physiotherapy groupies

[JayneToyne]

I was wandering out of mayday physiotherapy place today and saw Joyce in there looking fairly chipper after her hip replacement.
briefly compared notes and i feel abit of a nancy girls blouse with my knee problems compared to a whole hip replacement.

anyway, just thought i would share that.

[Brett P]

Will you be testing out the new and improved Knee tomorrow night @ Herne Hill?

I'll be there; the new track bike is ready and waiting for some abuse. A little birdie told me that Brian Taylor uses an 88" gear . I was thinking of riding a 90" so I can pip him at the post. Either that or die a slow and painful death as he elbow's & head butts me like he did at Place 2 weeks ago!

What time do people get there, and can you warm up for a while on the track?

[JayneToyne]

the knee is neither new or improved, its just been prodded and poked around some more and then given a puzzled expression.

I will be at Herne Hill on wednesday, getting my arse kicked as usual.
Turn up around 6.30/6.45, get signed in and on the track for the warm up.
racing starts at 7, and they are very finicky on timing.

if you havent used your new bike yet on track i recon best to turn up with plenty of time and give it a bit of a test on track with no one around you. also a good idea if you havent ridden track for a while to get familiarised with the etiquette again. theres been some really crap riding from people who havent ridden track in a while and forget to signal or panic and kick back etc etc.
so to save yourself from being put in the fence or on the grass i recon its a good idea to try and blend in and not make enemies straight away.

Im using 86/88 depending on how windy it is, Bryan uses anything from 88 to 90 something. but its generally a secret thing and not talked about.
most of the fellas there use 88- 92
88 is good for the devil and points races as you need to be able to accelerate quickly. 90-92 is good for persuit and time trial type races.

see you on wednesday.

[Rob]

brett have u ever seen bryan ride track...

the guy never gets beaten!(unless he punctures)

[Brett P]

I went down to Reading last night and tested the bike for an hour, making the necessary adjustments to the seat etc.
Did a few flying 200's with an 86 & 88 inch gear on.
For the 86" I was 0.4 seconds faster (12.7 sec.) than the 88. Tonight looks quite windy so i'll leave the 86 on.

Rob, no one's unbeatable flat tyre or not!

See ya'll tonight

Brett

[JayneToyne]

bring the 88 as well, i always bring tools so if you want to swap for some reason then at least you have the option.