The Rules of Track Cycling - EXPLAINED!
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- Ninh explains - The Rules of Track Cycling. Sometimes known as ‘Olympic track Cycling’ this is a variation of cycling that is contested indoors on a 250m track known as a velodrome.
Track cycling has lots of different events, and this is a quick guide on how to play or ride, and the various differences between the events.
Learn about time trial, individual sprint, team sprint, individual pursuit, team pursuit, omnium, madison, elimination race, points race, scratch race, keirin, false start, lines, drafting, slip streaming, Olympic competition and more
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EDIT - I've been reliably informed that the Keirin is now just 6 laps, with the Derny pulling off after 3 laps. I must have used an old rulebook and/or footage.
This is an extremely hard sport! I had tryouts at Manchester Velodrome when they were recruiting talent.
There were some people I could never keep up with, no matter what I tried.
I think at that elite level - you either have it or you don't.
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Ninh Ly Good job👍
Thanks Sean!
U should do NASCAR next
Ninh Ly Already heard of Tchoukball ?
Yep.
Dude this was perfectly made and extremely informative, thank you.
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dan can you ask him if this is a summer olympic sport ok
Track cycling is so much fun to watch but it is so hard to understand! Thanks for clearing it up and making it easier to understand! Much appreciated from Canada 🇨🇦
Yes the events themselves can be confusing and hard to differentiate between one another. Glad this video helps you undersstand the difference! :)
I love velodrome racing
The elimination race is certainly my favorite along with team pursuit and time trail.
I tend to find the longer events quite boring personally. But the pursuit events and the sprints are pretty cool.
I finally know what a Keirin is...
It's a strange event, for sure. But it's actually pretty amazing to watch!
Kierin and sprint is the most exciting to watch
At 68 I'm getting ready to ride the track again. I haven't been on since my late 20's. This video made it all clear again and pumped up my confidence knowing I have the immediate information not to make a fool of myself. You want to increase your bike handling, leg speed, cardio, plus so much more... ride the track. It will make you a much better road rider.
Thanks man, good luck in your track riding after all those years!
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Thank you. Great job. For a long time I knew the rules or why the riders did what they did. Now I can enjoy it better.
Very well explained. I liked the concept of riding in a group and the way the 1st rider moves back to conserve energy. Really a great scientific piece of information I learnt . Thank you.
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Woww ! Now I only knows there are so many ways to play in track cycling. Thanks for the explanation 🚲🚴🚴♂️💯
Happy to help!
This was very informative, I enjoyed learning about this sport as it is playing on my TV.
nice and clear explanations!!
I had no idea on anything related to track cycling other than the fact the track is called a velodrome and the walls slope. So thank you for teaching me basically everything from scratch! Nice to know more, my partner likes indoor cycling and I like learning new stuff. Great video!
Excellent, glad you found this video useful.
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explained it really clearly and well!! appreciate it a alot !
Thank you for this. Very well explained, clear and concise
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks!
After i saw that you made soo many videos and all of them are so informative, I had to subscribe. Keep up the good work man !
Thanks Syed, much appreciated!
I will have lived after building a Nagasawa (proper) and finding a velodrome that'll have me. Thank you for introducing me to another reason why bikes are awesome..
Thanks Ben - glad you like this video.
Good luck!
New fan to the sport thank you for making this awesome video.
I got free tickets to the velodrome at the Pan Am Games and I was so confused even after an entire day watching. By far the most puzzling event is the sprint where 2 guys go slow, not in a straight line, almost stop and then randomly start racing when they feel like it
Excellent content 👌🏻
Many thanks for the fab video. My Grandson is competing in an Omnium at the Manchester velodrome tomorrow. His first track competition. The information has helped me to understand the various events so much better.
Amazing! Glad this video helps! Thanks :)
That was great!! Thanks for that info!
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It makes much more sense now, THANK YOU!
Well this was unexpected! However this is an awesome video as always! This is also probably the best video explaining track cycling because ot explains pretty much all the events and also explains some of the nuances and rules of racing such as the lines.
Ah you know me! Always with unexpected videos.
