Just had two of them at a stop. Apparently they can stop twice for thirty seconds each and then it's restarted (or I thinnk thats what they said).
The Madison thingy is weird. Who came up with it, and what had they smoked?
we're talking velodrome right? it does seem a weird event. think its something to do with wanting to have the other guy go in front so you can get in the slipstream and thus have a easy ride most of the way round then cane them at the end. apparently they brought in a rule recently that stops the cyclists actually coming to a complete stop!
[moped pacemakers, a sudden bunch sprint, chaos and collisions.
Cheers for the replies makes more sense now. I'm surprised just how much difference slip-streaming makes.
You watch the whole inexorable process and just feel that there is some horrible lesson about not daring to be different, about the futility of defying the herd....