Velodrome pics!! Finally!

[Fausto]

Okay, I finally bought a real digcam (thanks RossMAN! :beer: ) and took to to the practice session at the 'drome tonight. Only got a few decent shots as I'm still getting the A70 figured out.

Anyway.....here they are (warning...bigass pics.)

Big pic of the velodrome.

Shot of the banking from the top of the track.

Your humble scribe going through turn 2 under the lights.

More next week when I'm actually racing.

 

[yakko]

Nice. Can I ride there too?

 

[CanisEstInVia]

Fun stuff. how fast are you going? can you track stand?

 

[ElFenix]

PSA: there is no thong, pics are work safe

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: CanisEstInVia
Fun stuff. how fast are you going?

Not very. I was trying to go slow enough that the pics would be decent.

can you track stand?

Haven't tried yet. I can do it on a road bike, but I'm still chicken to try it on the banking.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
PSA: there is no thong, pics are work safe

Dammit! I knew I forgot something! :|

 

[Led Zeppelin]

I'd hate to have that big eyesore in my front yard like some of them poor people do.

 

[LordRaiden]

Wow, that thing looks great. Wish we had one of those around here too.

 

[boyRacer]

wow thats cool... although the thought of a brakeless and fixed gear bike scares me at first... i'm sure it must be fun...

btw... i just sold a set of mavic kysriums to someone... he decided to go to their local velodrome... on the way the bike fell off the rack and bent the wheels... i feel bad.

 

[pyonir]

Where is the carnage!?!?!?!?!?! :|

<---disappointed.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: LedZeppelin
I'd hate to have that big eyesore in my front yard like some of them poor people do.

Actually the track is kinda sunk into the middle of a hill, so you can hardly even see it from the roads around it. All you see is the fence and the boards around the top of the track, plus they've landscaped everything outside so it's really not ugly at all.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: LordRaiden
Wow, that thing looks great. Wish we had one of those around here too.

If you live in MI (as your profile indicates) there is one down in Rochester Hills.

Mike Walden Velodrome.

 

[Brutuskend]

Those fixed gear bikes scare the hell out of me!

 

[BuckNaked]

you will find that its easier to do a trackstand on the track than on the road.... except for the steepest part of the banking.... but rarely will someone ever do a trackstand there to get the guy behind you to take the lead....

I hope you had a good time!

Dave

 

[Koing]

Looks cool man

what is a *track stand?*

Koing

 

[conjur]

Are you really that blurry in real life or was it only for just this special occasion?

 

[Led Zeppelin]

Originally posted by: Fausto1

Originally posted by: LedZeppelin
I'd hate to have that big eyesore in my front yard like some of them poor people do.

Actually the track is kinda sunk into the middle of a hill, so you can hardly even see it from the roads around it. All you see is the fence and the boards around the top of the track, plus they've landscaped everything outside so it's really not ugly at all.

Ahhh, well if that's the case, then I suppose I'd be able to live with it, but in this pic it looks like this person looks right out their front window at this thing, hehe.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: conjur
Are you really that blurry in real life or was it only for just this special occasion?

More like "operator error" since I don't know how to work my new camera yet.

 

[Kaervak]

Just the name sounds like it's a big fight to the death arena, except with bikes.

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: Kaervak
Just the name sounds like it's a big fight to the death arena, except with bikes.

Hehe....not quite. There are "rules of the road" so to speak that are in place to prevent carnage.......theoretically.

 

[Demon-Xanth]

Why is it, that when I see that I can't help but think that it'd be sweet to put a handful of high end karts on the track and recreate Bristol?

 

[dmcowen674]

Is that Velodrome here in Atlanta?

 

[Fausto]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674
Is that Velodrome here in Atlanta?

Yup...it's over in East Point.

Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Why is it, that when I see that I can't help but think that it'd be sweet to put a handful of high end karts on the track and recreate Bristol?

There was a guy motorpacing a scooter last night.....does that count?

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

excellent pics. I always wanted to try going around one of those things!

 

[TJN23]

got a question, will adjusting the shutter speed (i believe its called the F Stop at least in a 35mm camera) fix the blurriness in the 3rd pic?

anyways great shots! enjoy the cam