Yes, I think that explaining how the events differ from each other is key to understand what makes Track Cycling such a cool sport to watch.
Thanks Danny K!
Ninh Ly Yes, while I emjoy all type of cycling, Track Cycling has always been the one that was the most exciting along with Downhill MTB and BMX Racing. I enjoy the longer events imo. Events such as Team Pursuit, Keirin, Scratch, Elemination and Points races are all fun to watch! I enjoy other shorter events too but I like the business of a packed Velodrome!
I agree. It's a sport that the British tend to do well in, so when it's the Olympics - everyone is glued to the cycling! :)
Love this video! I want to give track a shot next season.
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Very good explanations. I listened to it twice, because I think he forgot to mention two characteristics of the bikes.
#1 - no brakes. Because there should never be any obstacles on the track other than riders who have fallen, there is no need for brakes . You probably would not be able to react fast enough to use brakes.
#2 - only one gear, and it’s usually a high gear. And, the crank does not coast. If the rear wheel is moving so is the crank.
I am preparing for commentry and this vdo is very much useful..thanks a ton 👍👍
Thanks for the explanation. I was watching the track cycling at the Pan American games and I couldn't figure out why one team won over the other. Thanks to you, now I know.
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I didn't understand track cycling before this video but now I do. Thanks for letting us know and keep up the good work :D
Thanks Robert, glad this video helps you understand Track Cycling.
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Excellent. Thank you and well done.
Thanks Glen, much appreciated.
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Now I know what velodrome cycling is! Thank you!
Looks like I'm pretty early! Thank you so much for the video!
Thanks bro, much appreciated!
Great video thanks!
I’ve never watched this cycling. Now I’m wishing I had. So cool. Great explanation!
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A few of those events seem super fun.
great video
That looks like so much fun
Oh it's awesome, you should try it!
Thank you very much. Very much needed
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Well done! thank you
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Short and sweet!
Thanks!
Thank you for that great informative video. Best vid I seen in a few days. Now I know why grandpa leads so many laps and then quits. He is equal to the NASCAR pace car!
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Thank you for the videos
Ah, you're welcome Stephen! I appreciate it!
In Elimination, or "Devil Takes The Hindmost"... it becomes scratch race once 3 riders remain... maybe there are "House Rules"...
Great video!
Xoxo Northbrook Velodrome, Chicago, Illinois.
Thank you for this very interesting video ;-)
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Great video
Thanks Ahamad, I appreciate the comments!
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Hahaha very funny, the reason why I came was the last topic touched on. At least I learnt so much more up to that.
Very hard sport but very fun in the same time! :)
Absolutely! Thanks Phil!
now that i know some of it...i realize this might as well be one of the most interesting and fun sport above all. I can hardly even think of any other sport with so many interesting variations.
Yes, there's lots of variations of events in Cycling.
So sick!!!
Thanks!
@Ninh Ly jesus I finally learnt all types of track racing and it took only 1 video to watch. Just what I was searching for.
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Good video!🥰🥰
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So glad to see that the Madison is coming back to the Olympics!
I think it's a strange event personally, but people really like it.
I much prefer the sprints and pursuits.
Thanks for stopping by.
Thx for the Video. We will get a new velodrom in Nürnberg/Germany.
Anytime, glad you like this video.
I'm going to Nürnberg next year!
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For someone totally clueless on this sort of cycling, this was a very informative video...thanks. (I did find the music distracting, though.)
Thanks. Although I thought the music fit the video very well.
Like it forgot to mention.also you work very hard on this video.and I'm about check out the new video you just made.
Thanks man.
I always wanted to do this, but we need more velodromes here in Pennsylvania! 😅 Great video, Ninh!
Thanks bro!
Trust me, it's hard! I don't know if you read my top comment - but track cycling is incredibly difficult to get right, and even more so to be fast. I had tryouts at Manchester velodrome, but I got whooped repeatedly.
Ninh Ly Sounds pretty brutal! 😂 Keep up the good work with your content! I’ve been following your work since I saw your Fencing and Boxing videos (and I now do both). So keep doing what you’re doing.
