Well today was fun.....

After riding around parts of London by bus,it was time to head to Brixton,and head to a town called Herne Hill.There they have London's first ever velodrome which was built in 1897.Every first Friday they hold an event called Good Friday.It's where the best track cyclists in all of London compete on a 400 meter track.After a good walk i arrive at the track with hopes of seeing full stands,booths selling or promoting cycling the whizzing of cyclists flying by as the crowd cheers on.But nope!Not today,the weather has been like home (Seattle) raining,having to cancel the event.So after a few pics of track and a couple questions from the coordinator Gary,he tells me down the road at Half Moon Pub they are holding the Rolapalooza Roller Races.Why not check that out for my fun tonight!I get there and you know it's the place the front of the pub is covered in bikes,cycling chatting it up outside while on the inside,well you know what you do at a pub!I meet DJ Banana and he tells me later this evening there having the quarter,semis, and finals for the men and women.The place begins to fill up fast as beer is being passed songs being sang and constant cheers of friends cheering their buddies on.As the races start,the place is getting packed with songs,by Snoop,Madlib,AC/DC and more are blaring through the speakers.There are 16 men and 8 women,with two bikes donated by Brixton Cycles,placed on rollers with two digital timers behind them and a reader showing how fast they are going against each other in a 500 meter sprint.All night there's some tight races and theres a couple blowouts.It gets down to the final four for the guys and the final for the women.The race for the women was ridiculous!They were neck and neck with the blonde on the left (Nadine) beating her opponent slash actual teammate by 7 tenths of a second! Now for the semis and final for the men was different story.Both races were neck and neck.With the final being the guy on the right (Miles) who's had the fastest time all night who is a true track sprinter,going up against the fastest folding bike champion in all of London!That's right i said folding bike champion.The Rocky soundtrack is blaring hard as the two mount their bike and strap in.Once the clock is reset,the emcee for night tells everyone to quiet the crowd as he calls"Ready,Set.......GO!It is neck and neck,with legs spinning like mad bikes vibrating even though friends are holding them down,crowd screams with just under 100 meters to go and the winner is................Miles by 1 tenth of a second!Miles 20.99 and his opponent 21.00!Dam that was some great racing!Here's the footage of the final for the men and women with some pics also.