Originally Posted by mickster
Wow that's a corking time, CR
Could you fill in some of the details for me, eg gearing, where you started the wind up, any time spent out of saddle on the wind up and for how long etc etc??
Reason I'm interested is we run a similar flying lap thing down at Calshot track which is close in spec to the FCV track (145m, 45deg, wooden, indoors). The official record is somewhere between 9.2-9.3s. I've got my time down to 9.75 last w/e using a cadence-based approach (48x16) which is the fastest of the group I usually ride with down there, but I need some advice/hints to take it to the next level and attack that record! Also, seems like a slow record time comapred to the FCV, given that the track is only approx 8m longer... Can different transitions etc on 2 similarly specced tracks make that much difference??
mickster
Gearing: just the right one
49/15. FCV has short straits and we get 2 laps to spin up. I used to roll it at a half decent pace up at the top then do most my accelerating on the trasition and utilize my kick. But my times stayed almost identical for like 2 months. This new time I posted was done 1st off with no sleep at all, and nothing more than 2 cups of coffee in me. I also started out with alot more speed and just spun the **** out of myself all the way down the trasition.
We'll see if I can keep shaving the tenths off.