Monday night race training

it's just stopped in new cross.

according to this site it should be ok: http://www.raintoday.co.uk/
looks like it's moving on, and there isn't much behind it.

We just had an almighty down pour in St. Pauls area - still raining. By the time I ride home I'll be soaked through so going to sit out tonight

Joe! Come to the track! You were missed on Saturday

http://www.raintoday.co.uk/

could you get a more British URL?

Does anyone have keys?
We're all locked out....

edit: worked out in the end (and stayed dry)

Glad i turned up just in case, ended up stopping raining before we'd got on the track and dry for the whole session. Team pursuit was good fun.

I'll never get a chance to try madison at this rate though

Yeah last night was good- it was nice to ride the track in a less-busy session and at a slightly cooler temperature. I was surprised how grippy the surface was after that downpour.

Just to mention, Monday night training is on next week, but not the following Monday 19th - as Herne Hill is hosting the final of the Summer Cyclo-cross series

http://www.summerseries.co.uk/

Pleanty of forumers have been participating - could be a good opportunity to try cross before the winter season. http://www.lfgss.com/thread16515-16.html

What's on the schedule for Monday?

anyone tarckin' tonight?

yup
don't know what the games are tonight though...

Oooh a surprise!

scratch, followed by another scratch, then a scratch to finish.

blerg surprise. Don't think I've got any legs for surprises tonight.

surprise sprints! good evening, and last race was really fun with the floodlights on

Yeah, that was fun. I just about managed to stay with the break on the final scratch, so I'm happy with that.

Yeah good work gaz- you were holding your own there. That scratch blew to bits fairly quick!
I was tired and my knee hurt by then, so sat it out. Some weird riding going on last night - I thought there might be a pile up in that last big race.

Good session though, final sprints with the lights were awesome, shame I went to sleep in the banking and then just about managed to get back on laners wheel in the home straight :)

Breakaway pffff, all the action was at the back, the break just helps to separate those who are a bit keen like Gaz.
Some manics around last night, finding it hard to believe some of the chaps there had ridden inters before.
The lights were indeed cool.

^ sprint chat :)

Yeah - you know its going to be a bit of a sketchy session when the warmup group concertina's non-stop for half an hour :-/

The thing is, you don't have to ride inters to do Monday nights, you just do your induction and supposedly 3 basics. There were a couple of guys riding sketchily last week who hadn't ridden basics or anything, who just did their induction on the night and, bang: straight into race training.
I'm all for experienced club riders or people who race on the road doing fast track induction, but when people show up in t-shirts, board shorts and trainers it's usually a pretty good sign that they've not ridden bikes in a group before.

Digs out board shorts
Didn't know that was the pathway, had just assumed you needed to be a bit more experienced than that. Can't have these novices getting in the way of elite level sandbagging?!
One guy in the last scratch was a menace, ironically the guy in the world champs jersey. Changing line by a good metre or more either way without ever looking, we had a gang of us trapped at the back for fear of passing him.

Hey - lay off him. He's earned those stripes - when cadel was world champ he rode like a dick for a whole year and no-one ever mentioned his dog.

When stuff like that happens (first scratch race last night) I just sit up now. I'd rather not run the risk of a crash for no good reason.

Or you should move in to the advanced group :p

That too