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How many plan on going to the revelution this month at manchester velodrome

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Old 25-10.-2004, 05:17 AM   #16
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Glad to hear the young one enjoyed it so much. I was surprised by the amount of youngsters there, and not just boys either, got to be good for the future of the sport. I suspect british success at the last two olympics has got alot to do with that.

It was a good night and i too am looking forward to dec 4th. Hope the weather is better then though, didnt get in till 8 o`clock couse of the conditions on the motorway, also couldnt get out of asda car park till 11. (surprised a class, purpose built venue has so little parking)

we got there for about 6:15 there wasn't much traffic, and there weren't many people there, we where away with no problems since we avoided parking on asda! but the little lads interest doesn't stem from the olympics, he knows his dad as an interest in the sport be it mtb road or track and sacrafices time on the road and track to go to work, plus since he first visited the track when i was going to ride, he decided that he wants to do it, so now he has no interest in rugby that i wanted him to do until he got a little older.

but now wants to ride the track when he turns 8yrs, like his daddy plus he often states that "one day he is going to ride dads bikes faster than dad does" and win lots of races Aww bless, he says he likes going fast; since he was a toddler he has rode on the crossbar of the mtb. i know its a little irresponsible but he loves it when where keeping up with cars and overtaking other cyclists. always questioning the gearing procedures, what makes it go fast what makes it go slow, what brakes do etc. why when he see's dad TT does it have funny bars and thin wheels why does it weigh so little and why did i choose carbon, why does it not look like all the other bikes he sees, etc

Hopefully i can keep his interest in the sport, and one day have the opertunity to teach him about aerodynamic and wheel sucking techniques (echelon) and other training procedures that i have found work for me.

after last night, his most recent question is why does dad not race and why has dad not got disc wheels like the misters that where going so fast. if only children understood the real value of money.

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Old 27-10.-2004, 04:41 AM   #17
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Default Re: How many plan on going to the revelution this month at manchester velodrome

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Glad to hear the young one enjoyed it so much. I was surprised by the amount of youngsters there, and not just boys either, got to be good for the future of the sport. I suspect british success at the last two olympics has got alot to do with that.

It was a good night and i too am looking forward to dec 4th. Hope the weather is better then though, didnt get in till 8 o`clock couse of the conditions on the motorway, also couldnt get out of asda car park till 11. (surprised a class, purpose built venue has so little parking)
(surprised a class, purpose built venue has so little parking)

Re: your comment above regarding ‘so little parking’, the immediate success of Revolution (great though it is) was probably not envisaged 10 years ago and the existing parking within the perimeter was sufficient.

Also, at that time, the ASDA store didn’t exist. The plot of land on which it now stands was open land which was the remains of the old housing roads which existed well before the Velodrome came along. At the time this plot (and the plot now occupied by the apartments on the other side of Gibbon Street) fulfilled the basic requirements for parking during early events (including the 1996 and 2000 UCI World Track Championships) prior to the major build and regeneration for the Commonwealth Games.

we decided to sit where ever, not on the champions straight where the tickets where allocated but opposite the finishing line on the second corner, 'was a good night!' my son thourghly enjoyed himself, say's he wishes dad was racing with them, but his really looking forward to dec 4th since he has not stopped asking since returning home.

Re: ‘not on the champions straight where the tickets where allocated but opposite the finishing line on the second corner’

If you look more closely at your ticket (assuming you still have it), you will notice the small print which states that none of the seats are reserved (i.e. by block, row or seat number). Spectators for the Revolution events are able to sit wherever they wish in any of the seating blocks around the track (except for areas set aside for VIPs etc) - as long as they are not already occupied.

However, for the World Cup in January, tickets bought through ‘Ticketmaster’ WILL be specific to a block, row and seat.

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