Team sprint times

vitiris

Just wanted to know what a good time would be for a 3 up team sprint on a 250 track, club riders on hired bikes. We were at Newport yesterday and did team sprints but no idea if time was good, bad or indifferent! All I know is my legs hurt today so having the day off (the bike)

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ed073

A good time is waht you think is good for your level of fitness......go to the UCI homepage for the world records if you really want to scare yourself.

Keirin Girl

If you can get under the minute, you are doing ok. At vets/womens sessions at Manchester, we usually just duck under 1 minute. Obviously, if the hire bikes at Newport are on 84" gearing like those at Manchester, you might be struggling just a little!

Keirin Girl

vitiris

I am not sure of the gearing but guess it is 82/84". We managed two back to back sessions of 59s starting from the top rail about 6/7 yds back. It was a first shot for all 3 of us, only second time on the track, and I found bombing round right behind someone else a little unsettling but then I'm not a road racer!

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Keirin Girl

Hey, that's pretty good. With more practice, you will be able to sit a lot closer to the rider in front and this makes things considerably easier!

Have fun,
Keirin Girl

closesupport

how long did it take you and over what distance, maybe you could work out your average speed for the entire distance to give you an idea of how good or bad it was.

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i seen riders at revolution at manchester doing an average of 35.? mph which was very fast and over in no time. I prefare 49x15 (88.2) to train on but 95.4 /119.3 if i want to do sprints unfortunately when i turn up at manchester they either feel that they are to big or 2 small.

maybe thats the disadvantage to fixed gears especially if they are rental bikes.

Keirin Girl

The hire bikes at Manchester are on 84" gears, which is low by most people's standards. Most people seem to train on 86 or 88 inches and for general bunch type racing, gear up to 88 or 90 inches. For the sprint sessions, riders seem to start off on small gears and build up to mid 90 inch gears later in the session.
I have found that choosing the right gear is extremely difficult and is a case of trial and error. Last week I raced on 86" and won two races. This week I'm trying 88" and will probably come dead last!
Have fun,
Keirin Girl