That #7 is a dick! Watch him after the finish line. He comes around the winner, and clips his front wheel with his rear wheel. The guy in red has his hands off the bars, and doesn't even crash! That would have taken down most riders. He didn't even flinch. In America, there would have been a fight for sure!
@TheGAAman If that's your opinion, then, fine. I raced track for years, and it is a significant part of track manners to be careful after the line is crossed, to keep riding a straight line, and not to veer up or down the banking. The winner has a very good, stable bike, to have assisted him in not falling. That is important in pack races, like the Keirin. I used a Colnago, because it was the best, most stable bike I ever rode. It was like it was on rails! Bumping like in this race was easy!
@arklat i suppose weather he meant it or not your right he shouldn't have crossed lanes! i dont actually ride track but i think it's great to watch really exciting.
@TheGAAman Well, where would any sport be without fans and supporters! I quit racing bicycles in 1981. I got into triathlons. And, yes, track racing is very exciting to watch! I am a big fan. I just wish the Americans had a deeper pool of talent. Keep watching!
Japanese Keirin is fixed, and im not talking about the gear, im talking about the finish. The crowd (betters) don't know the outcome, but the riders do (minus the crashes). It has to be very random, to keep people tossing money at the bookie.
Just learned about this sport and told myself "Wow, theres no way people don't wipe out badly in these races". Sure enough, on that back stretch (is it called that...I'm a t&f runner :|) of that last lap, they start dropping like flies.
"My opinion. Never said you had to like it. And it is dull.."
While I undrstand what you are saying. Stating that your belief is opinion and a truism does not work and has the effect of adding an arrogant tone to your statement. My past response was to express the fact that Keirin racing has been in japan since 1948, and that it isn't a gimmick to draw attention to the sport. The rest of my response shows that your statement is an opinion as you had stated it as a truism.
LOL I guess cycling could use a little more excitement. Not the worlds most sexy sport. Sorry to all the cycling fans but its true, cycling is fairly dull. Or at least "Tour de wherever" is. Thats why they all use drugs on tour, isnt it? Ok, that was facetious but whats next? Punches? James Bond-type gadgets that stick into an opponents spokes maybe..
This type of racing has been around since '48. It's nothing new.
What's dull? Riding approx 2,200 miles in less than a month? Possibly climbing the height 3 times Everest? Maybe doing all that with broken bones from 30-40 mph crash?
I agree cycling isn't the worlds 'most sexy' sport. I'd say it's the sexiest. Sweaty dudes in tights! Hawt!
My opinion. Never said you had to like it. And it is dull.. Unless youre bicycle mad but hey, whatver floats your boat. Besides, seems like the Tour de Farce is about to unravel anyway if what Landis and chums have to say is true and all the so called heroes where drugged to eyeballs..
"Besides, seems like the Tour de Farce is about to unravel anyway if what Landis and chums have to say is true and all the so called heroes where drugged to eyeballs.."
Nice dismissal. Doping has been in this sports a long time. Landis only accused former Postal Service teammates and a couple teammates from the Tour of California. Landis has no credibility as well. He's lied for too long.
@eliphant0723 Yeah I agree. The people who would like to start dismissing cyclists as all dopers are those who never liked, practiced, or understood the sport in the first place. True fans understand that the sustained effort required to win any Tour is sky high and have long known there are cheaters. Professional cycling is one of the most masochistic sports out there it naturally is a haven for performance enhancing drugs. However, with that comes some of the most stringent testing in sports.
@mtb416 I totally agree with your comment, however I think as cyclists, we must also accept that probably most every professional cyclist is on some sort of performance enhancing drug.
We must all also understand, that simply taking these drugs will not make you win. You still have to be a freak of nature. Drugs, might, might, maybe, give you that extra 0.5% extra to get you that 1 minute in a 3500km tour.
You are right though, cyclists are masochists. Why else do we go and find hills for fun?
