Years ago (never mind...), when I was attending Beloit College*, we had the 69-Mile Bike Race every Summer. As part of those festivities, we had a "slow race" where two lanes about 24 inches wide were marked in chalk on the sidewalk for a distance of maybe twenty feet. Heats were held, and the last one across the finish line won, no "dabs" and no bumping your competitor or he/she would automatically advance. This was always lots of laughs for everyone involved, competitors and spectators.
Of course, we also rode Trials around the furniture inside the (former) frat houses where we lived, so perhaps don't put too much stock in what we did back then - it was the '70s, after all....
Greg Parker Ann Arbor, Michigan
*AKA the Yale of the Midwest, or as we used to say, actually Yale is the Beloit of the East. We also used to say that "Beloit" was the sound a nickel made when you dropped it into the toilet, but that's another story....
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 01:44:11 +0000 From: themaaslands@comcast.net To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous) Subject: Re: [CR] trackstand & kilo start(now band-aids)
Regarding John's great description of trackstands, I agree that it is a neat feeling to stand still at a traffic light until it is green and then sprinting off. I do however differ from John in that I prefer to turn the front wheel inwards (like John said, to the center of the road) and then place the outside pedal forward (John mentioned that he preferred the inside pedal forward).
Perhaps John would be willing to take on all comers in a track stand challenge at le cirque? Who can hold a trackstand longest? What do you say John?
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Steven Maasland
Moorestown, NJ