[i]I think track cycling came about because at the time (late 19th century) the roads were terrible and you couldn't ride very fast on them, compared to a smooth wooden track.[/i]
So you could get to the next village by avoiding the roads and cycling round and round inside a building. Ah, I see 😉
[i]As for it being silly - no sillier than athletics or swimming, is it?[/i]
They aren't on bikes.
So you could get to the next village by avoiding the roads and cycling round and round inside a building
Er, I meant that it wasn't as easy to have a decent fast race on them.
😀
They aren't on bikes.
Maybe they should be, I recently made the following misread when reading the BBC website
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Canoeing Slalom
Canoeing Sprint
Canoeing BMX
Cycling Mountain Biking
...
sounds quite exciting...
As for it being silly - no sillier than athletics or swimming, is it?
Just the same, they even have indoor and proper events too (marathon and 10k swim). Just a slightly different balance between sports as to which ones most people do (eg. in swimming, most people don't do outdoor events, because they are all big girls blouses or something).
track cycling is awesome. There's nothing quite like unleashing everything you've got for a flying 250 and hitting the banking at such speed that your eyes wobble.. The feeling of speed on those things are immense
I love it
