First track crash

...its not quite as bad as you think - though burnt through my lycra sliding down from above the stayers line

Remember, always thoroughly degrease and scrub-in new tyres :(

Where was this? Manc?

Where was this? Manc?

Yeah - its not going to be HH in this weather ;)

oh dear! new tyre fail.
It's so important to prep and maintain your track rubber for riding on wood, people take it for granted.

Falling off indoors doesn't always hurt luckily! two layers is also good, I don't know why people ride in short sleeve jerseys for bunch training! my armwarmers saved my skin when I had a blowout at newport and came down.

I'd rubbed them with vinger then ridden half-a-dozen laps on the Cote D'azure - but obvious not enough. I was riding by myself to scrub a bit more, but caught a group and didn't fancy going even higher - slowed to their pace and slid down the banking. In hindsight, either picking up the pace & going higher, or diving for the bottom of the track when I started to slide would have probably both saved my bacon...

Yeah - its not going to be HH in this weather ;)

Forgive me for showing interest in your thread.

Forgive me for showing interest in your thread.

Sorry! - no offence intended

I'd rubbed them with vinger then ridden half-a-dozen laps on the Cote D'azure - but obvious not enough. I was riding by myself to scrub a bit more, but caught a group and didn't fancy going even higher - slowed to their pace and slid down the banking. In hindsight, either picking up the pace & going higher, or diving for the bottom of the track when I started to slide would have probably both saved my bacon...

Yeah it's good to go over them with a bit of sandpaper before the white vinegar.

What about a couple of miles on the road? I'll be needing to prep mine before Calshot.

What about a couple of miles on the road? I'll be needing to prep mine before Calshot.

Would probably work well (figures of 8 around a car park?), but Manchester are a bit precious about bringing dirt & dust on to the track from tyres which have been used outside.

What about a couple of miles on the road? I'll be needing to prep mine before Calshot.

but even if you clean them afterwards, you may (will) pick up cuts from the road.

Ive still got the scars from my first crash including the imprint of the other guys chainring from where it dug into my leg above the knee!

Graeme, I did the same on the City of Manchester advert a couple of months ago and for the same reason. One dead pair of lycra shorts and a saucer sized graze on my arse. I was luckily in the warm up and able to dash and borrow a hire bike and rent some shoes and not miss any track time. The hire bikes are decent and the confidence on knowing that you will not slip off adds to performance!

I've been using the hire bikes for 6 (?) months now, and this was the first outing on my new Dolan PreCursa. Bike was fine apart from a scrapped saddle and bar tape, so kept riding once I'd changed shorts (no, not for that reason). For what's essentially the same bike as the hire bikes, it felt massively different/better - don't know if it was the 86", rather than 84", gearing (which was an emergency measure as I didn't get a 49t chainring to give me the max 88" - hopefully that'll be even better).

Don't half feel sore today...

I still have the scars from the mighty HH crash. The important thing is always to get straight back on the bike - injuries permitting - and it will eventually go out of your psyche, like it never happened

What never happened?

Mike's terrible and harrowing crash that still haunts him every time he feels the taunting pressure of a saddle against his sit bones, and replays on a constant topsy-turvy loop across the insides of his eyelids whenever he sleeps or dozes off in the office, unendingly threatening his resolve to ride a bike in anger ever again.

Thank fuck he's so angry to start with.

but even if you clean them afterwards, you may (will) pick up cuts from the road.

So what's the ettiquette when riding indoor & outdoor tracks? An indoor set of wheels and an outdoor set of wheels!?

I still have the scars from the mighty HH crash. The important thing is always to get straight back on the bike - injuries permitting - and it will eventually go out of your psyche, like it never happened

I don't think I'll forget the Cracks and crunches of carbon and (maybe) bones breaking!

So what's the ettiquette when riding indoor & outdoor tracks? An indoor set of wheels and an outdoor set of wheels!?

Most people do, but different tyres if you can, it doesn't really matter as long as you clean your tyres and make sure there's no flint or glass in them before hitting the wood.

Thank fuck he's so angry to start with.

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I've been using the hire bikes for 6 (?) months now, and this was the first outing on my new Dolan PreCursa. Bike was fine apart from a scrapped saddle and bar tape, so kept riding once I'd changed shorts (no, not for that reason). For what's essentially the same bike as the hire bikes, it felt massively different/better - don't know if it was the 86", rather than 84", gearing (which was an emergency measure as I didn't get a 49t chainring to give me the max 88" - hopefully that'll be even better).

Don't half feel sore today...

Oh, so you weren't testing this again?

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That last sentence wasn't about you. It was about some guido or other.

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