Epic 3-lap track race
Apologies if this has been posted before, but I just saw this today.
The video is over six minutes long, but every second is riveting. Absolutely insane. Never getting a fight with a dude that looks like that. I'd probably get knocked out if one of them just stood next to me and flexed his bicep. :twitchy: |
holy ****, mad track stand skills then just balls out MASH
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i was like meh.
then i was like WHAT |
All of a sudden I feel extremely weak.
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Neat old video. Match sprint strategy has changed a lot over the last 20 years. Today, you don't see a lot of track standing and slow riding. Riders at the world pro level run monster gears and it's often a drag race right from the start. Even at my amateur master's national championships I didn't see any track stands and the sprints began long before the 200m to go mark. Gym work is critical in sprinter training, and those guys probably spent more time training in the gym than they did on the bike.
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that was insane.... my hands where shaking with anticipation.
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Oh jesus.
edit: any track cyclists, can you please explain to me why they start out so slow? and why the guy trackstanded in order to get behind the other guy? |
they stay behind because when you are in front the other person can easily make a sneak attack from your side without you expecting it.
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thats neat. like a 1v1 keirin.
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I watched that a couple weeks ago and was just as impressed as I am right now. I love a good match sprint.
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I got to do a match sprint with Henry Shibata when I went to see what track is all about. God, it's a lot more stressful when you're the one trying to stay on the wheel of the other guy. I caught the guy's wheel but no way could I pass him
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Would have been way more ****** if one of them started with the seated trackstands, and then went no handed, and was like "yeah what up now?"
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track is that way>>>>>
This is SS/FG J/K,that was a good vid to watch. |
reminded me of this video
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they should have barspinned while waiting for the other guy to pass.
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
(Post 11550950)
Neat old video. Match sprint strategy has changed a lot over the last 20 years. Today, you don't see a lot of track standing and slow riding. Riders at the world pro level run monster gears and it's often a drag race right from the start. Even at my amateur master's national championships I didn't see any track stands and the sprints began long before the 200m to go mark. Gym work is critical in sprinter training, and those guys probably spent more time training in the gym than they did on the bike.
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Originally Posted by plowmanjoe
(Post 11551625)
reminded me of this video
Originally Posted by squeegeesunny
(Post 11551271)
any track cyclists, can you please explain to me why they start out so slow? and why the guy trackstanded in order to get behind the other guy?
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Originally Posted by TejanoTrackie
(Post 11550950)
Neat old video. Match sprint strategy has changed a lot over the last 20 years. Today, you don't see a lot of track standing and slow riding. Riders at the world pro level run monster gears and it's often a drag race right from the start. Even at my amateur master's national championships I didn't see any track stands and the sprints began long before the 200m to go mark. Gym work is critical in sprinter training, and those guys probably spent more time training in the gym than they did on the bike.
Originally Posted by squeegeesunny
(Post 11551271)
any track cyclists, can you please explain to me why they start out so slow? and why the guy trackstanded in order to get behind the other guy?
Aerodynamics are *really* influential once the riders get over 30MPH. For a quick example: When in a car driving around 30+ MPH put your hand a few inches behind the mirror, then lift it out and see how the wind affects it...even with fingers open or closed.
Originally Posted by xkillemallx16
(Post 11551333)
they stay behind because when you are in front the other person can easily make a sneak attack from your side without you expecting it.
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Originally Posted by plowmanjoe
(Post 11551625)
reminded me of this video
Here is a better representation of racing at the local, national, and world level these days: |
huebner is a beast
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Oh hahaha, I didn't even realize carleton was the one who posted that until I read the sig. Nice avatar. Striking likeness.
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Allright, I understand the theory of trying to be the one tailing so you can slip into the front right at the end. But in the second video what the hell happened? So they track stand, for over 5 minutes and orange is the first to snap out of the track stand putting green guy in the desirable position. Then not a lap goes by before green passes takes the less desirable position and then still wins it, well then what was the damn track stand even for? Was it all a ploy? "haha Im gonna make you track stand here for 5 minutes just for kicks and then i'm just gonna beat you anyway"
What happened? |
Originally Posted by robertv
(Post 11552873)
Allright, I understand the theory of trying to be the one tailing so you can slip into the front right at the end. But in the second video what the hell happened? So they track stand, for over 5 minutes and orange is the first to snap out of the track stand putting green guy in the desirable position. Then not a lap goes by before green passes takes the less desirable position and then still wins it, well then what was the damn track stand even for? Was it all a ploy? "haha Im gonna make you track stand here for 5 minutes just for kicks and then i'm just gonna beat you anyway"
What happened? |
I guess track racing (along with monster truck rallies and math) is something that just goes right over my head. I nearly fell asleep watching that video and didn't find one second of it exciting or "riveting" in any way. My cat is laying on the windowsill watching the old man next door vacuum his car and I'm a little jealous.
Different strokes, I suppose... carleton - great avatar, btw :lol: |
Originally Posted by robertv
(Post 11552873)
Allright, I understand the theory of trying to be the one tailing so you can slip into the front right at the end. But in the second video what the hell happened? So they track stand, for over 5 minutes and orange is the first to snap out of the track stand putting green guy in the desirable position. Then not a lap goes by before green passes takes the less desirable position and then still wins it, well then what was the damn track stand even for? Was it all a ploy? "haha Im gonna make you track stand here for 5 minutes just for kicks and then i'm just gonna beat you anyway"
What happened? That stuff is for show. It's like exhibition racing for the crowds. I wouldn't look to videos like that as examples. Here's another example: |
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