interesting short video @ http://www.nowness.com/day/2011/3/8/keirin-bike-racing
Would love to give that a go with all the pads on!
they're definitely hard as nails.must admit to wanting to try riding round a velodrome (won't be fast though 🙂
great video
doesn't keirin mean battle or fight?
i know there's a lot of money bet on the races
I have already put in my application to watch this at the olympics hope I get the tickets 🙂
Nice film and interesting it was made by someone who previously knew nothing of the Keirin culture (but who was probably influenced by the urban fixed gear culture of the last few years, and that culture's fixation with Keirin and the NJS).
I was thinking about Keirin the other day, and how peculiarly Japanese it is - very rule driven, with riders having to notify tactics in advance, big money gambled and a national culture not really witnessed elsewhere.