Ah, I appreciate that! I'll try and crank out more content every week, though I'm working on my two other RUclips channels more :)
Its funny how many ppl (including this video creator) say keirin is the weirdest. Omnium, madison or even sprint is much more confusing. I actually search for this video only to understand those events. Keirin is the simplest form of track cycling, *its flat out racing*
Each to their own I guess.
I did find this video to be informative.
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Vielen Dank!
Very nice, concise & clear. Good job mate.
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I've binge watched 100 videos of a guy explaining the rules of obscure sports I have never watched before. I think you've found a niche.
Well, I think there's only a finite number of videos I could make. But yeah - seems to be what this channel is known for.
thank u my brother
+Ninh Ly you should do a video on longest lap cycling. It is one of the weirder track cycling events but it is very fun to watch
As mentioned in the video, I couldn't cover every single event so I did the most popular ones. I'm not sure Longest Lap Cycling warrants it's own video, given that I mostly spent under 30 seconds each per event in this video.
these vids r so iconic i have ther knowledge of a sportsman now
Thanks bro. It's all about the learning, and I'm glad I could provide! :)
looking forward to watching the next Olympics. Whenever they are actually held.
Thanks !
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Coming here after cluelessly watch olympic tokyo 2020 and woww there is so many types of olympic track😵
Yes absolutely!
Awesome video. I think they have cut the number of events of the omnium so that it is only sprinting events now :(
Yes, that's why I mentioned 4 or 6 - because some people still contest the longer version even though it's no longer official.
Nice
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Team pursuit, Madison and elimination sounds fun. I recently got into biking accidentally because I was out of a car. Just a heads up turn the background down a bit. Informative but the background sound got in the way of it.
I thought the levels were fine personally. But thanks.
Great video Ninh! Are you thinking about making a videos about the other cycling disciplines? BMX, Cyclo-Cross, Mountain Biking, Road Cycling. I love your videos, and since cycling is my favorite sport, I like seeing you make videos about it.
Admittedly Ciaran, I wasn't planning on doing more cycling events. But if I get enough demand for it ... sure.
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Cool
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Nice vid, however the rules of the Keirin changed after the 2016 Rio Olympics. It is now 6 laps, 3 behind the derny and 3 lap sprint.
Just checked ... you're right!
I must have used an old rulebook and/or footage. Thanks bro.
Wow 😯 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
So many disciplines damn
Indeed.
I love you ninh
Thanks bro.
Maybe I missed it, but isn't there another rule associated with the sprinter's line that, once a person enters that lane and starts a sprint to the line, the person cannot come back out. So, while the person behind must come around, the person in the lane can't move up to block. This leads to the drama of many of the races: Does the person that turns on the power in the lane have the gas to stay ahead, or will the leader just tow the second rider close to the line where the follower comes around after essentially being led out by the first rider. Excellent video, by the way!
I believe there is that rule unless he's been overtaken and then they can move back out to try and re-overtake. But whether they have the endurance to do that is a different question entirely. Thanks bro.
nice
Thanks bro.
This vid does help clear it up....next we'll need a vid on pole dancing!
Good idea in theory, but then everyone will be attacked by angry feminists
Could you do the rules of Stock Car racing. I know you mentioned the rules changing a lot but you could mention that the reason for rule changes is because of new cars and new drivers with different styles of racing. It would be amazing to watch you explain Stock Car Racing
Admittedly I've been debating it - as a lot more people are asking for that.
The rules changes regarding segmented races seems radical, and I'm convinced that they're about to scrap it altogether.
I'm going to see what happens before committing to a video, the last thing I want is to make a video that's obsolete 6 months later. Just like my videos on Judo and Taekwondo.
Ninh Ly That is an EXTREMELY good point. I know I would personally love to see it. But you do what you feel is right for your channel.
I probably will make one at some point ... it's just a case of seeing if they're going to change the format ... again!
Do F1 racing then. The rules are much more stable and less radical
That's already on the list, but it's getting around to it.
Could you do the rules of road cycling
It'd be very similar to this one. I'll make it if there's enough demand.
