no, i was being a wee bit humerous and a wee bit truthful. Having ridden Medowbank, Manchester, Scunthorpe, Halesowen and numerous others, the track at Dundee is of a lower standard. The surface is so rough and bumpy you can't run race wheels and the banking is so shallow as when the sprinters or fast endurance riders are going full gas the rear tyre jumps out of line. The banking at Herne Hill is more than twice as steep as Caird park, at 30 deg compared to 14 and as such avoids these problems. It is also unsafe since there is no safety fence around the top of the banking and there has been an incident where a rider (an experianced semi-pro) has gone through the hedge and into the thorns below again Herne Hill has a proper barrier. There is a spring meeting, holding a round of the British National Sprinters league and i can guarantee it will be the least well attended meeting of the series, because people don't like riding there. I know very well the Stewart family who live and race in Dundee the older son Kevin was on the Olympic development plan for two years and came down to medowbank because Caird Park didnt have enough banking.
I did not mean to be rude, nor cause offence to you. It was meant as a wee bit of fun.
I'm aware this is also a photography forum, and I like your photo's I've been lamenting my lack of a longer fast zoom for a while.
callum
