Filled up my bag with tools/shoes/etc and rode out to Keiokaku Velodrome which is a 400m track that is about a 30min ride from my house. This was my first time ever on a track and I had a blast. Rode to the track, rode at the track, and rode back from the track. Feels good, man.
Pay the lady at the table 500yen (roughly $6). Best 500yen I have ever spent.
Pre ride brief. We were split up into groups based on experience.
There were roughly 10+ people in the beginners group that I rode in. The rest were badasses including professional keirin racers.
Kind of last minute decision to go, so all I did was swap out to drops before I left the house, and swapped out to a 15t cog at the track. Rode 45 x 15 at the track. Felt OK…maybe slightly undergeared.
First time my tarck made it out to the track.
Beautiful Kiyo which a guy with stars on his shorts rode.
Serious BS
They had a kids clinic going on with kids on serious (little) bikes.
This is what they called a delney (spelling?). I was able to an interval with this thing leading.