Madison exchange technique

Any web sites out there that teach the very basics on madison racing?

Don't need advanced strategies on when to throw in your sprinter, nor
minutia of the hand sling, just trying to avoid killing each other on
the track... :-)

Thanks.

almost fast wrote:
Any web sites out there that teach the very basics on madison racing?

Don't need advanced strategies on when to throw in your sprinter, nor
minutia of the hand sling, just trying to avoid killing each other on
the track... :-)

Thanks.

http://www.angelfire.com/realm/cvccb...on-how-to.html

Bob Schwartz

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fast wrote:

Any web sites out there that teach the very basics on madison racing?

Don't need advanced strategies on when to throw in your sprinter, nor
minutia of the hand sling, just trying to avoid killing each other on
the track... :-)


Please don't think you can learn about madison techniques from reading
about it. Go to the track and learn there from somebody who's good at
it.

-WG

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(almost fast) wrote:

Any web sites out there that teach the very basics on madison racing?

Don't need advanced strategies on when to throw in your sprinter, nor
minutia of the hand sling, just trying to avoid killing each other on
the track... :-)

Thanks.

Here's a printable handout of hints (in Adobe Acrobat - .PDF file) done by
Bill Cass, a designer at Nike, who runs the developmental classes at the
Alpenrose Velodrome in Portland, Oregon (He also designed the Ride the
Roses poster and the new UPS uniforms).

Mike and Candy Murray of the OBRA just recently gave me permission to post it.

http://www.velodrome.com/madisonhints.pdf

Mike G.
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Bob Schwartz wrote in message ...
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/cvccb...on-how-to.html

Bob Schwartz


Thanks! That's exactly what I was looking for.

warren wrote in message ...
Please don't think you can learn about madison techniques from reading
about it. Go to the track and learn there from somebody who's good at
it.

Been there, done that. There's always someone who has no clue, and the
race schedule leaves no time to teach. A very basic handout would be
helpful to save some skin.

Got any "top ten" rules for new madison racers? I'll guess at some:

1. Always pass over an exchange.
2. When on relief, be in the same order as the racers in the pace
line.

Got any others?

(Mike Gladu) wrote in message ...
Here's a printable handout of hints (in Adobe Acrobat - .PDF file) done by
Bill Cass, a designer at Nike, who runs the developmental classes at the
Alpenrose Velodrome in Portland, Oregon (He also designed the Ride the
Roses poster and the new UPS uniforms).

Mike and Candy Murray of the OBRA just recently gave me permission to post it.

http://www.velodrome.com/madisonhints.pdf

Mike G.

Excellent! Thanks for the link.