What do Pro trackies ride on the street? - London Fixed-gear and Single-speed

deadly fanny pack · 17th August 2008

Anyone know/seen/got pics of what pro track cyclists use to get about town?

Do Hoy & Pendleton sit astride their Carbon-fibre race machines, modern geared bikes or old school track iron when off to the shops?

Do pro riders do outdoor training on fixed bikes? Any of them build up anything interesting for it, or just use a dolan training bike out of the box?

MrSmith · 17th August 2008

some ride geared race bikes round the inner bit of the velodrome when warming up/down, i guess these are also used as their training bikes?
being used to riding the perfect tool for the job on the track i would be surprised if they would want to compromise their training by using the wrong kind of bike to train on the road.(i.e. a track bike)

badtmy · 17th August 2008

if i was a pro track cyclist i reckon i wouldn't bother riding to the shops. i'd prolly drive a car and save my legs for actual training.

Emilia · 17th August 2008

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Originally Posted by badtmy

if i was a pro track cyclist i reckon i wouldn't bother riding to the shops. i'd prolly drive a car and save my legs for actual training.

I was just going to disagree, and then I remembered that I rode over to Hillingdon the other day, and was so knackered by the time I got there that I couldn't really be bothered with the track. So yes, I see your point. Doesn't mean I have to like it though...

RPM · 17th August 2008

well our lot all live close to manchester velodrome, which is where the majority of training takes place, they will also travel to various training camps in the team bus.

I imagine they drive or walk to the shops.

asm · 17th August 2008

I doubt very much that they walk to the shops, unless it's close. Too much walking might lead to injury! :)

kowalski · 17th August 2008

Probably use the tram to visit the shops, and with the correct travelcard could get to the Velodrome on the bus. Assuming of course, that their bikes are stored at the Velodrome. Otherwise they could only train at off-peak times. The tram lines render road training in the Manchester area somewhat hazardous.

hippy · 17th August 2008

It depends on the event doesn't it?

Sprinters aren't going to be doing much riding outside the track.
Pursuiters are going to be doing shitloads outside the track (like say the Tour de France!).

Joe24 · 17th August 2008

I think they ride geared road bikes.
Buts that just going by the women(not sure who, i think she was near pro or pro) was on the TV a while back that had got taken off her bike, then dragged along behind the car on her way to the track to train. Cant remember if she is still on the track. Anyone else remember seeing this? It was on some TV show.

RPM · 17th August 2008

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Originally Posted by hippy

It depends on the event doesn't it?

Sprinters aren't going to be doing much riding outside the track.
Pursuiters are going to be doing shitloads outside the track (like say the Tour de France!).

but that wasn't the question, you slimy efluvia of a nebulous monstrosity.

hippy · 17th August 2008

I think it showed the question requires clarification.

hippy · 17th August 2008

That answers the question. Cunt.

hippy · 17th August 2008

RPM · 17th August 2008

well, I suppose it was part of the OP..

but yes, cav and wiggo clock up road miles, hoy eats wood in the drome but fuck knows how they get around when not training. I somehow imagine not by bike.

we'll get winspar and caston to ask hoy when they go up to salford at the end of the month

RPM · 17th August 2008

who are those nobodies?

couple of blokes from your club back in aus?

hippy · 17th August 2008

deadly fanny pack · 17th August 2008

malted fruit loaf seems a bizzare sponsor for a bike race?

RPM · 17th August 2008

er..
hardly. when everyone from xc mtbe'rs to sportive riders like to pack some loaf

hippy · 17th August 2008

"You packing loaf, boy?!"

RPM · 17th August 2008

I'm packing big loaf.

you're packing fudge

BringMeMyFix · 17th August 2008

They did a banana loaf for a bit - it was much nicer. Haven't seen it on the shelves of late :(

RPM · 17th August 2008

cost of bananas innit.

hippy · 17th August 2008

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Originally Posted by RPM

I'm packing big loaf.
you're packing fudge

I bet yours is fruit loaf.

RPM · 17th August 2008

when you've finished packing all that fudge, there's some gardening to be done on that steep hill you like going up

hippy · 17th August 2008

Is that the stuff you couldn't do because you might break a nail?

RPM · 17th August 2008

aus: fail

hippy · 17th August 2008

Wow.. back to the Orympics. Zzzz...

fatboyralph · 17th August 2008

im sure it was hoy who got run over by a WVM not long ago whilst road riding around fort william(?) area.

or he couldve been on his pink framed nitto stem high rise bar arrospoked fixie. NoBrakes of course. he did fail to avoid the WVM afterall

mr_tom · 17th August 2008

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Originally Posted by hippy

back to the Orympics...

