Track Work

Made my first appearance at the track on Thursday. A 300metre concrete track that has pretty steep banking.

I've never ridden a fixed gear bike prior to this so I was pretty nervous to say the least.

Got a few good tips from some of the more experienced riders and was given the nod of approval at my 88inch gear.

After a few laps to get accustomed we started on a 100 lap training session. Starting off reasonably slow and rolling off the front of each lap the pace gradually picks up. Felt pretty good and comfortable for the first 60 laps, but as the pace started to increase with each of the remaining laps my legs were having a hard time responding to the surges in higher speeds until I finally got dropped.

Hard to explain the fatigue fixed gear riding generates in the legs, something that only lots of practice will get me used to. Needless to say I had a blast and am hungry for some more track time!!!