Originally Posted by
Stas87
We were not in sprinters lane when this happened. It is good know that is potentially illegal though.
It's up to the local race director as to how much shenanigans they will tolerate. I'm more on the strict side and wouldn't allow it. None of us on the local level are getting paid to do this and if there is a wreck, we could miss work/school. Not worth it.
Most racers do it as a posturing scare tactic. It works. One good way it works is running into turns 1 or 3, if the lead rider (coming towards the end of the straight) flicks up and comes back down before the turn but sends the rider on his hip to climb into the turn a bit, this forces the 2nd rider to scrub off a couple kph which may be enough to lose a race. This even works in match sprinting.
That being said,
it's not worth it. Especially in a Keirin where you have 6 people barreling full-on. That flick could cascade into a mess.
All it takes if for the race director to relegate one or two for racers to get the picture and stop completely. Also, relegate even if it happens incidentally.