Indoor Track Brainstorm

[greg]

well, here are just some observations, not really suggestions.

I think people get too caught up in the "flow" thing. They want a track that flows so they can get their speed on. In my oppinion, that is exactly what causes single file racing. I remember grabbing a handfull of brake routinely at the indoor tracks of old, and it definately bunched up the riders. It became a race of who had the best skills in the turns to know when to brake, when not to brake, what line to take to pass someone that is hard on the brake, etc. It required a whole different set of skills that racers have lost today. Of course clips have greatly changed the way racers would be able to take a flat hairpin turn, and they would be at a great dis-advantage with a track featuring a hairpin. Could you imagine a track today that you actually had to brake for a turn, then accelerate on the next straight? Everybody would be crying, "I hate this track, boo hoo, I can't keep my speed up, waa waa, I got passed when I had to hit my brakes, sob sob." All I can say is, as a racer, sometimes to get the fastest average speed on the track, you can't have the highest speed on the straights. You cant go balls out down the striaght and then dive into a turn that you know darn well you cant hold a line in at that speed.

[J Gallo]

Rock!!

I'm all for a hairpin turn, make mine a beehive please!

By the way, I'll be out to the track early today with my computer so I'll post up some pictures of the track being built for everyone to see. If I had time, I wish I could put up a webcam so everyone could check in on the track being built. I'll look into doing that for the next indoor weekend

[Extreme Team Coach]

Greg

I do believe alot of what you said is true ! I think people get set on tracks that " flow " because they do feel better !!! In Thinking back twenty plus years ago I remember racing hard on the old cement floors with wooden jumps and only flat sweepers ( and running "street tires" ) at the SLC fairgrounds indoor ( WOW how things have changed ) I'm sure you remember those days and would agree that they were a lot of fun and always action packed ! But I think it would be somewhat of a different crowd if thats how things still where today?