Like for every time he said “the rules are simple”
Probably twice
Do you think you could do the different rule sets of dodgeball? I have played one version and seen about five different forms and one of the one ones I didnt play seems like the best form
If I get enough demand, yeah.
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A beautiful sport very difficult to catch online. Does someone knows some good streaming channel? Legal 🤣
I think the UCI RUclips channel streams live races. Other than that, I'm not sure?
crown green bowls will be a good video
I'm not sure about that.
Did you do the motion graphics in this video? The slipstreaming visualization?
Sadly, I can't take credit for that. You can thank the kind folks at Eurosport for that.
Drag racing would be interesting to me. I need an explanation for how in some classes going too fast is disqualified instead of winning.
Yeah, I'll consider it.
It's pretty simple!!! If you want to run 7.99 seconds, you spend enough $$ for a 7.99 car . Don't build a 7.30 car .if 7.99 gets boring or slow to you, build a 6.99 car. So if you are in a 7.99 class you try to run 7.99 .if your competitors run 7.99 also , NOW the race is won on the starting line!!! You get a better start, run 7.99 if you can and the jump at the start will make you the winner!!! Of course if you run 7.80 you will lose unless your opponent runs 7.79 😀😀 hope that helps!!
Woah slipstreaming on bikes thats awesome
Yeah it's actually a really important part of the race!
Did they change Madison? I forgot which World Championship UCI i was watching, but you needed to do a Lap before points are counted and 2nd Lapping awards 20 points. Also it was 20 laps per sprint event.
I'm not sure what you watched.
You should check out medivel fights(im not kidding its a real thing). Maybe you could make a video about it.
I heard about it a year ago when some crazy Russian showed it to me.
I'd actually love to participate in that! Medieval MMA is pretty awesome and making a video about it isn't a bad idea.
Cheers bro! :)
Forgot to hit a like.there it go.
Cheers dude.
I love your content!!! Could you do F1?
Thanks David. I'll certainly consider a video on F1 - so long as they stop changing the rules!
Ninh Ly thank you for responding 😊 if you did do a video you could include future rule changes possibly
Future rule changes ... that'd make me pretty psychic ... and rich! :)
Ninh Ly true lol but f1 often releases rough drafts of future rule books. For instance the 2021 engine specs have already been roughed out
Also in the rule book. On certain events if you crash, get back on your bike and rejoin the pack wich by than has done a few laps while you were on the ground you'll be considered as being in the same lap as all the other racers.
I've never seen that happen.
That's crit racing.
@@NinhLyUK I've seen it in Madisons for sure, for example 2016 UCI World Championship.
Can you do the rules of track running and one on field events?
Ummm, if I get enough demand possibly. The running events can all be explained in a minute flat. The field events might take up a bit more time.
Ninh Ly Well Relays and hurdles as well as blocks and starts might take up a lot more time. At worse a video including with track&field (the sports are so closely connected it would make sense) would make a very good video. I’d get it if you don’t do that though, and today’s video was great (as usual)
Thanks again bro.
When they are done do they go back to fighting the Empire?
In their spare time you mean? Yes, absolutely.
do one on horse racing
I didnt know that indoor cycling had so many race variations. I thought it was mostly solo and team and then divided into 400m, 800m, 1500m, kinda like racing in athletics
Yes.
Hey Ninh, could you do the rules of F1?
Yeah for sure. I just hope that they don't change the rules as soon as I've made the video ... something which they're prone to doing.
Once I heard Keirin's rules it seemed one of the simplest to understand. "Let's all get to high speed uniformly and then sprint"
Some lotto winners want tennis courts,dream pitch,infinity pools or large acreage for xxxx........I dream of my own velodrome with all the bells and whistles and bikes.And a bike shop in the middle to keep me busy when I am not riding.
Interesting use of lottery winnings!
I'd have a bowling alley in the basement of my mansion.
@@NinhLyUK this is my boyfriends response on my account, i would put a dressage/jumper ring in the middle of the velodrome and it would be domed for year round pleasure), and have a bowling alley in the basement because i was a bowling alley mechanic for years. Brunswick not AMF