Why get into track racing?
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Why get into track racing?
Postby colafreak » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:11 pm
What type of track racing do you do, and why?
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Postby mikesbytes » Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:54 pm
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Re: Why get into track racing?
Postby Burt 'Pigeon Racer' Jones » Sat Feb 14, 2009 7:22 am
If you need convincing, then you're missing the point.colafreak wrote:Convince me
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Postby mikesbytes » Sat Feb 14, 2009 12:02 pm
Ha ha, another 15 and your start to love hillsBeanzy wrote:No bloody Hills
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Re: Why get into track racing?
Postby tallywhacker » Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:09 pm
exactlyBurt 'Pigeon Racer' Jones wrote:If you need convincing, then you're missing the point.colafreak wrote:Convince me
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Re: Why get into track racing?
Postby colafreak » Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:21 pm
haha. I don't need convincing, I need an extra couple of days in the week!tallywhacker wrote:exactlyBurt 'Pigeon Racer' Jones wrote:If you need convincing, then you're missing the point.colafreak wrote:Convince me
I'm a total outsider, was just interested in what you enjoy about it.
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Postby querulous1991 » Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:37 pm
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
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why do I like track bikes? My story
Postby teenage bro » Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:13 pm
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).
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Re: Why get into track racing?
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Re: Why get into track racing?
Postby snailman » Mon May 11, 2009 12:09 pm
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Postby sogood » Mon May 11, 2009 12:19 pm
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.teenage bro wrote:Also a lot of the other people in the group are teenagers...
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Re: why do I like track bikes? My story
Postby Alex Simmons/RST » Mon May 11, 2009 2:30 pm
what extra liability is there (over and above any other rider)?sogood wrote: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.teenage bro wrote:Also a lot of the other people in the group are teenagers...
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Re: why do I like track bikes? My story
Postby sogood » Mon May 11, 2009 2:40 pm
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.Alex Simmons/RST wrote:what extra liability is there (over and above any other rider)?
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Re: Why get into track racing?
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Re: Why get into track racing?
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Re: Why get into track racing?
Postby brentono » Tue Sep 15, 2009 5:31 pm
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
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