Cycling Heroes

Joop Ziljaard, Derny driving legend.

pacers are the unsung heroes of track racing, he upped the anti. Having the skill to make the tiny throttle movements so you don't drop your rider, and the balls to go three up on a steep european tracks at 60k+ is something these guys make look easy.

and what can you say about the career of the man he's pacing in that pic? awesome

I went to the Hasselt 6 day and saw the derny bikes there. Didn't really understand how they comunicated between each other and it seemed a bit strange with one of them generally steaming past everyone at the end when he looked out of it earlyier, almost like the dernyer had a more powerful bike. Do the riders generally use the same dernyer or is it whoever gets picked up by each rider?