A cool look at Japanese Keirin Racing...

[William]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev7yrfhKf28

And you can't have a thread about Japanese Keirin racing without noting tomity's thread Velodrome in Japan (http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=49737)









William

[William]

Dang, some of the photos are now missing in tomity's thread. That's the problem with linking photos, eventually the links are severed. Oh well, there are still good photos there.






William

[fiamme red]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev7yrfhKf28Thanks for the link! I saw that video a few years ago, it was great to see it again. :)

[oldpotatoe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev7yrfhKf28

And you can't have a thread about Japanese Keirin racing without noting tomity's thread Velodrome in Japan (http://forums.thepaceline.net/showthread.php?t=49737)









William

Cigarettes down, pads on...Nelson Vales has some great insight on Keirin racing when he was doing it. He was a rock star in Japan..Being 'Nelson Vales' didn't hurt. Surprised to see a dent in one frame..usually if they crash 'em, they get a new one..

Tough sport, BIG business..riders 'can' make big Yen..most don't.

[8aaron8]

I thought the cigarettes gave it that true gamblers atmosphere. I too was surprised to see the dented frame, thanks for sharing.

[arcpolo]

Very cool

[velomateo]

Cool vid. Points for the Tony Orlando and Dawn tune at the end.

[herb5998]

Another good one is the Shane Perkins Documentary, an Aussie who was accepted to the Keirin School, pretty amazing stuff.

[fiamme red]

A short but interesting piece about training for keirin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7&v=Eby2-gXMUYw.

Shane Perkins compares Japanese keirin to UCI keirin in the second half of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ4S4rxnmg.

View of keirin training day from Shane Perkins' handlebars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfzX261klr0.

Fascinating 30-minute documentary about François Pervis, the "French Samurai": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWw31J60cM.

[TimAZ]

Keirin racing helmets. Not aero.

[William]

A short but interesting piece about training for keirin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=7&v=Eby2-gXMUYw.

Shane Perkins compares Japanese keirin to UCI keirin in the second half of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAQ4S4rxnmg.

View of keirin training day from Shane Perkins' handlebars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfzX261klr0.

Fascinating 30-minute documentary about Fran輟is Pervis, the "French Samurai": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWw31J60cM.

Nice links!

Thank you for sharing!




William

[Joxster]

A few years (maybe a bit longer) ago I had the pleasure of riding Keirin in Japan for a couple of seasons. Here's a couple of pictures.

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Nippon Hodo Skinsuit

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Tokyo Dome, warmup session

[oldpotatoe]

A few years (maybe a bit longer) ago I had the pleasure of riding Keirin in Japan for a couple of seasons. Here's a couple of pictures.

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Nippon Hodo Skinsuit

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Tokyo Dome, warmup session

No point of view like a first person point of view-when did you do it? Around the Nelson Vales era?

Great video, 4300 velodromes and racing in the rain!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWw31J60c

[Joxster]

I was a little after Nelly, more Marty Northstiens time. I was there in 91 & 92, the training on the all weather surface was very strange, in the way your behind a 125cc bike in the rain on a banked track. I remember we were at kyoto mukomachi training centre and were out first thing and swinging up the track and seeing a gheko frozen to the track :eek:

[oldpotatoe]

I was a little after Nelly, more Marty Northstiens time. I was there in 91 & 92, the training on the all weather surface was very strange, in the way your behind a 125cc bike in the rain on a banked track. I remember we were at kyoto mukomachi training centre and were out first thing and swinging up the track and seeing a gheko frozen to the track :eek:

Funny--always wondered, Jai-Alai in Florida, why not Keirin in Vegas??

[redir]

Nice! Cool stories too. One of our local riders was a Keirin racer, probably 1990 era too, who ended up in Switzerland. This guy could pull on the front till almost everyone shed off the back just thinking ···?