About to be asked to do a "roller race"?! whats involved?

[sonic909]

This is possibly in the wrong room;

An oppourtunity has come up through my work, where at a big company corporate event they are looking for cyclists in the company from each area of the company to come foreward...

[quote]Hi Guys,

At the XXXXXXX Event we are planning to get a different member of the GB Cycling Team to attend each day (sorry not Nicole Cooke as she'll be preparing for the World Championships in Italy). They will be there to compete against 6 colleagues on a 1 minute roller racing challenge. As there are 6 areas attending each day I'd like you to nominate colleague to represent your Area.

Your representative needs to;
Deserve the opportunity to pit their skills against an Olympian
Be physically fit to take part (maybe a serious club cyclist)
Have the gear (we'll provide the bike, but the right clothing would help)

Once we have a full list of names we will contact them and advise them what they need to do.

Please send your nomination to me ASAP.

Regards,

XXXXXXXXXXX

[Will]

You can see how it works on this site:
http://www.rollapaluza.com/

Here's a video of a BBC news article
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7453600.stm

It sounds like fun! I wish my company did cool stuff like that. It will be brilliant to meet the Olympic gang.

You're not going to make a fool of yourself... Everyone else will be in the same boat!

[Andrew G]

Good luck.

Stay seated, could be a bit messy if you try and stand up. You'll need a good warm up before you race on them and then you basically spin your bits off until your lungs jump out your mounth and land on the handlebars. Fixed obviously so don't stop pedaling at the end.

They may use rollers which clamp the front fork so no worries about falling off them. If they're proper rollers then you'l have a couple of people holding you down on to them to stop you bouncing off and launching yourself through the wall.

It's great fun.

[sonic909]

Well, i am doing it...

Better get training!

[Jon H]

http://www.addiscombe.org/time_trial/rollers.htm

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Talk to me..

Guru P

[sonic909]

[quote="mrP(Boonen)VT"]Talk to me..

Guru P

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Whoo hoooooo

[sonic909]

[quote="mrP(Boonen)VT"]Whoo hoooooo

[mrP(Boonen)VT]

Turned off

[Mike I]

What are rollers like? Ever ridden across a frozen duck pond? They're like that at first.

Is there a chance you will embarrass yourself? Definitely; I have done more than once, but only in the privacy of my own garage.

Apart from that, it sounds like a load of fun. Do not on any account try to get out of the saddle.