Amsterdam 6 day

[fat and old]

Watched day/night two last night on telly. First time I've watched one.

I'm a fan. Dunno if there's any comparison, but I'm off to Darebin tonight

[find_bruce]

Derny Driver will be along shortly to explain how it is just a shadow of the 6 day events where the riders actually rode for 6 days

But yes, its still pretty good

[fat and old]

No biggie. I'm just a shadow of my former self, so it works for me!

[Derny Driver]

Derny Driver will be along shortly to explain how it is just a shadow of the 6 day events where the riders actually rode for 6 days

But yes, its still pretty good

haha
My book 'sixdayman' will be printed before Christmas. I will put a post up on BNA when the time comes. In the 50's sixdaymen did 600km a day per team (300km each daily) on 3 hours sleep per person. Mad stuff.

In 2005 I was invited to the Gent Six by Patrick Sercu and Roger DeMaertelaere the organisers, and was given seats right on the finish line. I went every night for 6 nights. If you think a Six looks good on video, you should experience one first hand. Absolutely nuts. There is nothing in Australia that even goes close. Incredible. Its a cross between a rock concert and a bike race. There were these mad Swiss supporters who had 1 metre round cow bells strapped to their bodies, they were completely wasted by 8pm courtesy of the under track bars (many people just hang the bars and don't watch the race) and the noise of 20 of these chaps ringing bells, people blowing whistles, air horns, the derny motorbikes, the crowd standing on the chairs ....then in between races the local men's magazine swimsuit models come out and have a race around the track on miniature bikes. The old belgies sitting near me seemed to like that. We got thrown a bunch of flowers from the Dutch pair who won a race and had noticed we were cheering for them. I met, shook hands and chatted with Rik Van Looy, Eddie Merckx .... I wont go on any more. I have no interest in seeing the Tour de france or riding up Alps in a tour group, but another Six Day is number 1 on my bucket list. Maybe next year.

[RonK]

Be honest - you'd be going for the Belgian beer.

[Derny Driver]

A six day is a cross between a rock concert and a bike race...
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