Keirin racing roller derby of cycling

[LTR64]

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=keirin&search=Search

[LTR64]

Keirin
keirinOnly men compete in the Keirin. This race originated in Japan, where it is the predominant form of cycle racing. People there go to Keirin meetings and bet on the outcome, similarly to horse or dog racing . There is so much money in the sport in Japan that many of their top Keirin riders do not go to the world championships. And if they did, they might well not win it. Since this race first appeared on the world championships programme in 1980, the only time a Japanese rider has won it was in 1987, when Harumi Honda took the Rainbow Jersey at Vienna. So why do the Japanese not dominate in the race they invented?
The Japanese Keirin has some significant differences to the international interpretation of this race. For a start, tracks there are banked less steeply than in most other places, and an all-weather asphalt surface permits Keirin racing in the rain, which would not happen at a world championship or world cup meeting. Furthermore, the approach of Japanese Keirin racers is to win as much money as they can all the time. This means staying at a high level of fitness for several months of the year. To reach the peak needed for success at the world championship would demand a recovery period afterwards, which would harm earning potential. So from the professional point of view, it makes no sense. One final significant difference is that in the Japanese Keirin, riders start the race lined out across the track. In the international version, they start in a single file along the track.
So, what happens in the Keirin? Rather a lot, actually. It is regarded as the most physically combative of all track races. A motorcycle paces the field of eight, leading them faster and faster around the track for three laps until it peels off. Then the riders are free to sprint for the finish line. Strength, courage and aggression are required to get the optimum position for the final lunge for the line.

[baloom]

Keirnan racing is a tough way to make a living because of its high level of combativeness. A typical high level repechage will pay something out to each racer regardless of where they finish though the payouts tend to range from about $300 for first to perhaps only 30 or 40 for 8th. If the rider stays healthy he can do okay and can make a living.

[old_school_n00b]

http://www.burnabyvelodrome.ca :)

[Bukkake]

keirin is a special kind of crazy....

[ChunkyMonkey]

Nice vids. Good to hear Phil Liggett comentating during a canuck win :canada:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uBN65cT7p0

[Bukkake]

and now for something completely different.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48C_KHwt53c&mode=related&search=

[dEVoRider]

those there are useful track skills.

[BuckChoklit]

it's good beer too.

[sanrensho]

Nice vids. Good to hear Phil Liggett comentating during a canuck win :canada:


Young Phil Liggett = Shades of Monty Python?

:rawr:

[ChunkyMonkey]

Young Phil Liggett = Shades of Monty Python?

:rawr:
A$$hole! You've ruined the TDF for me ;)

Just watched it again and all I could here was Eric Idle setting up the punch line :lol:

[sanrensho]

A$$hole! You've ruined the TDF for me ;)

Just watched it again and all I could here was Eric Idle setting up the punch line :lol:

Phil has lost a lot of "snap" in his voice though, and seems prone to making factual mistakes these days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Wre5zO4Ek

[LTR64]

thats rad


and now for something completely different.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48C_KHwt53c&mode=related&search=

[baloom]

thats rad

i wasn't sure what to think of my initial response to that.....I had a bizarre mix of response. It is a strange mix of "awe inspiring" to kinda' goofy. A little like flat-land bmx or "ballet" freestyle skiing.

[LTR64]

synchronized uni cycling ish


synchronizedi wasn't sure what to think of my initial response to that.....I had a bizarre mix of response. It is a strange mix of "awe inspiring" to kinda' goofy. A little like flat-land bmx or "ballet" freestyle skiing.