Track Cycling - grass track

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bottom-bracket
06-10-05, 03:05 PM
i'm gonna set up a grass track this weekend and cant seem to find any good photos of grass track racing.
has anyone here riden grass track?


dolface
06-10-05, 09:04 PM
all i know is that they ride sew-ups and tape their wheels on.

juvi-kyle
06-11-05, 01:21 AM
Why is there no grass track racing in the US. How bout somebody who actually knows people, set something like this up in Chicago. I would but I have no friends. Well let me know when this going to go down.
Thanks


Mouton
06-12-05, 11:59 AM
Whats the history of this? It seems like they would borrow some of the same grasses they use on a golf course, maybe bent grass to make the surface sufficiently smooth. Shaggy heavy grass would make the whole process painful.

bottom-bracket
06-14-05, 02:04 PM
yeah, i've looked at a few soccer fields around town but they are all to bumpy to ride.
maybe a midnight race at the golf course.