Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Euro BMX
Well no updates for a while but I've been away a lot!
Last week I was in Switzerland with team GB. First stop was the Euro BMX race in Winterthur. The track was pretty cool, much better than the first rounds in Belguim and Czech, I really had fun on this track. It snaked downhill was fast and flowing and had plenty of room to pass. The 4th straight was the one everyone was talking about, a tough rhythm section with two sets steep like trails. I really enjoyed riding this straight at trails speed but going faster was a bit scary, not ideal for racing. Anyway, I had some good races making the semis both days, but my gates let me down so I'll be working on those and aiming for the finals! A good weekend for the team with shanaze winning and Liam riding a great final on sunday getting 2nd.
After the race we headed to the UCI centre in Switzerland to ride and train at the Olympic replica track. I have never ridden a supercross start hill before it was pretty daunting, looks like a rollercoaster! Rolling off it is no problem but it takes a little while to crank down it full on! Especially considering the jump at the bottom can be cleared without pedalling... Kelvin showed us how it was done within mintues of getting on the track, he was looking super quick.
The track wasn't as good as we expected but we made the most of it and got a lot out of it. Shanaze and me moved on to the mens mens sections pretty quick as the girls sections weren't great. We hit up the gap double out the first corner but the 10m jump into the second turn we left to the boys! The mens 3rd straight was quite challenging, it was good to get through that.
All in all it was a good week apart from the crappy rules at the hostel, I am 26 but I felt like I was back at school! check out www.andersgronsund.com for Kelvins updates from the week...
Joey
Last week I was in Switzerland with team GB. First stop was the Euro BMX race in Winterthur. The track was pretty cool, much better than the first rounds in Belguim and Czech, I really had fun on this track. It snaked downhill was fast and flowing and had plenty of room to pass. The 4th straight was the one everyone was talking about, a tough rhythm section with two sets steep like trails. I really enjoyed riding this straight at trails speed but going faster was a bit scary, not ideal for racing. Anyway, I had some good races making the semis both days, but my gates let me down so I'll be working on those and aiming for the finals! A good weekend for the team with shanaze winning and Liam riding a great final on sunday getting 2nd.
After the race we headed to the UCI centre in Switzerland to ride and train at the Olympic replica track. I have never ridden a supercross start hill before it was pretty daunting, looks like a rollercoaster! Rolling off it is no problem but it takes a little while to crank down it full on! Especially considering the jump at the bottom can be cleared without pedalling... Kelvin showed us how it was done within mintues of getting on the track, he was looking super quick.
The track wasn't as good as we expected but we made the most of it and got a lot out of it. Shanaze and me moved on to the mens mens sections pretty quick as the girls sections weren't great. We hit up the gap double out the first corner but the 10m jump into the second turn we left to the boys! The mens 3rd straight was quite challenging, it was good to get through that.
All in all it was a good week apart from the crappy rules at the hostel, I am 26 but I felt like I was back at school! check out www.andersgronsund.com for Kelvins updates from the week...
Joey
# posted by Joey : 5/29/2007
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