Been a problem for most Norwegians since forever, but we're finally getting two of'em in the near future. One opening after summer, and the other (which is quite close to me) hopefully opens in another year or two.
The nearest velodrome to me is almost 300 km away, and I live in the most densely populated region of Canada. My local bike shop does organize regular trips to it, but I've never been.
Yay! Finally a video focused on Manon’s background and expertise on Track cycling! Manon is a great presenter and it would be nice to see more videos led by her expertise! Thank you so much for this! I didn’t even know you could book beginners sessions and hire the track bike! I am really new to the sport and it’s nice to see that we can try a few different types of riding and find out which ones we like best and/or are the best suited for! Will put it on my list of things to try out! Thanks GCN! 👍👍👍
Before watching: I tried to track stand on the steepest part of the banking. My whole arm was burned from sliding the whole way down. Dad thought it was hilarious.
Velodrome for cars :D Well, they're not wrong, as the velodrome is far older than the Nascar style of racing, and a Nascar track is basically just a bigger velodrome.
Hands down the most fun had on a bike. Was very lucky to have Lee Valley velodrome just down the road for training and track league. Then moved West and now have Newport less than an hour away. Love riding the boards.
ive never ridden in a velodrome but i feel like leaning to the left feels more natural than leaning to the right. maybe thats why its raced counter clock wise
@@wsnx_ I have never used clips,I still favor the left side....which makes no sense as we drive on the right side of the road in my country ,I should lean and stop right as thats the side the curb is on
Most people are right-footed. When you turn left, it feels better because you're only pivoting around your left foot and steer and put the power out with your right.
I've always wanted to try track cycling. It's also a relatively inexpensive part of cycling to start because of the lack of components. Problem is that i live in Sicily and the Palermo velodrome has been closed since forever and probably never will open again 🙃
@@jonasosa5126 and where am I going to ride it? 😅 Sicily isn't really a place where you can ride a single speed fixed bike with no brakes on the street
Thanks for this video. I got into road cycling two years ago and just realized there is an indoor velodrome near me. I’m looking forward to trying out track cycling!
I'm loving the track content recently. A couple of years after the London 2012 Olympics I was lucky enough to visit the Olympic Park and Lee Valley was open and they kindly allowed me to have a wander around and I caught a sign that essentially implied "run what you brung". That lit the fire and aged 31, I decided now was the time to actually learn how to ride a bike and I'm just waiting for my 3rd bike to come into stick (always need an n+1)
If I made add a small additional tip, don't forget to check your surroundings when getting on/off the track or moving up or down the track to avoid a collision. A velodrome can sometimes get crowded and being aware of what others are doing is important.
Yesss!!! I really appreciate more track cycling contents! I for one cannot wait for the day the GTCN (Global Track Cycling Network) will be established, if at all. I took a long pause from track cycling, but I am just getting back into it. I am in search of good RU-vidrs and Videos, but I’m having a hard time with it so far.
Majority of people are right handed and rightnhanded people are naturally more comfortable to turn towards left or counter clockwise. Right side has more control oppose to circumferential force
Velodrome are ridden counterclockwise because of the Coriolis effect. The earth's rotation naturally applies a slight force guiding the bicycle around the track.
@@karlwalters3763 from the point of view of the northern hemisphere they ride clockwise. However because everything in the Southern Hemisphere is mirrored, it appears as if they are riding counterclockwise. Same reason why a spun cricket ball swings in the opposite direction down there. Especially if some cheating bastard has been sandpapering it.
"Head down to your local Veledrome," soo European....I LOVE it . Looks like fun, I enjoyed the vid and learned a lot. The Welsh Dragon Queen's eyes light up when she talks about speeding up in the corners hahaha. I always wondered about freewheeling on those tracks.
One thing I would have liked to see would be giving your tires a quick scuff with some sandpaper. My town has a concrete 333m drome with no minimum speed, so the first time I rode an indoor 250 I had no idea why I kept sliding off despite keeping a good clip!
I will always remember at one of the state titles I competed at in my IP one of my cranks fell off(not the drive side lucky) with two laps to go and I somehow finished without the slowest time. after the first lap it felt weird and i knew something wasn't right nut i i stopped i would of been DQ'd so I kept racing and finished the IP. Will never forget that race and the reactions i got as well.
