Members racing thread

[graeme4130]

hebegb said:

mckeann said:

Gavia said:

Bring a pushbike, I'm riding it slowly rather than walking it.

good idea, will try to remember

I'll ride it too Neil, but won't be down til after work so by 8ish ....hope to catch you , if not , no worries ...ps poor old Gav.don't fancy 40 mins an hour of this - more bad luck at Anglesey !

I wish more circuits had web cams

[mckeann]

curlie467 said:

mitzy said:

Never mind that, what do you want jaffa cakes or Oreo's ?

Surely that's a trick question and the answer is both.

How very dare you.

Just bananas and water will do me Lesley. Im on my best behaviour

[mckeann]

How long do the sprint races last with NL and other uk clubs??

A mate is racing at Knockhill next weekend. He's getting 2 practice, 2 qualifying, and 7 races over the 2 days of racing. But all the sessions are either 10 minutes or 10 laps (which at Knockhill is about 9 minutes)

I expected races to be more like 20 minutes?????

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

How long do the sprint races last with NL and other uk clubs??

A mate is racing at Knockhill next weekend. He's getting 2 practice, 2 qualifying, and 7 races over the 2 days of racing. But all the sessions are either 10 minutes or 10 laps (which at Knockhill is about 9 minutes)

I expected races to be more like 20 minutes?????

Pretty similar
At nl rounds you'd typically get 1 x 10 min qualifier and then 3-4 15min races over a weekend

[Gavia]

hebegb said:

I'll ride it too Neil, but won't be down til after work so by 8ish ....hope to catch you , if not , no worries ...ps poor old Gav.don't fancy 40 mins an hour of this - more bad luck at Anglesey !

Had a brilliant day int he wet riding both Inters and Fast to try to build some stamina. Wet mojo well and truly back after some suspension trickery from Mr Pugh.

how many wristbands?

Edited by Gavia on Friday 21st July 20:45

[Gavia]

I know the answer's 3 btw

[graeme4130]

Hopefully you won't be needing that wet mojo next Saturday, but this is England, so it could flipping snow
Don't forget my warmers

[Gavia]

graeme4130 said:

Hopefully you won't be needing that wet mojo next Saturday, but this is England, so it could flipping snow
Don't forget my warmers

Fingers crossed for dry and sunny. Warmers will be left in the van to ensure my Alzheimer's doesn't kick in again.

Lucking Fast (me, hebegb and Fleegle) are running 35 btw.

[graeme4130]

I see final instructions are now out for dony race
Rule 18 says person refuelling bike and person holding fire extinguisher should be wearing overalls and a helmet


This outfit should cover that, no ?

[Gavia]

Where have Legends 2 vanished to from V2 of the garage list?

[graeme4130]

Who was legends 2 ?

[Gavia]

graeme4130 said:

Who was legends 2 ?

I thought mckeann was in Legends 2, but looking back he's with the original Legends, so no worries.

[mckeann]

there was initially only 2 riders signed up the legend team, and I was drafted in to be the 3rd rider. Then a few extras appeared and we had 6 at one point, so 2 teams was flouted. At current time, its back to 4, so the second team was dropped. I'll be racing one way or another


Another spell in the gym tonight. 30 mins of rowing machine, 45 mins of weights and stretching. Not that I'm competitive or anything

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

there was initially only 2 riders signed up the legend team, and I was drafted in to be the 3rd rider. Then a few extras appeared and we had 6 at one point, so 2 teams was flouted. At current time, its back to 4, so the second team was dropped. I'll be racing one way or another


Another spell in the gym tonight. 30 mins of rowing machine, 45 mins of weights and stretching. Not that I'm competitive or anything

I'm up and off to Barcelona for 5 days of drinking practice

[mckeann]

I think you already have plenty of fitness in reserve. You've also probably done more trackdays this month than I have this year :P ( 8 by the way)

[graeme4130]

mckeann said:

I think you already have plenty of fitness in reserve. You've also probably done more trackdays this month than I have this year :P ( 8 by the way)

I haven't done half as many this year
I think maybe 8 or 9 track days and two race weekends + 5 laps of Oulton last weekend

[Fleegle]

graeme4130 said:

mckeann said:

I think you already have plenty of fitness in reserve. You've also probably done more trackdays this month than I have this year :P ( 8 by the way)

I haven't done half as many this year
I think maybe 8 or 9 track days and two race weekends + 5 laps of Oulton last weekend

I have only managed a Brands evening since last September

[Gavia]

You don't know how good you've got it

https://youtu.be/qlIXn0r0AY8

[mckeann]

Haha. All my excuses and posturing is just banter. I'm really looking forward to it, hope I can have some close battles as I struggle to do that on Trackdays, but I'm not taking it too seriously. Just bought some scrubs for £80 that I'll use.

[Gavia]

mckeann said:

Haha. All my excuses and posturing is just banter. I'm really looking forward to it, hope I can have some close battles as I struggle to do that on Trackdays, but I'm not taking it too seriously. Just bought some scrubs for £80 that I'll use.

I've been up to Rivington Pike on my pushbike today and am now drinking my body weight in lager. Fitness is good, weight isn't.

I'm running Metzler CompK slicks. At not much more than £100 a tyre that's the way forward for me.