Would any of you lycra-clad tinkerers be prepared to recommend me a service/work stand? My back's not what it was and it must be so much more civilised not having to bend down to deal with the oily bits.
Fold-up if possible, obviously sturdy, I'm not after a brand name or something made from unobtanium.
Cheers.
I had an hour on the banked oval of the London Velodrome this evening.
Before we rode, I had a look from the spectator seating - feck me, the banking is steep! I'm told that it's 44 degrees.
The fixed wheel, unbraked bikes take some getting used to too! But after some coaching and a few slowish laps, we were all unleashed and hooning around at a great rate well up the banking.
The only downside is that taster sessions have to be booked months in advance.
I recently joined, after my son taught me how to import Endomondo files into Strava. Was surprised to find I hold the 4th fastest time on one of the downhill tracks in the forest!
Of course, not being competitive, I won't be trying to better that time at any point.
On uphills I'm one of the slowest though.
Mark
