Lee Valley Velopark- Track League

I wandered over to watch for a bit, saw three elimination races (a/b/c groups) - would have stayed longer but the bar was shut and miss hammer was tired.

Couldn't pop along last night as the baby was grouchy and wouldn't sleep so had to stay and help the missus. Pretty much the same reason I can't ride in the league this year too! Shame the cafe isn't open in the evenings - I'll have to grab a takeaway beforehand when I pop along to watch.

If the bar is closed can you take your own beer in? #EssentialInformation

I raced and really enjoyed it. The racing was good and hard but the (A) riders seemed to have the right attitude for a track league with no silly risk taking and plenty of banter between races. Not too many disc wheels either and good tunes too. Bring on next week!

http://www.velouk.net/2014/11/05/report-results-london-track-league/

I'm racing tonight. I am excite.

Yep I can't wait. What number rider are you so I can say hello. I don't think we have actually met?

Good luck to you both, are you racing under LFGSS ?

T058, I'm in the C1 group tonight. Which group are you in? Be good to have a possible ally if the racing is tougher than expected.

I entered as LFGSS, but I'm disappointed by lack of kit so will be wearing my NLTCBMBC gang colours until then.

I am T045 but racing in group 2. I am getting my excuses in early, I have a bad cold which is really pissing me off but I have been looking forward to it so much there is no way I am missing it :)
I am Rollapaluza but don't have a short sleeved top so just racing in a standard summer top

Yeah, I've been trying to shake off a cold too. Hopefully it's cleared up enough to be competitive. See you later.

So what's the deal here? Can you just turn up and watch? First time out on the boards booked for Tuesday...

I think it's £2 entry to watch the racing. £1 for concessions.

If it's the same as Monday, we just wandered in for free...

http://youtu.be/sWyUME1kxPY

Crappy quality as I can't upload in HD without wifi for some reason.

I don't mind either way, will go armed with my debit card just in case. Thanks both!

You could always enter as LFGSSNLTCBMBC. This would be very kind to the people having to process the results. :)

@dimi3 good start to the season!!

Some good racing tonight. I came 6th and 8th in two of the races and God knows where in the points race. Not bad for my first track league meet. Looking forward to the next one!

I reckon so. Now I need to maintain that position and hopefully they won't move me to the A's.

Well that was fun!

doing my level 4 this sunday.. anyone have any helpful advice on passing this? am registered to race the league so really want to get through this first time around. when i do pass i'll be racing the B's (god help me).

@roboto You did really good, well done! The women's races were so much harder than I expected, so glad to hold on until the end in the 50 lap scratch. Looking forward to the next one!

I think getting through stage 3 is the toughest so you should be ok in stage 4. You'll probably do changes in pairs, stacking and a new drill which requires you to snake through a single, well spaced, string of riders starting from the back. Oh, and sprinting for the line looking ahead!