Noob wrote:Hoe does this work ... is it a club ? you pay a weekend membership and an event fee, sign DandD form and anyone can particapate ? ... arethere diferent classes ?( age, tires, etc ...)
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We used to do it years ago on a friend's farm pond. [it was about half the size of the rink] Every Monday night we rode.. it was quite informal.. and was made up of a group of people that rode together.. but anyone was welcome.
3 years ago Dave, someone new to cycling [who also owns the Pro shop at the rink] came into the shop for a visit. I being a smart a$$ asked when we could get ice time. Around here rink time is pretty booked up... and expensive.
He answered how about Sat. at such and such a time...
The next thing you knew.. we had ice time.. and a championship race scheduled.
We generally don't get much notice on ice time. and it was usually at odd times.. 6:00 am.. or late at night.. some time that it did not happen to be sold.
Our final race is the last day they have ice in the rink.
We do not break classes down to age. If we had a lot more people perhaps. As it is the older people are the one's kicking butt. For the most part it is older people doing it.
This year we were going to have 2 classes.. One for more experienced... [faster racers] and another for slower. We adjust it that day, as needed. My wife ended up with other women wanting to race, so we had a seperate race for them. [in the past she has had to race against the men.]
Tires you can use what ever you want... there are no seperate classes based on tires. Again if we had more people perhaps we would.
We have had people think they could come and do this with tires like the Nokians.... but they would not stand a chance.
With our own studs we are gripping better than tires on clean pavement.
In studding them there is a fine balance between grip and rolling resistance.
We have contacted other shops.. other clubs.. trying to get some interest... but so far no one has followed through.