Well after a short trip to the BMX Track in our city park it's finally ready for the season opener tomorrow evening. All the jumps are packed and smooth, the straights packed and no rocks, just some sweeping in the turns and it will be perfect for opening day!
I should have brought my Kona mountain bike, but thought they would still be working on it, but no its done.
I checked the distance of the big double going into the first turn and its 22 feet across tip to tip! I can't wait to see some experts skying that one! I'm just glad i can speed manual that on my mountain bike. I'm still pretty good at pulling for jumps... call it speed rolling or manualing, its not really called "wheeling" anymore. But this manuver keeps your back wheel on the ground so you can pedal over the tabletops and I've still got the skills to roll and pump and flex.
The last straight is incredibly hard. Big ass rollers - 7 of them and then a small camelback. I'll try and take some pictures on my camera phone, but they always look grainy and the camera is not a high speed camera so i won't be able to get pics of the riders in mid flight - it'll look like a blur. But I do want to get pictures of the track and some riders chillin in practice.
I'll give you the full race report tomorrow evening.
Saturday its supposed to be mid 70's - perfect for racing, but 40's in the evening so I'm sure it'll make the racers frisky. Sunday is supposed to be near 80 and sunny and I'm going to ride my bike in the morning. I'm leaving my cellphone in my pocket in case i wreck hard and need an ambulance, I just never know. What sucks is I don't have a helmet, but a friend of mine from Herndon has a spare full face that fits me so he'll bring that up soon.
Have a good one!
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