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Keirin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

I had never looked into this form of racing before now, but after reading a few articles, watching some video, and looking at the keirin track frames featured on the many bike-porn-like gallery pages I am hooked.

From http://users.htcomp.net/gladu/%27drome/tracks/Keirin.html:
“Generally, races take place over a distance of 2000 meters. The riders begin slowly, jockeying for an advantageous position before entering into the second half of the course. This series of maneuvers may disappoint a little at first those spectators who have expected an extraordinary speed feeling. But then, as soon as the racers hear a bell sound telling that they have entered the last lap, the pitch of competition rises sharply and every rider begins to exert his full energy to his last spurt, dashing toward the finish line.”

Check out the gallery at: Keirin Culture
…and of course there are always plenty of attractive track bikes at Fixed Gear Gallery

Keirin in the olympics: Olympic schedule for Keirin races - Saturday, August 16th though I don’t believe NBC will be covering this event.

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