Revolution - 28 Jan 2012

[Paul_L]

Not sure ? Looked like Chris gave the first race away or maybe hes losing the skill, so whos going through to the Olympics then ?

Yeah i didn't realise that rule until Hugh Porter said last night. I assume you have your name your man by a certain date, otherwise Hoy, Kenny and Crampton will be there for the team sprint, and best man from those. Maybe they'll use the London Track World Cup as a selection race. Current form though, it looks like Jason.

 

[Noodley]

Excellent evening, great to meet mossy and richiepoo and exciting racing. The derny race was utter bonkers!

 

[rich p]

What a good night!
The racing , the theatre of it all and a good few beers with Noods and Mossy. All good!
An all too brief meeting with YahudaMoon - ha!

Mossy has a snap or two of the great man I think - Sir Chris or Noods, you choose

 

[lukesdad]

Glad you all had a great time,sorry I couldn t be there maybe next year.

 

[MossCommuter]

Hope so, LD, thanks for sorting everything.

Rest assured that we toasted your health, oh, probably eight or nine times... hic

 

[Ethan]

Bloody loved it. First time seeing track cycling - I'll certainly be going again!
I couldn't believe just how 'wall to wall' the racing was! one race ends, another one starts. Superb.

Shame I didn't see any of you lot though

 

[claver58]

Best Revolution for a while. Jason got the measure of Chris with 1.3/4 laps to go - never thought he'd make it but still a very unusual sprint as he went so early. I think the indiv. sprint man at Olympics has to be done on form - i.e. he can only be judged on London World Cup and Worlds in Melbourne. Chris made up for the sprint with a great Keirin.
Emily Kay won girls DHL Future Stars for the 3rd year! Could she be another Viccy? I have been so impressed by her strength and endurance, and her intelligence in knowing when to ride hard and when its not worth it, a sign of maturity - she has to be taken on by British Cycling.
I believe that I have just watched Chris Hoy ride his last ever race at Manchester - there is only London, Melb and London again and then I think he'll retire. Maybe come back for a Revolution for the fans but won't race competitively (besides training) at M'cester again. I'm proud to have seen him ride.

 

[MossCommuter]

Pictures

http://www.cyclechat.net/useralbums/revolution-january-28th-2012.168/view

 

[Ethan]

I cant figure out how to use the useralbums section, so i'll post a whole load here photos here.
Sorry if thats irritating!

 

[Ethan]

 

[Ethan]

You were right, bloody hard taking photos in there! Speed and fairly poor light doesn't mix.
At least I came home with a few nice photos

 

[MossCommuter]

they do show my drunken efforts with a 3megapixel camera phone up a bit

You were right, bloody hard taking photos in there! Speed and fairly poor light doesn't mix.
At least I came home with a few nice photos

 

[SBaxter]

A great night! Plenty of beers, fantastic racing! And the wife wants to go again next year!
Bonus

 

[rich p]

they do show my drunken efforts with a 3megapixel camera phone up a bit

You took yours through the bottom of the glass, didn't you Mossy?

 

[MossCommuter]

You took yours through the bottom of the glass, didn't you Mossy?

I don't remember