Safety is very important on the Track

by Glenys Taylor | Oct 17, 2014 | Track Cycling

Safety is very important on the Track. It is important that your bike and yourself are in a fit state to ride for your personal safety and the safety of others.

Therefore the following items should be constantly  checked at track racing:

TYRE CONDITION

Tyres in good condition…….no serious cuts in tread or significant damage  to sidewalls

TYRE PRESSURE

Push against the tyre with your thumb and see if you can push it in. If you can you need more air pressure.. Generally, the tyres on a track bike should have 110 – 120 PSI for clincher tyre and 120 + PSI for tubular tyres…..check your tyre sidewalls for exact PSI or bike hire sheet if you have a club bike .  Check pressure every time you ride…you can get a slow leak so half way through meeting you have lost pressure….

PEDALS/Shoe Cleats

Especially if you swap pedals from road bike  to race track  make sure they are tightened into the crank.

Ensure cleats are not worn  and tension is high enough…..fixed cleats  are often better for track riding (non floating).

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Track cycling Volunteers

by Glenys Taylor | Oct 7, 2014 | Track Cycling

Track Racing doesn’t happen without the hard work of many. We currently have a very passionate group of volunteers, lead by Ian Gray that make track racing possible.

For the 2014/15 track season we want to recruit and train up more volunteers, so that we can roster the roles around each week so that not the same people are running track each week. If you are new to a role, as you learn we will have you working with an experienced person, until you are familiar with the task.

There are many roles that need to be filled including:

• Judges
• Time keepers
• Starter
• Result recorders
• Handicapping
• 1^st Aid
• Gate control/ calling the next race up
• Report writing- please let us know if you are interested in writing a report about the racing to be posted on the BM web site after each meet. A roster will be made so that the task is shared around

If you are willing to help out this season, please let Kate Stewart know by contacting her on 0278139922 or k8.stewart@hotmail.com . After we have a list of volunteers Ian will contact people at the start of the week before track racing checking that they are available for the meet.

The more volunteers we have, the easier and safer it is for everyone!

Track Programme until Christmas

by Glenys Taylor | Sep 14, 2014 | Track Cycling

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Road Bikes on Track Programme until Christmas

by Glenys Taylor | Sep 14, 2014 | Track Cycling

Note:

· Warm up starts 15 minutes before designated time

· No Crossing the track whilst riders on track

Contact:

Greg Bryan 0292005013 gregory.bryan@agresearch.co.nz

Track Cycling 2013-2014 1 Lap Standing Series

by Glenys Taylor | Apr 7, 2014 | Track Cycling

Six series were held 20/10/13, 27/10/2013, 12/11/2013, 19/11/2013, 3/12/2013 and 25/02/2014.

The initial list (A) includes all riders initial time the rider rode in the competition..

The second list (B) includes all the riders best times.

Where riders have improved times, the number in brackets includes the number of times they improved their time.

List A Initial times in order of best time to slowest time. (49 riders)

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