability but certainly one feels the extra pressure of looking after someone else's junior. Something most people are not comfortable with.

another reason is cheap to have a competitive bike if you compare with others styles, and the must obvius it´s about speed pure speed

Just about to start doing some track riding. Look forward to it!

No hills apart from the banking, no rain in the velodrome, no headwinds, and no bl--dy magpies!

It's easier than the road, Ha Ha! Wink, Wink.
I like the speed, and the physics, there nothing
wilder than racing in a bunch, coming up to a
sprint on a 166m Track, you feel like your upside
down, and you loose track of where you are on
the track... surreal.
Cheers
BrentonO (1000m Sprint)