Saturday mornings at Herne Hill velodrome

[lenk]

Anyone ever been?

My main questions are:

1. I'm not a beginner. But I'm not a solid lump of rippling biking muscle either - what is the general standard like?

2. Presumably rain = cancelled, right?

3. I have my own track bike, kitted out for roads (ie it has a brake) - do they discourage this and make you use theirs, or is it worth bringing ?

4. On a fitness scale of 1-10, how fit would you say you have to be to survive the morning? (I rate about 6 ; )

[Klaus]

It's all here:

http://www.vcl.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=6&id=24&Itemid=54

I think the training sessions start slow, then get faster, so people drop out when the pace gets too high.

[Sandperson]

I believe they have groups for all levels of experience and fitness. Check out this link:

FAQ

Looks like they would ask you to remove the brake or use one of their bikes and they run induction sessions to see what level you are at.

I know a lot of people who have been along and enjoyed themselves. They seem to be pretty inclusive. There's also an open night on Tuesdays where you can ride any type of bike, just for fitness and I think they've introduced sunday morning sessions too.

[lenk]

Ah, very useful, thanks.

Should have looked for an FAQs section before I posted ; )

Cool, might go and throw myself at in a few weeks' time...

['bout now]

It's the Good Friday meet tomorrow, excellent fun and an ideal opportunity to suss the place out.

[andycawdell]

And assume all know about the Good Friday international event?

If not see ....

http://www.bristowevents.co.uk/goodfriday.html

[lenk]

'bout now Wrote:

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> It's the Good Friday meet tomorrow, excellent fun

> and an ideal opportunity to suss the place out.

Yeah, fair amount of rain planned though... not sure if it'll happen... : (

[zephyr]

The induction sessions on saturday mornings (9AM), or the monday induction sessions (5PM), are great as long as you can ride a bike. I turned up on monday with only one other there to join me. Its no trouble to use one of their bikes and the guys there are really friendly and helpful. maybe see you down there on a monday =)

[andycawdell]

So right - All OK until it started to rain at about 3pm just as the big motors were coming out for the motor paced and that was that - except for the beer tent of course :-)

[lenk]

Are there any similar meets coming up? Missed yesterday due to horrific hangover : (