Last Friday, a few of the old-time track riders and a few new to the game turned up at the Narrogin outdoor velodrome to ride under lights.
What a buzz - insects around the lights and bats eating those insects provided some distraction from the adrenaline pumping when new riders forgot to pedal, and realised they had no brakes! No accidents and lots of grins at the end.
Road riders from a casual group borrowed bikes for their first ever ride on 'fixies'. Craig was a bit wobbly to start with, and gradually got the hang of cornering with speed. He only got bumped by the pedals a few times! Tim was straight at home, and showed his usual power and speed in circuits of the 310 m track.
The track was recently resurfaced with hotmix, and is as smooth as it has been for many years. Lines are still to be added, so there was only one group pursuit on the night. More competition will be organised when the lines are added, and new riders get to know the etiquette and skills in track riding.
The next rides will be on Fri 11 March, then Saturday 19, 26 March and 2 April.
Hi, are there evening sessions still runninga t teh velodrome.
ReplyDeleteI'm down at Dryandra for Easter and hoping to drop by. I have a vintage track bike I've just rebuilt and wanted to give it a spin.