Most crashes happen when one rider ‘hooks’ another by moving into their front wheel. On the track, this
As we had a pile-up at our last event, I thought it worth reminding everyone on the way we should be riding. This is plagiarised from the web.
Most crashes happen when one rider ‘hooks’ another by moving into their front wheel. On the track, this
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I came across a good (American) guide to riding the track; especially if you have come from a road racing background. Here's the link www.ridethetrack.com/pdf/trackracing_intro.pdf
Dates are now confirmed with Derby Arena. They are:
The July and August dates will have an opportunity for unaccredited riders to gain Level 1 and 2 accreditation, September will be for Level 3 accreditation (as long as there are enough people who want this). As always, there will be a parallel group of more experienced riders for all three sessions. Numbers are down for the session on 8-April due to the start of the summer road racing, and we had a request for a group of track newbies to learn the ropes, so we will have a session to get people to Level 2 accreditation on 8th April. This will be alongside the session for more experienced track riders (Level 3 or above). You need no previous track experience for this session, but you do need to be a competent road cyclist, capable of riding in a group, with cleats and able to maintain a pace of about 15 mph.
Session starts on track at 19:00 thru to 21:00 on Saturday 8th April at Derby Arena. You'll need to get there and be fully ready by 18:50 for a briefing. If you need to hire bikes you can do that on the day from the front desk (bike £12.80, shoes £5.90 if yours don't have Look Keo cleats). Payment for the session is £15 (cash please) to me once you are inside the velodrome. Email me, TrackSec@rockinghamforestwheelers.org.uk if you are interested. See further down this blog page (filter on the 'Starting Track' category on the right) for more information about accreditation and see our Track front page for track riding in general. I've managed to get a few dates sorted for the following few months. All at Derby Arena as usual, and most in the Saturday 19:00 to 21:00 slot. These will be slanted more towards the experienced riders, with some
I thought I would share with you my experience today at the track. I was on some Madison training, arranged by the LVRC (for 'veterans' of over 40 - I easily qualify!). In case you aren't sure, Madison is the track discipline where teams of two race together against other teams on track. There can be as many as a dozen teams of two on at the same time. In each team, one of the riders is riding hard and racing, the other
After the November session was held, I realised that the quality of the session was diminished for the Experienced riders with a group of 24, so I am limiting the sessions to a max of 18 riders (16 for Accreditation Streams).
You need to get yourself 'on the list'.
First thing is to become a member of the Derby Leisure Card system (£10 per year). Then apply for Registration for Accreditation. Registration consists of you entering your details onto the Derby database and signing up for a track cycling membership. Here's the link https://leisurecourses.derby.gov.uk/Memberships/ Then you are able to start the 4 levels of accreditation! The early 2017 dates for the Rocko Sessions have been set. All on Saturdays, usual time: 19:00 to 21:00.
In each session there will be two streams, so each stream gets an hour of actual track time. There is usually one stream for developing trackies, preparing them for and moving them through the 4-level accreditation process. The other stream would be for the more Experienced trackies (at Level 3 and above) where we should get some gentle racing in amongst specific skills exercises. The November Rocko Session is on Saturday 26th, usual time, 19:00 to 21:00.
There will be two streams, one for Track Newbies where decent road cyclists get the chance to jump to being Level 2 Accredited and one for the more Experienced trackies (Level 3 and above) where we should get some gentle racing in. |
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