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I've really done it now. After six months of living "virtually" car-free, I decided to get out of the car business entirely. Our esteemed editor is now the proud owner of a 1994 Geo Prism (Toyota inside, mind you), and I'm a few hundred bucks closer to my dream bike. If you've read my past few brain fart diatribes, you may be happy to hear that I'll no longer be griping about the downfalls of being a pawn in the automobile industry's game. Of course, without the stress of driving (not to mention the heartache associated with repairs, licensing, insurance, towing, etc.) I feared I was in peril of upsetting my delicate equilibrium...I needed to find a new challenge to rack my nerves and balance the veritable yin and yang. My salvation came in the form of a track cog and lockring. Oh, I've had Christine for almost a year now. She's a cherry red LeTour with mismatched 172.5 Shimano crank arms affixed to a single chain ring, and until now, a freewheel.
I suppose I've always been curious about Joel's fixie's, that's why I bought a wheel with a flip-flop hub. I just never figured I would get much pleasure out of spinning that fast down the zoo hill. And to be honest, I was a bit intimidated. Never mind the fact that my old neighbor managed to plant himself head first into a plate glass window trying to ride a fixed-gear bicycle for the first time. I've never really felt completely at home on skinny tires, and taking away the ability to coast seemed like an absurd step backwards. After all, didn't I spend my entire first two years on a coaster-brake bicycle wishing I had a freewheel?
I regained courage after re-reading several chapters of Bike Cult that describe early cycling history. Fixed gear was the only option before the turn of the century, thus the original Golden Age of Cycling allowed for no coasting. Even the original Tour was ridden with fixed gear bicycles (though admittedly, speed and finishing times greatly improved with the advent of the freewheel, and later the derailleur).
One weeknight (about a fortnight ago) I installed a 17t cog and lockring on my loose-ball track hub. Upon pedaling around the basement I immediately knew my track stand was bound to improve--you can pedal backwards and forwards. After a few laps around the support beams I went upstairs to bed, only to fret about the impending challenge that laid before me--that cursed zoo hill.
After a short stint of procrastination and a few merciful foul-weather car rides to work from Brad, I finally settled into my first few commutes on the fixie. As one can imagine, I had my share of initial blunders. You have to remember to keep pedaling or else you may find yourself unintentionally rising out of the saddle. Things like reaching for a water bottle or looking back at traffic occasionally resulted in a minor comedy skit. It took a few days before I began to experience any of the benefits of fixed-gear riding that devotees often proclaim. Riding uphill on Christine proved to me remarkably similar to the ordinary single speed I was used to. Even the flat sections (few and far between here in Pittsburgh) were easily manageable. The advanced lessons, I learned, would be starting, stopping and, of course, going downhill.
To be honest, I didn't even like the fixed gear at first. It required too much attention, and it made me feel like I was learning to ride a bike all over again. I'll spare you the details of my "coming of age" rides, but rest assured, I am beginning to understand what people mean when they say the fixed-gear bike brings about an assimilation of man (or woman) and machine. You are connected, and thus bound, but you are in ultimate control. If you've experienced the fixed-gear, you and I would have similar tales to swap over a beer someday. If you haven't tried one, but want to, I encourage you to give it a shot. It won't kill you, but it will take more than a handful of rides to really experience the fixed-gear sensation.
So is that it? Am I sold? Well, no, if you mean to imply that I'll be selling my geared bikes, freewheels and what not have you. I will tell you this, though...in the past two weeks I've commuted on my mountain bike twice. Each time I've found myself longing for the efficiency of 120psi tires, for the thrill of trying not to brake for long sections of the zoo hill...for that indescribable feeling of being one with a machine.
-Jeff Guerrero
Track Cycling Exercise Get Out Of Jail
Track Cycling Exercise
Get out of jail
Track cycling races are full of tactics, to an onlooker it may seem that riders just ride around in circles on a never ending road but infact it is full of action pack scenarios .
Riders will do all they can to out whit and out smart the other riders, track cycling races are not won by fitness alone, at times when riders may be suffering from fatigue caused by other riders showing their dominance, it is possible to stop dominant riders or rider from having it their way by tactically blocking them.
Riding along the outside of your chosen targeted rider at a time when they are following the wheel of another track cyclist during a track cycle race will stop them from being able to over take the leading riders at a key moment like an attack to the finish .
If the pace is fast and there are no other riders to follow going up to the front of the bunch it is a very difficult position to be in, if a rider had the strength they probably would not need to use a blocking technique in the first place, blocking manoeuvres usually happen when the pace has slowed down and the track riders bunch together leaving an opportunity for riders to block.
Blocking is best done by riding on the outside and half a bike length ahead of your targeted rider controlling them by giving them less opportunity to steer their way out of surrounding track riders while bunched closely together. Attacks usually come from the rear of the group with speed gained by kicking from the height advantage of the velodrome banking.
What if this is happening to me ? There are ways to create a space , react immediately to limit your losses, if there is only one rider along side you, by standing up and get out of the saddle and riding a bit erratically though false will prompt the outer rider's instinct to ride a little higher up the velodrome banking for their own safety giving you a wider berth and creating an opening for your exit.
Although it can not always be helped, try not to get in this position in the first place, prevent the track cycle rider from pulling along side you by giving small flicks of the rear wheel to make a rider think twice about blocking you.
Case when being surrounded by bunch of riders is to slow your track cycle down to a speed that other riders feel uncomfortable , there's a high chance that many will break the formation and pick up their speed which will create your exit, tell tail signs of this is riders start to shout instruction to speed up as they loose their cool !
A track cycling exercise called get out of jail is a fun way of practising both scenarios, it is a good track cycling exercise to use at squad camps when track craft and techniques is the main focus.
Get out of jail is performed by recreating the race scenario with out the speed fatigue .
The track cycling coach will nominate track riders in order to roll play and take turn at both scenarios.
Group of track rider surround the nominated rider at any position not just at the bottom of velodrome track.
Track cycling coach sounds whistle to start the exercise.
Nominated rider tries to escape from the group and get ahead of the other riders.
On success of the escape a new nominated rider takes up the roll of the escapee
I hope you find this information useful whether you are a track cycling coach or a rider of a future track cycling session
You can read more about track cycling sessions on
www.articlebase.com or by visiting www.teamspiritcyclingcamps.co.uk
Team Spirit Cycling Camps Track Cycling Coach
Stephen Bonnici
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Will this saddle fit my bicycle?
I have a Peugeot UO-8 from the 60s/70s and I need a new saddle. It is a 10 speed road bike.
Will it fit on my seatpost or is the seating system much different than it used to be?
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You will have to use the clamp from your old saddle on the new one. The seatpost on your bike is a straight steel one. The new saddle won't have a clamp since most seatposts these days have the clamp integrated into the top of the post
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RIDE24, the UK’s only 24-hour cycling endurance track event, has an exciting new venue for 2011. Organised by children’s health charity Action Medical Research and operated under British Cycling technical regulations, next year’s race will take place at the Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit, Sussex, on 18 and 19 June.
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