After a quick cup of coffee we were soon on the road up to Michael Moore Territory. We rolled through the city of Detroit past the refinery fires, GM plants, past 8 Mile road, and headed towards Rochester Hills.
Flint Michigan. 
The Bridge to Canada: just in case we need medical care.
After arriving at Bloomer Park Josh and I did some secret training before our competitors arrived.
Secret training
The track itself was beautiful -- an all weather wooden 200m track -- and it was wonderful to hear the rumbling of the wooden boards as the bikes moved around the track.
Can you see the beautiful track?
At 48 degrees in the corners the track is steep and the G-force compresses you through the turn. That doesn't sit well with my out of the saddle sprinting but I'll cope. The radius of the turn is also so sharp that you really can't see that far ahead if you're looking straight ahead.
"Gimme a rope so I can climb this thing Batman style."
Thursday, July 3, 2008
7/3 Update
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2 comments:
that's gotta be a real trip in comparison to the mellowdrome! hope you get a few practice laps in before the real event :)
btw: your kits look pretty damned cool.
Yeah, we've been practicing. Tonights the qualifier TT and qualifier heat so we have to be good enough to make the cut for the next couple of days.
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