@tommo2785 You raise a common misnomer that many non-athletes share, tommo . Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, Marion Jones, etc., all were uncommonly good among their own peer group of athletes, let alone when compared to the average person. What we call "talent" is mostly due to physical gifts and/or traits, not some mental edge. The 'mental edge' only comes when you're confident you can perform the task physically; only when does will take over.
@eliphant0723 Youre taking this way too personally.. why bother wasting your time? I dont care for cycling and your arguing the case for a sport i think is dull isnt going to convince me otherwise. It was an off the cuff remark, a statement of opinion. Get over it. And yourself.
Dude 0:58, that dude in white was hardcore, but the dude in black wasn't having any of it. I only live like an hour from Tachikawa, I should go check out one of these races.
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Those guys are insane... That is a hell of a way to make a living! At least they earn good money over there. I wonder how they would go in a kierin in Australia/UK.. No contact, no entering the sprinters lane.. Still.. Fun to watch!
Sadly keirin racing is a dying breed over there not alot of people do it and it is losing popularity very fast. They do not make alot of money over there also. But if people spread this sport more, it owuld be very popular due to the high intensity and physical contact involved.
Have you ever seen a Keirin uniform or a race in person? All racers wear a padded jersey and shorts in order to protect them from the track surface in the event of a crash. Unlike an average velodrome Keirin tracks have a fairly rough surface to allow racing when the track (usually outdoors) is wet.
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HAHAHA. what a oad of horseshit. cyclist don't wear padding. it would only make them heavier and less aerodynamic. what sense would that make. for christ sake look at the olympics. cyclists never wear padding.
RED RANGER WINS!
miscriant 1 week ago
The guy in the blue maillot is my new idol. Strike! xD
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look at these hipsters.
stopthatimmediately 4 months ago
I like the wheel flick at 1:07
superfisto 4 months ago
Hard shoulder charge, is that legal???
Unbelievable!!
allgoo19 5 months ago
That #7 is a dick! Watch him after the finish line. He comes around the winner, and clips his front wheel with his rear wheel. The guy in red has his hands off the bars, and doesn't even crash! That would have taken down most riders. He didn't even flinch. In America, there would have been a fight for sure!
arklat 5 months ago
@arklat in fairness it really didnt look like he meant it in my view
TheGAAman 5 months ago
@TheGAAman If that's your opinion, then, fine. I raced track for years, and it is a significant part of track manners to be careful after the line is crossed, to keep riding a straight line, and not to veer up or down the banking. The winner has a very good, stable bike, to have assisted him in not falling. That is important in pack races, like the Keirin. I used a Colnago, because it was the best, most stable bike I ever rode. It was like it was on rails! Bumping like in this race was easy!
arklat 5 months ago
@arklat i suppose weather he meant it or not your right he shouldn't have crossed lanes! i dont actually ride track but i think it's great to watch really exciting.
TheGAAman 5 months ago
@TheGAAman Well, where would any sport be without fans and supporters! I quit racing bicycles in 1981. I got into triathlons. And, yes, track racing is very exciting to watch! I am a big fan. I just wish the Americans had a deeper pool of talent. Keep watching!
arklat 5 months ago
POWER RANGERS GO!!!!!!!!!
HiAznHello 6 months ago
Crazy shit !!!
Warioda 6 months ago
at the end the white cycler must be disqualified
mathiasvanacker 7 months ago
hipster nascar at it's finest
TypeMilc 7 months ago 3
holy, how did green survive that. and orange almost won, wow after almost dieing
supertaj1800 7 months ago
omg its nascar `lol jk
RiorXD 8 months ago 3
Real japanese kamikazi's!
cryptionmusic 10 months ago
Road Rash on bicycles lol
TimpBizkit 10 months ago
Japanese Keirin is fixed, and im not talking about the gear, im talking about the finish. The crowd (betters) don't know the outcome, but the riders do (minus the crashes). It has to be very random, to keep people tossing money at the bookie.
