Good old elastic start.

You can't beat it. But you can strech it and you can break it.

Who has had the washeror ring spanner hit their back ?

monda wrote:

You can't beat it. But you can strech it and you can break it.

Who has had the washeror ring spanner hit their back ?

Not been lucky enough to catch that thank god... but have got tangled up a few times.... what about starting from the outside and catching the rebound

COACH wrote:

monda wrote:

You can't beat it. But you can strech it and you can break it.

Who has had the washeror ring spanner hit their back ?

Not been lucky enough to catch that thank god... but have got tangled up a few times.... what about starting from the outside and catching the rebound

As you well know Ady....I used to sit there and wait for it to stop rebounding, before letting the clutch out!

The worst one was the old Otter Vale start that went up in the air , saw quite a few riders caught out by that one .
It was bought by the Chard club a few years back and I remember a Meeting at Pear tree farm , Halstock where one Expert went a bit early and a load more followed suit and the whole lot came down , several riders had rope burns to the neck .

andyyam wrote:

The worst one was the old Otter Vale start that went up in the air , saw quite a few riders caught out by that one .
It was bought by the Chard club a few years back and I remember a Meeting at Pear tree farm , Halstock where one Expert went a bit early and a load more followed suit and the whole lot came down , several riders had rope burns to the neck .

I can only remember having the 'speedway style' elastic once.... still managed good starts with it, cant remember where it was now.....well it was probably best part of 25yrs ago