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[cheadle hulme]

Thats what I heard him say too Longers.
Certainly felt it. I was gaining on people (well the odd one) on the straights, went to go past on the bends and I'd stay exactly level due to being higher up on the blue line.

Definitely felt like 10-15m extra if you were on the blue compared to the bottom.

 

[longers]

Right, you'll have to take Tony into a corner and explain how to him next time

He was saying that the straights aren't any different in length depending on which line you take assuming you stay on the same one.
The two bankings could be described as two halves of a circle and if you increase the circumference of a circle by 1 metre the diameter increases by Pi. If red is 10 metres longer than black then you would expect it to be 3 and a bit metres away.

There's got to be a flaw in the logic somewhere

 

[ComedyPilot]

Just got in after having tea at Ikea. Had a brilliant afternoon. Well sorted Dan Bo. Can't wait till the next one.

 

[ComedyPilot]

Oh, and I think I have just made this decade's biological breakthrough....................







...............................breathing through my ARSE

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Right, you'll have to take Tony into a corner and explain how to him next time

He was saying that the straights aren't any different in length depending on which line you take assuming you stay on the same one.

That's correct

The two bankings could be described as two halves of a circle and if you increase the circumference of a circle by 1 metre the diameter increases by Pi.

The difference in path length (as you say, we can roughly equate this to the circumference of the circle formed by the two ends as the straights are constant) between the first two lines is 10m, so...

Circumference = 2*Pi*radius

If we assume Pi to be 3.142 (close enough for this) then for every 1m that separates the lines on the track we have an extra 6.3m difference in path length.

As the ends are banked this will have some effect on the calculations though, as if they were 'flattened out' they wouldn't form a circle but more of an oval... this may account for the 'lost' 3.7m, or the two lines are slightly further than 1m apart

If red is 10 metres longer than black then you would expect it to be 3 and a bit metres away.

There's got to be a flaw in the logic somewhere

I think it's more the Maths, not the logic (but then mine is probably woefully inaccurate!!).

 

[Will1985]

Black line = 250m
Red line (sprinters line) - 90cm from black line.
Blue line (stayers line) - 2.5m from black line.

 

[Young Un]

Although these photos have been highly antisipated, i am afraid that they are not very good, my Dad needs firing from the position on camera man

But here they are anyway:


These are videos by the way







These are photos:

 

[Aperitif]

Lovely stuff Young Un - especially the group photo. Looks like a really interesting place - and the shots on the banking give me an idea of just how spooky it must feel the first time on...

 

[RedBike]

Great photos. Could we please have a name call for the group photo. As you can see. I haven't a clue who anyone is!

Top row.
? - Trio25 - Alison - ? - ? -? - ?

Bottom row
? - Band Bo - Redbike - ? - ? - Chris - ? - Youngun- Will - ?- ?- ?

 

[longers]

Great photos. Could we please have a name call for the group photo. As you can see. I haven't a clue who anyone is!

ok, usernames given where applicable for the bottom photo.

Top Row:

Frustuck, Trio, Alison, Lex holding his son Tor, mknash, me holding my niece Ruby, Colly.

Bottom Row:

Fossy, Dan Bo, RedBike, Comedy Pilot with his daughter, Cheadle Hulme, Landslide, Bokonon, Young Un, Will, Tony - Ruby's dad, Sharkyblokes other mate and Sharkybloke.


When we going again?

 

[ComedyPilot]

C'mon Dan Bo, where are the time trial results?

 

[Will1985]

C'mon Dan Bo, where are the time trial results?

Starting from the top

Will1985 18.92
Sh4rkyBloke 19.22

 

[Sh4rkyBloke]

Starting from the top

Will1985 18.92
Sh4rkyBloke 19.22

Who cares about the rest, eh?

 

[Will1985]

Nice one Sh4rkyBloke - the trouble is, next time I'm going to want to go sub-18! One's own bike and slightly higher gearing should do the trick...

 

[Dave5N]

Me!

That was a brilliant afternoon well spent, even if the weather was as good as we've had it all year!
Already started thinking about what track bike to get, and that the Midlands really should have an indoor velodrome.

Thanks to Young Un's dad for doing the driving.

Can't wait for the photos...

Plenty of quality tracks available in the Midlands...





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