Showing posts with label Keirin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Keirin. Show all posts
Monday, November 17, 2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Friday, June 7, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Keirin Speed Racer
I've posted this before, but it turns out this is Keirin Week on BicycleFriends.com so here it is again.
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Keirin Racing: 5 Fun Facts
Keirin Racing: 5 Fun Facts
HCC Medical Insurance Services
Jarred Juett
Link: http://www.hccmis.com/blog/keirin-racing-5-fun-facts/
Keirin racing is a Japanese phenomenon almost as old as modern sporting itself. An over-the-top combination of athleticism, gambling, glory-seeking, and tradition, Keirin has provided Japanese cyclists a place to strategically compete on their bikes for more than half a century. It’s a mega-budget sport, grossing funds in excess of $10 billion dollars in ticket sales alone, and that’s before the federally administrated gambling is taken into account.
Japanese Keirin racing is simpler than it lets on. Though there is some strategy to bicycle pacing, the sport mainly involves a set number of cyclists following a lead pacer over four laps. At the final, fifth lap, the pacer pulls off of the track as the bikers make a mad dash to the finish for prizes and national glory.
If the overview of Keirin racing is interesting to you, we’ve compiled a list of five fun and unusual facts about the sport. Click Here to Continue Reading ...
HCC Medical Insurance Services
Jarred Juett
Link: http://www.hccmis.com/blog/keirin-racing-5-fun-facts/
Keirin racing is a Japanese phenomenon almost as old as modern sporting itself. An over-the-top combination of athleticism, gambling, glory-seeking, and tradition, Keirin has provided Japanese cyclists a place to strategically compete on their bikes for more than half a century. It’s a mega-budget sport, grossing funds in excess of $10 billion dollars in ticket sales alone, and that’s before the federally administrated gambling is taken into account.
Japanese Keirin racing is simpler than it lets on. Though there is some strategy to bicycle pacing, the sport mainly involves a set number of cyclists following a lead pacer over four laps. At the final, fifth lap, the pacer pulls off of the track as the bikers make a mad dash to the finish for prizes and national glory.
If the overview of Keirin racing is interesting to you, we’ve compiled a list of five fun and unusual facts about the sport. Click Here to Continue Reading ...
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
How to watch the Olympic Track Cycling Keirin - a beginner's guide
How to watch the Olympic Track Cycling Keirin - a beginner's guide
RadioTimes.com
Jamie Ewbank
2012-08-03
Link: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-08-03/how-to-watch-the-olympic-track-cycling-keirin---a-beginners-guide
The Keirin is one of track cycling’s delightfully eccentric events, in which riders are paced up to speed behind a special motorbike before launching their attacks from top speed in the final 600 metres. It’s a race that is dominated by sprinters and often features a little illicit roughhousing as riders jostle for position. Click Here to Continue Reading ...
RadioTimes.com
Jamie Ewbank
2012-08-03
Link: http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2012-08-03/how-to-watch-the-olympic-track-cycling-keirin---a-beginners-guide
The Keirin is one of track cycling’s delightfully eccentric events, in which riders are paced up to speed behind a special motorbike before launching their attacks from top speed in the final 600 metres. It’s a race that is dominated by sprinters and often features a little illicit roughhousing as riders jostle for position. Click Here to Continue Reading ...
Monday, June 3, 2013
RYOKOU - OFFICIAL TRAILER (Shane Perkins documentary: sport)
This is the official trailer to Ryokou. It is a documentary about Keirin Racing and follows the life of Shane Perkin. For those who have not seen this documentary, I encourage you to take the time and watch the videos I will post in the coming days.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Thursday, May 16, 2013
THE KEIRIN / BANK 03 @ 2013
THE KEIRIN / BANK 03 @ 2013 from kentax on Vimeo.
Real KEIRIN Race [THE KEIRIN]
It is a picture of a real bicycle race in Japan.
Location @ URBAN BANK KAWASAKI / Japan (kawasakikeirin.com)
music @ hidefuhi kenmochi (h-kenmochi.com)
movie @ tempra graphix / cycle (tempracycle.com)
BANK (keirinbank.com)
Real KEIRIN Race [THE KEIRIN]
It is a picture of a real bicycle race in Japan.
Location @ URBAN BANK KAWASAKI / Japan (kawasakikeirin.com)
music @ hidefuhi kenmochi (h-kenmochi.com)
movie @ tempra graphix / cycle (tempracycle.com)
BANK (keirinbank.com)
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Friday, October 5, 2012
Retired Riders
Retired Riders from Deus Customs on Vimeo.
Goodies have arrived from our northern neighbours - Complete with fork sock and Snoopy fabric frame wrapping. Happy Customers all round.
Goodies have arrived from our northern neighbours - Complete with fork sock and Snoopy fabric frame wrapping. Happy Customers all round.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
LAVRA Night
Saturday night Meme and I headed to the LA Velodrome, with its steep banks and fast paced racing. We got there at about 6 pm, making it just in time for the women's Scratch race. That night we saw Keirin, Scratch and Madison racing. The Madison proved to be the most exciting, watching racers fling their partner across the track. It was calculated chaos!
Olympian Jimmy Watkins was there. He raced men's Keirin and part of the Scratch before dropping out.
More Photos
Olympian Jimmy Watkins was there. He raced men's Keirin and part of the Scratch before dropping out.
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