Birmingham Worlds Track

[ron burgundy]

Check it out...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NDDKp0iBoM&feature=youtu.be

That's some build.

[medved]

Been round it and survived*

That track is scary quick and lippy.  I can see the more able than me doing special things on it.  I am just happy to roll round much faster than I'm am comfortable with.   The start hill is rediculously high to me and the way it dips before the first jump freaks me out.
Maybe tomorrow in practice I will stop bottling it and go for it.......but then maybe not




* hand on the brake all up the first straight

[Nigelb]

Looks great that.....Not bad for a load of thick Brummies.

[Jon The Bassist]

It's a classic Clark and Kent build - really nice after the scary first straight and not a track for pedalling. The starthill feels a bit faster than Man indoor with an extra dip at the bottom (while still heading downhill) before you hit a long low double that would be easy if your bike hadn't been unweighted by the dip. Last straight is almost exactly the same as Manc indoor - 2nd and 3rd straights are nice with plenty of flow. 2nd berm seems to have too much flat before the banking starts and is slippy on the inside. Beautiful polished alloy bensink gate with spot-on speed.

Plenty of Radsters there - lots of people not cheating and using flat pedals

[ron burgundy]

Yep, that first double is catching out da youth...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5-SnHPGHE8

Track does look great, though

[rooski]

1ST jumps like that always seem to catch nippers out,not far enough over the back wheel!

Looks difficult to jump low

Easy for me to say that like

[ron burgundy]

What's the score today then? are the young clipped in yanks thrashing the flat riders?

[rooski]

What's the score today then? are the young clipped in yanks thrashing the flat riders?

Not sure if the uk clip rules apply in the worlds

is it usually 13 years plus for uk

[DoubleD]

Uci rules are    clips  can be used by anybody at any age

uec  rules is   from 12 or 13 and up

[Jon The Bassist]

Yes but the Brits (and other sensible European countries) actually have a disadvantage in that the younger kids so rarely get to use them compared to the USA. However when it comes to skill levels both the UK and USA riders are well behind many of the Euro riders across all ages (myself included ) , although we have plenty of quick and/or big strong riders.

[dan-dare]

(myself included)

 

 

[Jon The Bassist]

(myself included)

 

 

...I've not got over the first jump properly at full speed.... doh!