I think I'd go with a simple too much speed into the corner. Those bikes are waaay too picked over for a mechanical failure like a brake cable snapping. Star sent one photog to crits, and I spoke with photo assignment editor and he said not a single editor so much as wanted to attend the Worlds'. According to him The Star wants to be the NY Times, to which I replied it's a shame that, in general, neither the audience not the editorial staff are ready for that kind of content. If it's going on around you.. report it...don't pander to some demographic you are try to target the paper to....they'll all be dead soon of natural causes. Oddly enough with cycling being the new golf, you'd think the Star would be all over it like a fat kid on a smartie. It'll take a VP or a board member on a Cervelo to change a village.

I know the course is a good one, and recommend ANY course to a new rider...BUT I'll put my/our amassed experiences waaaay ahead of a general safety class. I can;t see it being geared towards the urban ripper. As for the races, etc. I know the Star owns the Now and they were a media sponsor, so maybe they felt their job was done. Not an excuse though, considering the fixed gear shark is on the dock and about to be skinned.

Time to pester CityHall-ites with velodrome requests