Some friends created a series of fixed gear centric events and put on a race on a kart-track last weekend. Enjoy!
Posted Mar 24, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC
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Well, looks like I'm off to the local go-kart track tomorrow.
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Yep. I wanna do this now.
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Wow that looks fun
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It was super fun to ride and the atmosphere was amazing :)
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Where was this? Looks fun as hell.
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It was in Berlin, being part of the Berlin Cycle Week. The track is Berlin-Kart. (http://www.berlin-kart.de)
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We had something like this in Latvia a year ago - it is quite fun. The Go-kart track was way more slippery than expected, so the victory was really dependent on the tires.
My only question is - Why is there no track stand start?
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Actually I'm not sure why there isn't. The rules are to start with one foot on the ground.
This track wasn't slippery at all - you could corner like crazy and some of the top guys gave it their all. :)
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The Go-kart track was way more slippery than expected
This was my first thought - those tracks can get super greasy. I expected a bunch of slideouts. But maybe they took the time to get it nice and clean beforehand?
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This one was grippy without any extra preparation, luckily. Doesn't mean there weren't any crashes, though. One dude broke his hip and a friend of mine hit her cheekbone quite bad and still has numbface going on.
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Ouch! Sorry to hear that. Best wishes to them on a speedy recovery.
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So cool. This needs to be a new category of sanctioned racing. It's perfect.
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They have more Last Man/Woman Standing races on different kind of tracks, but this one is somewhat special.
Next event will be the Fixed 42 - as part of the Velothon in Berlin the top fixed riders get to go for the (unofficial) World Championship on a 42.195km long course, inspired by the many marathon crash races around the world.
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Fun fact: two weeks ago I was at this exact kart track and told my friend how nice it would be to drive bikes around there...
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You should have come by - there was some time for everyone to take a few laps, not just the competitors.
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I only ever get to know about these events afterwards :(
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This looks likes so much fun - would be great to organise one of these in Shanghai...
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Funfact: "RAD" also means Bicycle in german.