mew905
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late last night, probably around 11:00pm, I was bored and wanted to do a lap on a track. All I have around here is a 1/4 mile oval track and field track with a rubberized surface. Got a friend to time me, and I went from a dead stop, about 10m from the 'start line'. Managed a 37.7s lap, I was happy with it, but I figured I could do better. I let a friend have a go at it, and they scored a 47.6, may as well be 1000 years in racing terms 
So I decided to go for a second lap. This time I really tried, and managed to score a 34.6 (hard to say if thats any good or not haha). But in combination with this, it was dark, I did have lights, but I came out of the last corner a little hot and ran out of track and went onto the grass. I didn't want to hit the brakes and skid, but saw I was coming up on my friend timing me pretty fast, I estimate the speed around 45km/hr. The track is lined with a 2x2 wooden board that meets the grass to the track. As I tried to hop back up onto the track, my tire caught the board and went down. I skidded across the line for a 34.6, and I'm quite thankful the track was rubberized, my whole left side burns a bit from road rash, my left knee is too sore to walk on normally, and my right wrist is too sore to move significantly from bracing myself. Didn't hit my head at all, I just sort of rolled and skidded.
Despite all of that, the bike is 100% fine aside from a ever so slightly bent front tire (a spoke adjustment should fix it) and a broken mirror... oddly on the side that DIDNT hit the ground. I'm just happy that I cut a massive 3.1s off my first lap, and I'd like to go again, or even on a real track. That will come one day, I love racing, and never plan on slowing down
I probably could have turned sharper though, being a rubberized track I likely had tons of grip to spare, I just find it hard to figure out how hard I can turn with this bike.
So I decided to go for a second lap. This time I really tried, and managed to score a 34.6 (hard to say if thats any good or not haha). But in combination with this, it was dark, I did have lights, but I came out of the last corner a little hot and ran out of track and went onto the grass. I didn't want to hit the brakes and skid, but saw I was coming up on my friend timing me pretty fast, I estimate the speed around 45km/hr. The track is lined with a 2x2 wooden board that meets the grass to the track. As I tried to hop back up onto the track, my tire caught the board and went down. I skidded across the line for a 34.6, and I'm quite thankful the track was rubberized, my whole left side burns a bit from road rash, my left knee is too sore to walk on normally, and my right wrist is too sore to move significantly from bracing myself. Didn't hit my head at all, I just sort of rolled and skidded.
Despite all of that, the bike is 100% fine aside from a ever so slightly bent front tire (a spoke adjustment should fix it) and a broken mirror... oddly on the side that DIDNT hit the ground. I'm just happy that I cut a massive 3.1s off my first lap, and I'd like to go again, or even on a real track. That will come one day, I love racing, and never plan on slowing down
I probably could have turned sharper though, being a rubberized track I likely had tons of grip to spare, I just find it hard to figure out how hard I can turn with this bike.
