Racing with Bicycle Rollers - viele interessante Rollensprint-Links
As long as bicycle rollers have existed, so has roller racing. In the early 20th century, audiences both in the United States and abroad would gather to watch contestants compete against one another on stage in timed competitions.
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In the 1950s, Eddie Wingrave, a British citizen and perhaps the only professional roller racer of the day, toured with a big band and challenged audiences to best him.
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The bike courier community has revived this phenomenon in recent years with the advent of Goldsprints.
In these loosely organized events Competitors also use fixed-gear bikes so they can pedal as quickly as possible without shifting. "It's really a cadence race," McLean says. "Whoever spins the pedals fastest wins" [source: McLean].
Roller racing has become so popular that Rollapaluza, the world's largest roller race organizer, is entirely dedicated to this new sport.
According to Rollapaluza
representative Paul Churchill,
more than 15,000 people in the United Kingdom annually take part in roller races,
including reigning Olympic champions Chris Hoy
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How Bicycle Rollers Work
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Beim Rollensprint ist die Technik wichtiger als die Kraft.
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