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Not so much. I’d come to watch if adult beverages were involved though!

Short Track Cross race, inside, at nite, I’m there!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOH-n_9XtoU
Timmer that sound track is fer you M-F’r

is betting allowed?

in the effort of retaining/gaining fitness, I’d be in. Call it $10, and you’d get me there WAY easier. I’m a broke ass.

and let people bet. that’d be hilarious and fun. beer and betting. like a race track for bikes…(sounds familiar…)

if hollywood promises not to throw things at competitors i’ll be there

sunday night,
barriersthere is such a thing as steeplechase indoors during track season

I’d show up. Sounds like lots o’ fun. I’d want barriers or some kind of obstacle to keep it from being like a track race.

more info.

yes, still, either way. i say yes to barriers. oval is cool, BUT, how do you keep it from being super fast lap? can we flood it? wet astroturf could be fun. can we import a sand pit?

how do we make this a “cross” event, and not a grass crit with a barrier?

Sounds fun, in for watching and maybe racing depending on location/nights. $10-15 sounds good.

I say only allow the first 30 people overall. The last thing you want is too many people to show up at your desired location. It isn’t the biggest place in the world and there could be conflicts with other groups, and too many could be a bad thing.

I like the idea, but $15 is to much. Try $13 and I am there.

$13 will not do, make it $14.65 and I’m there.

IN…barriers

Sounds fun, what part of the metro were you planning on. You could make the entry fee $10 and a bottle(or two)of decent beer to add to the prize winnings.

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and $13 is WAY too much to charge. Have you no morals? Whats next? Chip-timming?

geez. Why I remember when Ped put on races for $10. Back in the day…

anyways.
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…and barriers….

I’d do it, without barriers. maybe have some barriers in, then barriers out races. There is some sand in there for the long jump pit, at least there used to be…

should have a fixed gear event, cross bikes belong outside…

Run races that only last 5 or 10 minutes, maybe 20 minutes tops. Run smaller groups, i.e. “heats” where you have to advance. Another idea is to do some sort of team relay, perhaps where teams are formed in a draw (with some sort of balancing by rider category or handicap).

Have lots of twisting and turning requiring changes in speed. Sure, have barriers but note that they can be dangerous too. Personally, I think fast barrier sections on flat ground are kind of bogus, as they hardly ever make any difference in a race. Place them in such a way that they actually change the pace of the race. Whatever.

I’d pay $10 bucks if I was able to do 3 or 4 races on the night.

In all seriousness, I would pay whatever entry fee the organizer decides in order to make this event self-sustaining. That was the case for Radius and I would assume would be the case for this.

I also think “heats” would work best.

I also think that “un-organized” gambling is an easy thing to “not-organize.”

I also think that this event could be highly successful and I would even volunteer to be a “non-official.”

I also think that a cyclocross miss-and-out would be a sweet race instore.

I can’t wait to see the emails that you get from “persons with interest in the facility” that will try to cancel your event in advance due to irrational opinions that are not based in any form of reality.

- yes.
- most likely.
- 15 would be a bit steep for me week in-week out; every other week - no problem.
- Oval? I don’t like nascar.
- Friday or Saturday, leaning Saturday.
- Barriers for sure.

I like heats, but 10 minutes seems short to me… if you aren’t a sprinter, you are f’ed. Volunteering sounds like a good opportunity too — agreed with Rookie. Perhaps participation requires 1 night of some sort of volunteering instead of the beverage with fee per night idea? I disagree with Dan I in that barrier sections on the fast flats are not bogus — they weed out the sloppy from the smooth. And gears yes. The rest: whatever you decide; it’s your series. Thank you!

I normally pay $10 for a hour of play on the ice. I would pay up to $15 to do this a couple times a month!!! If I were home.

I like the heat idea.

A mobile sand pit? One that you could low trailer in and have a ramp up it?

Barriers or without It could be like an indoor CX crit, that would be fun.

This is big time thinking!!!

Majors is close for a sponsor bar…

one more thing. If turnout is what you want, don’t go throw the USAC. I think you’d get more people up there racing if they didn’t have to buy a one day to participate. That makes things expensive in a hurry. just sayin’. I got nothing.

There. With treats.

did someone say MadisonCX? Exchanges would make for some good rug burn.

Would it be full contact?

Maybe start with an open riding period, so we get time in the saddle. I like the heats. Avoid the one & done with a last chance qualifier or something like it. High speed barriers in small space - problematic, but interesting. I’d help out with set up/tear down etc.

boy, you guys sure like your barriers, I guess I just don’t get it. don’t you get enough of that during cross??

- yes, interested, yes would take part don’t if I don’t have to jump over anything.

- $15 would be the max, depending on format of racing. lord knows I’ve spent $15 on things much worse.

- Oval or cigar course.

- Friday, Saturday or Sunday night for the races? — they all work

- No barriers. straight up flat track, grass track, short track - whatever you want to name it.

keep them short - 5, 7 or 10 lap heats. move onto a longer main then to end the night.

Awesome idea. Heats imply that a lot of guys will end up standing around not racing after they’ve ben eliminated. $15 is fine. I’m all in.
BK

figure eight course. do it!!

there will be outdoor cyclocross this winter…i’m just saying….stay tuned

Good luck

Maybe a big horse barn or golf dome might work also…

MLK jr. Park off Nicolet and 4oth?
you can see all there light from the 35 W.
In and out just a bit bigger course that way.
They have a big dome!
Ba Ba Figure 8!

The old armory by the airport.

Don’t do heats, do a series of short, high intensity events. Use the velodrome model, make a group ride like hell then give them some time to regroup while some other group rides like hell. Everyone gets a couple of races, keep things moving.

Maybe this is just me, but I concluded a long time ago that if I spent a lot of time riding nowhere in the basement there was a cost in my enthusiasm later in the summer. Riding bikes that go nowhere is for retards, get out and ride for real.

Very Interested.

State Fair Hippodrome

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1 &res=9500E5D81038E733A2575AC1A9609C946597D6CF&oref =slogin

I think this is a great concept as far as indoor grass track racing but with geared bikes or those with brakes do we have to worry about skidding with brakes? That turf must be really expensive. Cleats? Are they ok?

i had my first experience on that kind of turf the other day. i was amazed at how durable it is. it’s pretty hard to damage it- unless we are talking about flamming barriers since i’m sure it would melt.

Any chance there will be chip timing?

Get a disco ball and I’m in.

winter cyclocross out-of-doors y’all
http://cxmoonshine.blogspot.com/

I would be down with this.
I think a winter series race that gives everyone 2-3 shorter races a night would be the ticket. Some kind of season-ending incentive. Free drinks works.
How about one of the many farm venues at the State Fair?