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Interesting finds around the web
I often find random tidbits (words, pics, videos) regarding track training/racing. Please post what you've found here.
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"Where are they now? Chasing down... Erin Hartwell"
https://s3.amazonaws.com/photos.usac...lympics-lg.jpg http://www.usacycling.org/where-are-...n-hartwell.htm |
"The Fixed Gear"
http://thefixedgear.files.wordpress..../12/ilt-19.jpg This blog hasn't been updated since May 2011, but the info therin is still very good and modern. Click around the Navigator on the right to dig through the articles. http://thefixedgear.wordpress.com/ |
British Cycling / Track
http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/zuv...ampton-670.jpg Always updated with info on events and profiles of their athletes. http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/track |
British Cycling's Flickr stream.
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2883/1...88a8d396_b.jpg There is some amazing photography of amazing athletes and their amazing equipment: http://www.flickr.com/photos/british...7627864986461/ Root around for Road/MTB/CX stuff too: http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishcycling/ |
Here's a great video on how to properly hold someone for a track start:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnq_d_FWhNE |
If you haven't read Ed Hood's dispatches from Six-Days, you're missing out:
http://www.veloveritas.co.uk/category/sixdays/ |
Nearly 500 track racing videos from decades past up to today:
https://www.youtube.com/user/JensFiedler/videos Don't blame me if you lose your job becasue you watched these all day instead of working :D |
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Originally Posted by zizou
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Ryokou: Docu on Shane Perkins and track racing in Japan
trailer: link to full-length playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...qq43PNm5YlBary |
http://punainenparooni.com/ <--- love this blog. Not long, but well done, I think. Not too nuts (i.e. DC Rainmaker), but not too bland.
-TC |
Anna Meares Documentary
Know Thy Enemy - Part 1 http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specia...my/default.htm Know Thy Enemy - Part 2 http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specia...wo/default.htm |
Not track specific but....this saddle seems like a good choice for those on bumpy tracks, people do seem to like the CPC thingy and it seems to work. My local track on the 4th turn has made me get out of the saddle a couple of times o_O
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/gear/c...tirox-14-47950 |
Zak K.'s custom built moth attack stayher bike for his trip to the Berlin Six.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.n...93692997_n.jpg |
maximum ridiculous.
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zak's the fastest hipster on planet earth!
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what's a hipster?
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I cant see it on that photo but been meaning to ask - on the stayer bikes you often see a rod (or something) coming from the front of the bars down to the front of the forks - what is it for?
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Originally Posted by zizou
(Post 16419952)
I cant see it on that photo but been meaning to ask - on the stayer bikes you often see a rod (or something) coming from the front of the bars down to the front of the forks - what is it for?
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Free 6 week aerodynamics course starting 28th April - https://www.coursera.org/course/spobuildaerodynamics
Week 1: Basic aspects of fluid flow Week 2: Wind tunnel testing Week 3: Computational Fluid Dynamics Week 4: Building aerodynamics Week 5: 100 m sprint (running) aerodynamics Week 6: Cycling aerodynamics I've already signed up. :thumb: A quick primer in fluid mechanics. http://courses.washington.edu/envh55...-1A_010412.pdf http://courses.washington.edu/envh55...-2B_011112.pdf |
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Custom Giro Air Attack Shield helmet for the french team?
http://bikeforums.net/attachment.php...hmentid=360402 |
Thanks for sharing, Dalai. I just signed up.
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Merlin Cycles is having a sale of Xentis wheels and there some Mark 2 wheels there for a good price...
http://www.merlincycles.com/factory-...terBrand=66541 |
Arial view of racing at Dick Lane Velodrome (DLV) in Atlanta:
Pretty cool! |
http://missyerickson.wordpress.com/2...-track-cup-ii/
Pretty cool personal blog from Missy Erickson on her trip to Japan. |
your sig line mentions what is perhaps my all time favorite book in my field of psychotherapy, kayce
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http://translate.google.com/translat...iew%2F&act=url
Interview with Zak K. while he was stayher racing in Berlin. Google translate is fun. |
Need a set of rollers you can take flying interstate / overseas without remortgaging your house to pay for excess baggage charges? This may be the ticket though may need to remortgage the house to purchase...
http://www.sportcrafters.com/products/omnium-trainer http://www.sportcrafters.com/sites/d...?itok=3tHaGE9Z |
how a hed 3 is made, was actually surprised by the amount of foam inside of it! I thought it was going to be much less
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