Track World Cup (manchester)

C'arn Shaaaaaaane!!!!!!!!!

bowled Shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannee!!!!!!

errr Shane?!

woweeee! that was amaaaazing. I was so not fussed before we went, but as soon as we got there I was glued to the action and refused to move for owt.

loved hearing hippy croon 'go shaaaane' across the velodrome at a particularly quiet moment.

And I LOVED all the women's events. and I loved the men's sprint. And then I loved riding home really fast and recklessly over bumpy but empty mancunian roads.

Nice one Shaaaaaane!

Good to see the Aussies had a few more supporters there than last time.. cheers.. splitters :)

Hippy: C'arn Shaaaaaaaane, Shaaaaaaaane!!
Middle aged women in the next row: giggle giggle

Hippy was consistently working his magic with the laydeeez

Good to see the Aussies had a few more supporters there than last time.. cheers.. splitters :)

Classy.

No, this is classy..

Chips and gravy! FTW

Potato cakes ("scallops" for the poms and BRM) FTW

Racing, booze, proper fucking chips, scantily clad jail bait.. happy as a pig in shit. :)

No, this is classy..

No, the photo of you and I zonked out on the sofa in front of Babestation is classy

Babestation ftw. If Zed posts it though, I will be forced to tell everyone who he slept with in Machester..

Tartan skirt girl™?

As BDW said, what goes on tour stays on tour.

What the fuck was Carten Bergemann wearing in the Kierin... that was hilarious.
That said - he's a big fella.

I don't want to bore you with loads of my pictures, but i was sat on the finish line for much of the weekend. Got a few good snaps off. Anyone else?

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who are those pikeys eating chips?

I'm going to be in Melbourne when this is on.. unfortunately I'll only be in transit so won't get to see anything.

http://www.trackworldcup.com.au/

gwaaaannnnnnshaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaane

are there really only 6 riders in your whole squad?

are there really only 6 riders in your whole squad?

No. They are profiling some of the more well-known riders.

Here's some dodgy photos from the trip. Compact cameras are pretty shit for this - that's my excuse anyway.

Manchester Track World Cup 09 Photos

http://www.thehippy.net/gallery/albums/2009_10_31_ManchesterTrackWorldCup/IMG_6842.JPG

Some of these pictures almost look as if they're tilt shifted:

That'll be my mad Canon Ixus tilt shift skillz..

I'm guessing it's me tracking the rider + autofocus pre-focus. If it works it looks good, unfortunately it rarely works. The camera just isn't fast enough. I need to fix my DSLR.