As last year we are using the IndieVelo virtual cycling Platform for this. I am planning to put these a little later at 6:30pm but still on Monday evening. This week was a "practice" event with a slightly different 4 race programme. There will be another trial event next week then the first "proper" track league meet will be 15 October. 6:30 20 lap Points race or Scratch … [Read more...] about Winter Track League
Virtual Racing
The 2024 Virtual Winter season has started!
As last year, I am using the IndieVelo platform for our winter indoor virtual racing. In the Midweek series you have a number of different time slots to ride each week's race. Today was the first option for September race 1 at 9am and both myself and Robert Gilmour (Hounslow & Dist. Whls) were in the same pen. I recorded this heat and Rob and I ended up sprinting for 6th … [Read more...] about The 2024 Virtual Winter season has started!
Inaugural Track Meet
Last night's experimental track meet on IndieVelo worked well. Not everyone who signed up managed to make the start line but I had 7 riders in total. Of those only 2 rode at least 3 races so I sneaked in a victory! 😁 Race 1 was a points race, 2 humans and 28 bots. The other human entry was in a different pen, the way it works is we are matched with riders of similar … [Read more...] about Inaugural Track Meet
Virtual Track Meet
Who can remember Kettering Track at Wickstead Park? I never actually raced there officially, just did a few mates races by wagging school in the afternoon. Even though I only saw it in it's last days, riding on the IndieVelo forest velodrome did bring back memories, so I thought that an N&DCA track meet might be a good idea... This is a bit of a trial, if all goes … [Read more...] about Virtual Track Meet
Virtual racing
After Wahoo pulled the plug of RGT virtual racing platform I have been playing with IndieVelo. This is the brainchild of George Gilbert, who among other things, was until recently Chair of the Zwift Cycling Esports Commission, and in the past was on the board of Directors at British Cycling and on the UK national Olympic committee. From his Linkedin page: Designed, … [Read more...] about Virtual racing