drag racing.....
08-28-12, 11:40 PM
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drag racing.....
thinking of starting a drag racing circuit in my area....any ideas you guys think we should put into the rules..... prizes.... money or take someones ultegra chain from them????
08-29-12, 12:41 AM
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I've thought of this before.
Rolling starts at same speed at a coast, cross a start line and let the sprint go. Drafting may or may not be allowed depends on what you think. There can be different distances. I was also thinking you could do team and pair sprints at longer distances.
Whoever crosses the line first wins
Rolling starts at same speed at a coast, cross a start line and let the sprint go. Drafting may or may not be allowed depends on what you think. There can be different distances. I was also thinking you could do team and pair sprints at longer distances.
Whoever crosses the line first wins
08-29-12, 12:50 AM
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Sounds like fun, i do this with a couple guys i ride with from time to time. We coast to an object that we both agree is the "start line" and go for it.
08-29-12, 12:53 AM
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Do it like Wolfpack Hustle does here in LA...
Invitation video:
#
Video during the race:
Rules:
BRING YOUR ID!
We need to prove you are you. You will be signing a waiver / liability release.
If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must sign with you.
BRING A HELMET.
You will NOT be allowed to compete without one.
NO EXCEPTIONS. NO REFUNDS.
NO ALCOHOL.
Not allowed. We dont have the permits we will get shut down.
RACERS are racing against the ENTIRE field of 200.
RACERS will be timed INDEPENDENTLY two at a time in groups called HEATS.
THE THRONE!
The fastest time standing (men’s and womens) at the end of each HEAT holds the Throne.
Prizes are awarded to the THRONE holders after every HEAT.
TOP 16 HEAD TO HEAD ELIMINATION ROUND
After all of the racers have been timed, the TOP 16 times will go head to head tournament style bracketed elimination. Basically, like college basketball.
The last man and woman standing will get the DOG TAGS, SWAG and $100 cash.
We will also determine 3rd and 4th place.
DOORS OPEN AT 7PM.
RACING STARTS AT 8PM
If you are in HEAT 1, you need to be there at 7PM.
IF a rider crosses the line, enters the opponent’s zone with any body part or drafts an opponent then that rider is disqualified.
THANKS FOR RIDING SAFE.
Invitation video:
Video during the race:
Rules:
BRING YOUR ID!
We need to prove you are you. You will be signing a waiver / liability release.
If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must sign with you.
BRING A HELMET.
You will NOT be allowed to compete without one.
NO EXCEPTIONS. NO REFUNDS.
NO ALCOHOL.
Not allowed. We dont have the permits we will get shut down.
RACERS are racing against the ENTIRE field of 200.
RACERS will be timed INDEPENDENTLY two at a time in groups called HEATS.
THE THRONE!
The fastest time standing (men’s and womens) at the end of each HEAT holds the Throne.
Prizes are awarded to the THRONE holders after every HEAT.
TOP 16 HEAD TO HEAD ELIMINATION ROUND
After all of the racers have been timed, the TOP 16 times will go head to head tournament style bracketed elimination. Basically, like college basketball.
The last man and woman standing will get the DOG TAGS, SWAG and $100 cash.
We will also determine 3rd and 4th place.
DOORS OPEN AT 7PM.
RACING STARTS AT 8PM
If you are in HEAT 1, you need to be there at 7PM.
IF a rider crosses the line, enters the opponent’s zone with any body part or drafts an opponent then that rider is disqualified.
THANKS FOR RIDING SAFE.
08-29-12, 01:02 AM
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i was just trying to get a few laughs..... leave it to the 41............
08-29-12, 05:49 AM
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6 packs of brew always make for great prizes! Though you could always race for bikes. 
08-29-12, 06:01 AM
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08-29-12, 08:41 AM
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I thought this was another MUP shenanigans.
08-29-12, 09:33 AM
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Ther is a velodrome in San Jose if you are really intersted in "drag" racing, other wise none as "sprinting" in bicycle racing. You can get your ass kicked by a 12 year old insted of inventing a pussified poseur street version of something that has been around for 100 years
08-29-12, 10:12 AM
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Street sprints are an interesting form of racing. I would go from a standing start though. It would be hard to get a fair rolling start. We do these in Portland at times. Most of the time the match sprinters from the velodrome win...
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"If you’re new enough [to racing] that you would ask such question, then i would hazard a guess that if you just made up a workout that sounded hard to do, and did it, you’d probably get faster." --the tiniest sprinter
08-29-12, 11:17 AM
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Hasn't this kind of race existed since the invention of the second bicycle?
08-29-12, 03:15 PM
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what the wolfpack has going on there, does really look awesome..
08-29-12, 03:47 PM
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There were many track cyclists there, not just one. Several of them went to Track Nationals. The winners qualifying time was 0.03 sec faster than 2nd place, so to act like the outcome was some foregone conclusion is silly.
08-29-12, 05:19 PM
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08-29-12, 06:15 PM
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Isn't this called Crit racing???
08-29-12, 06:21 PM
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used to be called "the friday night lights" in atl, raced a few lights down a straight empty road with a slight incline, also tried to see how many lights you could beat as well as out running the outer person.