Lacist.

badtmy · 17th August 2008

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Originally Posted by Emilia

I was just going to disagree, and then I remembered that I rode over to Hillingdon the other day, and was so knackered by the time I got there that I couldn't really be bothered with the track. So yes, I see your point. Doesn't mean I have to like it though...

i should clarify. i wasn't implying that track riders don't ride on the roads. but i reckon they'd prolly try to limit it to training rides, not as general transport, although i imagine some of them may ride to the track as a kind of pre warm-up.

the reason i say this is because recovery is fucking precious to elite athletes of any sort.

but then i don't know any pro track riders and i'm just guessing based on my experience of elite runners.

deadly fanny pack · 17th August 2008

to continue this pointless ramble of an unanswerable question in a slightly different direction...

Why dont you see more people running places?

You get loads of people who run for excercise in the mornings & evenings, enter ameutuer races and triathalons.

But who actually runs for transport ?

Im sure for a fit person its just as pheasible, if not faster than cycling in some instances?

RPM · 17th August 2008

what a good question!

I used to run to work, depending where I was, and so did some of my mates. but that was back in the late 80's / early 90's when we were all poor..

a bit like now.

more people should run.

run, fatty, run.

Merak · 17th August 2008

If they are any good at what they do they probably use one of these.

badtmy · 17th August 2008

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Originally Posted by deadly fanny pack

Why dont you see more people running places?

You get loads of people who run for excercise in the mornings & evenings, enter ameutuer races and triathalons.

But who actually runs for transport ?

Im sure for a fit person its just as pheasible, if not faster than cycling in some instances?

i'm a runner, but i don't really run anywhere for the following reasons (even when i'm really fit):

- you get fscking sweaty
- you can't carry much stuff
- running most places useful involves dodging walkengers which really starts to shit you in peak hour in central london
- only practical for short commutes
- bike is quicker, easier and more fun.

eyebrows · 17th August 2008

I sometimes run for commuting (10k max distance), if I can have a shower there, and keep stuff there.
biking in is more fun for sure, but I like the fact that running really allows me to slip into my own world.
Cycling can do that, but not in London

17th August 2008	#1
deadly fanny pack	What do Pro trackies ride on the street? Anyone know/seen/got pics of what pro track cyclists use to get about town? Do Hoy & Pendleton sit astride their Carbon-fibre race machines, modern geared bikes or old school track iron when off to the shops? Do pro riders do outdoor training on fixed bikes? Any of them build up anything interesting for it, or just use a dolan training bike out of the box?
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17th August 2008	#2
MrSmith Blog Entries: 4	some ride geared race bikes round the inner bit of the velodrome when warming up/down, i guess these are also used as their training bikes? being used to riding the perfect tool for the job on the track i would be surprised if they would want to compromise their training by using the wrong kind of bike to train on the road.(i.e. a track bike)
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17th August 2008	#3
badtmy	if i was a pro track cyclist i reckon i wouldn't bother riding to the shops. i'd prolly drive a car and save my legs for actual training.
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17th August 2008	#7
kowalski	Probably use the tram to visit the shops, and with the correct travelcard could get to the Velodrome on the bus. Assuming of course, that their bikes are stored at the Velodrome. Otherwise they could only train at off-peak times. The tram lines render road training in the Manchester area somewhat hazardous.
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17th August 2008	#8
hippy	It depends on the event doesn't it? Sprinters aren't going to be doing much riding outside the track. Pursuiters are going to be doing shitloads outside the track (like say the Tour de France!).
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17th August 2008	#9
Joe24	I think they ride geared road bikes. Buts that just going by the women(not sure who, i think she was near pro or pro) was on the TV a while back that had got taken off her bike, then dragged along behind the car on her way to the track to train. Cant remember if she is still on the track. Anyone else remember seeing this? It was on some TV show.
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17th August 2008	#21
BringMeMyFix	They did a banana loaf for a bit - it was much nicer. Haven't seen it on the shelves of late :(
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17th August 2008	#28
fatboyralph	im sure it was hoy who got run over by a WVM not long ago whilst road riding around fort william(?) area. or he couldve been on his pink framed nitto stem high rise bar arrospoked fixie. NoBrakes of course. he did fail to avoid the WVM afterall
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17th August 2008	#33
Merak	If they are any good at what they do they probably use one of these.
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17th August 2008	#35
eyebrows	I sometimes run for commuting (10k max distance), if I can have a shower there, and keep stuff there. biking in is more fun for sure, but I like the fact that running really allows me to slip into my own world. Cycling can do that, but not in London