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How do you fall "safely"(genuine question)?

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Agree with the above. This is a stressful warm up for the first exercise of the evening.

I'm in.

Got a place - can't wait! Now to get my brake cables out from under the bar tape...

Ordered. Thanks everyone for making this happen.

Got my stuff - thanks for a speedy turnaround. The grey "pick a good wheel to follow" t shirt is really great. Cap also nice! Cheers.

Just ordered the T shirt, plus some socks and a "Turning left since..." Shirt.

Will get a cap when they go up. Good cause, nice gear...good luck with the sale FHHV!

I think Phoenix and London Dynamo have regular sessions. I think also one of the other East London cycling clubs too.

What is it with TV/press motorbikes and the Vuelta? They sit just a couple of metres in front of lead riders as if they are pacing them. Seen lots of riders get help, whether intentional or not.

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Got kudos on 2 turbo trainer rides from Ryno too. His photo is much triathlete.

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Here's the link - you don't need to pay upfront, only if you are successful in the ballot.

Hi I sent you a message. Can't do 730, can you do first thing in the morning or during the day at all? I'm near Cannon St so can get Northern Line up to near you? Anyway, reply via message to save the forum the minutiae of logistics! Cheers.

Am interested, can I take a look on Friday?

As I understand it, there are two types of tub glue. There's the stuff you use to mount road tubs and there's the stuff you use to mount track tubs - a hardening glue but Shellac is also used I believe.

Compared to both tape and road tub glue hardening glue is brutal stuff. Road tub glue is formulated to allow a roadside repair - removal and replacement of the tub. hardening glue is not.

[indoor] Velodromes expect racers to use hardening glue because it reduces the chances of a rider rolling a tub and subsequently causing a crash that damages the surface of the track

So if you want to use your tubs on the track you'd need to get them rebuilt with hardening glue. Lucky you.

This is why it makes sense to leave your track tubs at the track :)

Thanks very much. Bah.

Sorry to ask another question with the one above still unanswered - but maybe someone could deal with both simultaneously!

I bought a track bike with tubs, and the shop built it all up for me. They taped the rims. London Velodrome says that tubs should be glued not taped on its online specs for bikes. Is taping dangerous for an indoor velodrome, and should I have them glued? I should add I have no idea how these things work and have never ridden tubs before, or indeed even seen inside one, as my existing track bike has clinchers.

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Coach at my Level 4 accreditation (everyone passed btw, unlike level 3 which had high fail rate) said that Track League won't be starting until Autumn.

That really awful. He is, as someone points out in the comments, Mr Toad.

Hi everyone. First post, long time reader. Just some feedback from the training accreditation session I did yesterday (Sunday 2 March) at HH. First of all, this is not an induction session - it's pretty serious. Not a lot of smiling and people were nervous, even people who had been racing for ages. You pin a number on your back but you'll have failed by then if you were late. I'd been doing Monday race training on the old stamps system, but hadn't completed my 3 racing stamps (not that that mattered, everyone is having to redo this new system). There were four exercises, two coaches, with a short water break between each - not really necessary as I didn't find the pace/intensity a problem. First is through and off, then rotating pairs off the blue line, some half lap changes, and groups of four coming off the front on a whistle. Everyone in my group (12 of us) was comfortable with the drills and felt safe. However, if anyone failed it will have been on looking behind at all times before moving - treat this like a driving test and do loads of obvious looking around before moving off a line, or back into the line and you will be OK. Remember they start marking you even when you cross the track with your bike. I passed - but it was nerve wracking - they take individual riders to one side and talk quietly to them. Don't know whether everyone passed. So turn up on time, do lots of looking, and make sure you don't leave gaps in the paceline and you will do OK. It did make me realise that I am not likely to be able to pass the race accreditation without doing much more training. Hope to see a few of you there (and at LVV) in the future, and thanks for all the good advice I've already had on here.