Why do you ride anticlockwise on the velodrome? Because it's a race AGAINST the clock I did sessions on Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow. Coaches are great. I love it
Surprised to hear Manon say to do a slow lap in the sprinter's lane (between the black and red lines) before pulling off the track. Most tracks I've been to in the US the etiquette is to slow near the blue line and drop down to the apron on the back straight. The banking is the same steepness on the blue line as the sprinter's lane so there is no need to drop down. On a busy track, the sprinter's lane is reserved for riders doing hard efforts (i.e. sprinting!)
Agreed, I think as part of the dos and donts there needs to be something on where and when to ride on certain sections of the track and how to enter and exit the track safely... I guess this may be specific to each and every track, but all(?) velodromes have the same line cote d'azur, black, red, blue lines and a somewhat similar etiquette should apply.
Don't know where you ride but here you ride in group on the blue, drop down for efforts on the back and you would not pull off during routine, only end of routine. At end of routine drop to black until you scrub off enough speed to go on cote dazur and inner field, usually a lap. She is referring to routines I guess. Most sessions limited to 24 and they dont usually mix sprinters and endurance, if they do, have to swap in between efforts. Most I have been on with was over 60 which was in a masters warm up and it was chaos with endurance and sprinters, some even doing standing starts lol Hard to be very careful.
A rider in front of me wasn’t going fast enough and his rear wheel slipped but he didn’t end up at the bottom of the track because he I clipped and put his feet down. I crashed into him going about 20th and flew off my bike. Luckily I only had a separated shoulder, bruised ribs and a bruised hip. I can’t wait to heal up and get back out there!
I think I can take to the velodrome cycling. My left-hand turns are way stronger than my right-hand turns. Just keep those turns coming and I'm as happy as a pig in ________! Well, I'm just happy!
"don't get involved in a crash" I know that that's a big rule. It was the first sprint of a points race and I was flying round the outside of a beginner and he decided to go up. I went of with him ran out of track and fell. It all happened so fast for the guys behind us. 8 of the 12 people in the race crashed and 3 broken bones. The thing is no one in the entire velodrome was filming!!!!!
Haha - 'local velodrome'! We have ONE indoor velodrome in the whole country :-( (Czech Republic) Luckily we have 4 outdoor ones though - next best thing.
Track bikes come w/ a very clever....and very effective, just-keep-pedaling feature. It's automatic, so no need to think about it. It automatically detects if the rider is attempting to stop pedaling and engages by throwing you with great force, off of it. When you are lying upon the apron, in screaming pain, if you listen carefully, this amazing feature can even be heard to project a message that will magically come out of random people at the track that goes like this: "I told you not to stop pedaling, didn't I?"
After the master stroke of adding Manon to the team, I think they should bring on a senior man or woman, 50 at least; 60 even better. Maybe a British age group champion or a former pro. Then, occasional vids on older people issues, like, how come the beautiful Brooks Pro I rode comfortably from age 25 to age 55 is insufferable now at age 70?
pro road cyclists get bottles whenever they want, a hydration pack for a tour stage is silly and unnecessary. they also get gross AF with drink mix in them, a big 100oz one is pretty heavy and will make the rider hotter, and sometimes you want water sometimes you want mix. awful hard to swap between the two if youve got one giant camelback
How do motorcyclists go faster than cars on some narrow down-hill road.? Same effect as bicycle in velodome. Tire compression when leaning into the bend, G-forces into the surface. Use higher tire pressures... Two wheels behave differently from four wheels. Not fighting against the forces, going along with the forces, using those forces to the bikers advantage. In particular, G-force.
There's a concrete outdoor velodrome in St Louis, MO in Penrose Park off Kingshighway Blvd near I-70. I almost drove into the curb when I first saw it. 👀
Awesome video as always 👍. Manon,kicking the guys buts . As she always does. Love your channel,you all kick but and make my day a lot better. I smile and laugh almost every video. Love it,thank you all.
@@tomnewham1269 bloody hell thats risky, brakes, gears, 172mm cranks lol so they do fixed and geared on same track? Wonder how many stacks they get lol
you could have put a bit of time explaining just how to get up onto the track. Most accidents ( in training ) occur when people move up onto the track without looking first. Looking over ( or under ) your shoulder is probably one of the most important track skills to learn.
