Originally Posted by 531Aussie
my new "training partner", Max Rainsford
was telling me how crap the Blackburn Velodrome was; saying the banks weren't steep enough for the tightness of the bends -- not for someone of his speed, at least. He said he once popped a rear tyre there and slid 40m around the bend
True enough.
At anything approaching decent race pace, centrifugal force would have you up on the fence in an instant. Woe betide anyone on your wheel.
Motorpacing was fun