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Can anyone help me out?Brand new track bike (Moda Fresco I got direct from Moda on the cheap). Tried it for the first time at Calshot and it was slipping all over the place so had to switch to one the Velodrome's bikes. I did a few laps of the cote d'azul first but didn't help.
Anyone had this problem before in real life? Thinking possibly either then chain is too tight or I need to get some rubbing alcohol on the tyres or maybe both?
Not enough pressure in the tyres? Manchester specify 8bar.
I gave mine a run on the rollers then cleaned them with white vinegar and then did 3 laps of Cote d'azure and off I went, Vittoria Rubino Pro Speed 23c for reference.
Chain should have about 10mm of deflection up and down when it's tensioned correctly.
How fast / slow were you going?
tyres slipping on the track curto80?
i've ridden a couple of box-fresh track bikes at Newport recently, and i've had that on both. it's just the tyres being fresh - a few laps underneath them and they'll be grand. also, going faster helps.. i got stuck behind someone going real slow recently and it scared the crap out of me with the tyres slipping down... sped up a bit and no worries.
seen others with what looked like emery cloth rubbing their tyres down, but i dunno exactly what it was.
Thanks guys.
Fairly sure it wasn't speed related as no issues whatsoever after switching to the hire bike.
I'll try the white vinegar and see how I get on.
Tyres come covered in silicone to stop them sticking to the mould. You need to sand them down with Emery cloth or something to clean them up. You have to sand quite a bit like you do with a tube fixing a puncture. Enough to remove the seam. Newport won't let you on if you haven't done this.
Thanks for tips, I listened and learned and have got the bike going nicely now.
Done 6 hours in the last couple of weeks and amazed at how quickly my skills have developed. Really enjoying it and feel confident on the track. This could get quite addictive.
Passed the accreditation - just!
10 out of our 15 failed - bit of chaos happening during the weaving and one of the stacking teams almost crashed apparently.
Now to get some racing in!
Got my third taster at Manchester next week then I can get into the accreditation stages. Loved it and it is very addictive in winter to be cycling in shorts in the warm.
10 out of our 15 failed
It's quite an effort to fail accreditation!
Maybe they've got tougher on H&S since I did mine...
Two consecutive evenings of track for me this week. It's getting busy now, everyone is training for the Nationals this weekend. Soon as that's done, it'll be nice and quiet again!
Well done. In some respects it is reassuring to hear so many failed, one of my issues with Glasgow is virtually everyone passes first time.
At the nationals i wonder if there will be a few DNS for the mens individual pursuit with BC squad members not wanting to be shown up by guys like Charlie Tanfield (who got the 4th fastest time ever at the weekend over in Minsk). Team KGF will have an A and B team for the team pursuit too, that could be 1st and 2nd on the podium and none of them on squad.
They read out a list of names to go over to one side, and as that list of names grew to 2/3 of the group I was sure I'd failed as there was no way the majority group woulld be failures - but I was wrong.
It's quite an effort to fail accreditation!
Depends on the group. On the intensive course we were all experienced, reasonably strong riders with plenty of experience of doing all sorts of riding including plenty of track, so we just did everything and it all went fine.
Today there seemed to be some riders who were keen but not that experienced, and had *just* done the course so were nervous. During the weaving someone got freaked out and stayed up high which cocked things up a bit, think the next rider went under her which got people out of sequence. Then someone nearly clipped the rider they were storming past; people somehow kept slowing down, maybe they were getting tired, and we all bunched up. I had to ride up the banking at one point. Then when it was my turn there seemed to be a previous rider stuck somewhere and I had no gap.
Our stacking team wasn't too bad if pretty ragged, but apparently one of the others almost had a big pileup, and still no-one talked to each other.
I was borderline though. I let my gaps get too big during weaving (daydreaming when it wasn't my turn to be honest, so it's a fair cop) and I also got a black mark for missing out a rider when weaving - except that wasn't really my fault.
it is very addictive in winter to be cycling in shorts in the warm.
I'd put all my short sleeved jerseys away, I had to get them back out again 🙂