Another type of racin’ fun

The 4th issue of Urban Velo is out and much of the magazine this time is given over to articles about “roller racing”, aka “Goldsprints”. This seems like my type of racing, at least for the winter: in a bar, on rollers with a fork mount (less likely to crash after one too many beers), lots of noise and pandemonium.

I was wondering why we do not have “roller racing” locally; I can find references to “Goldsprints” in NY, Chicago, Warsaw (!?), and even during Interbike in Vegas. There is a website that has information on building your own setup complete with OpenSource software for monitoring/scoring. Cool! A couple of bikes, a couple of roller sets, a computer, a bit of added hardware and we can set it up in any friendly neighborhood bar. But we may not need to go those lengths: there is a fairly new website that hints that “Goldsprints” is coming to SF! But maybe we should build our own so we can practice beforehand(?).