Originally Posted by
Duke of Kent
That said, I'm hardly a sprinter, so surfing the field for the first 98% of a scratch race isn't going to work so well for me. Not trying to put the cart before the horse, but what would people recommend I do in races, if not attack? When I lived in OR I got my upgrade to the 1s by attacking in crits and making it stick on occasion.
There's a whole lot more to track racing than scratch races. During this past season, we've had the following track events at T-town:
1) Sprint
2) Team Sprint
3) Keirin
4) 500m/1000m TT
5) 2k/3k/4k Pursuit
6) Team Pursuit
7) Italian Pursuit
8) Scratch
9) Moto Scratch
10) Points
11) Point-a-Lap
12) Snowball Points
13) Tempo
14) International Tempo
15) Elimination
16) Super Elimination
17) Miss-n-out
18) Win-n-out
19) Unknown Distance
20) Chariot
21) Wheel
22) Madison
23) Tandem Sprint
24) Tandem Scratch
25) Longest Lap
I guess for most any race listed above, riding off the front early and staying there until the finish wins the day, but where's the fun in that?
