Palace 17.06.08

[quote="-Adam-"]It seems the 3/4s like to ride into each other quite a bit. So I was forced onto the grass, and was practically in Penge by the time I could safely start to turn back towards the track. Put it this way, I still don't want to ride cross... ever. SO that left me with just one other rider, Chaz Hollosi of Gemini so together we rode the entire rest of the race alone, until the 3/4s caught us again That said, on the hill we were just cruising and only going full gas through the corners. Which by the way, in the E12 race and on my two-up, was about 8km/h faster than the 3/4s. !

[kieran]

aye, indeed, Adam, me young lad, some in the 3/4 could easily have been racing since you were in nappies (there's a nice picture!) and might have previously been in the higher cats. Then again many are not, as Toks says, its quite a mixed bunch.

haha, I did notice Toks bash into a rider as he crested the hill once, so steer clear of him! and Hal crashes, better keep away from those ACC boys.

[Toks]

[quote="kieran"] I did notice Toks bash into a rider as he crested the hill once, so steer clear of him!

[Andrew G]

Experience, bike handling, race craft, age, ability. All are irrelevant when one rider coming through shouts "Stay left!", and another simultaneously shouts "On your left!". And then both give you a volley of abuse for not getting out their way .

Happens more often than you'd like to think it would. Next time maybe I should grab a low branch and swing up above them.

Worth remembering too that the bulk of the money comes from the 3/4s and that that's where everyone starts out - kick 'em out the way and you have no racing due to lack of funds and no progression. There's also plenty of 2nd cats with a damn site less skill and experience than many 3rds.

Sounds like it was a bit of a one-off as Palace is normally very safe and has a decent standard of rider thoughout. They don't seem to be using the haipin cut-off so much this season though to keep the groups as seperate which always worked very well.

[quote]Susie from Dynamo who technically had right of was as she was on her final lap.

[kieran]

maybe they should just get rid of the E/1/2 race, at this level they should all be out doing proper RRs or in chain gangs training on the roads, or other necessities like bike cleaning and leg waxing.

[-Adam-]

[quote="kieran"]maybe they should just get rid of the E/1/2 race, at this level they should all be out doing proper RRs or in chain gangs training on the roads, or other necessities like bike cleaning and leg waxing.

[kieran]

like PaulT?

[-Adam-]

[quote="kieran"]like PaulT?

[Marek]

John Leitch more like it.