MetricHotrodsdotcom 11 months ago
This makes my Velodrome racing seem like a sissy sport.
maxkeeping 11 months ago
Just learned about this sport and told myself "Wow, theres no way people don't wipe out badly in these races". Sure enough, on that back stretch (is it called that...I'm a t&f runner :|) of that last lap, they start dropping like flies.
LostHero245 1 year ago
fucking epic
Tharg 1 year ago
just when i thought the pink guy was gonna ride away
xsjado45 1 year ago
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THese guys can't drive or ride bikes. Unreal. Stick to walking or the Bullet Train...
kprez007 1 year ago
haha poor number five getting left and causing a crash haha
WHACHOW 1 year ago
ke finocchi sti japponesi ahahahah xD
MortalFireX 1 year ago
#1 wanted it badly
FINGERSFORTEETH 1 year ago
rensóóó
flokyba 1 year ago
What's this? Burnout or what? xD
xXxmidgexXx 1 year ago
"My opinion. Never said you had to like it. And it is dull.."
While I undrstand what you are saying. Stating that your belief is opinion and a truism does not work and has the effect of adding an arrogant tone to your statement. My past response was to express the fact that Keirin racing has been in japan since 1948, and that it isn't a gimmick to draw attention to the sport. The rest of my response shows that your statement is an opinion as you had stated it as a truism.
eliphant0723 1 year ago
they need another group of riders to make it a double rainbow
rabbiman24 1 year ago
LOL I guess cycling could use a little more excitement. Not the worlds most sexy sport. Sorry to all the cycling fans but its true, cycling is fairly dull. Or at least "Tour de wherever" is. Thats why they all use drugs on tour, isnt it? Ok, that was facetious but whats next? Punches? James Bond-type gadgets that stick into an opponents spokes maybe..
risingone 1 year ago
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eliphant0723 1 year ago
@risingone
This type of racing has been around since '48. It's nothing new.
What's dull? Riding approx 2,200 miles in less than a month? Possibly climbing the height 3 times Everest? Maybe doing all that with broken bones from 30-40 mph crash?
I agree cycling isn't the worlds 'most sexy' sport. I'd say it's the sexiest. Sweaty dudes in tights! Hawt!
eliphant0723 1 year ago
@eliphant0723
My opinion. Never said you had to like it. And it is dull.. Unless youre bicycle mad but hey, whatver floats your boat. Besides, seems like the Tour de Farce is about to unravel anyway if what Landis and chums have to say is true and all the so called heroes where drugged to eyeballs..
risingone 1 year ago
@risingone
"Besides, seems like the Tour de Farce is about to unravel anyway if what Landis and chums have to say is true and all the so called heroes where drugged to eyeballs.."
Nice dismissal. Doping has been in this sports a long time. Landis only accused former Postal Service teammates and a couple teammates from the Tour of California. Landis has no credibility as well. He's lied for too long.
eliphant0723 1 year ago
@eliphant0723 Yeah I agree. The people who would like to start dismissing cyclists as all dopers are those who never liked, practiced, or understood the sport in the first place. True fans understand that the sustained effort required to win any Tour is sky high and have long known there are cheaters. Professional cycling is one of the most masochistic sports out there it naturally is a haven for performance enhancing drugs. However, with that comes some of the most stringent testing in sports.
mtb416 1 year ago
@mtb416 I totally agree with your comment, however I think as cyclists, we must also accept that probably most every professional cyclist is on some sort of performance enhancing drug.
We must all also understand, that simply taking these drugs will not make you win. You still have to be a freak of nature. Drugs, might, might, maybe, give you that extra 0.5% extra to get you that 1 minute in a 3500km tour.
You are right though, cyclists are masochists. Why else do we go and find hills for fun?
tommo2785 1 year ago
@tommo2785 You raise a common misnomer that many non-athletes share, tommo . Barry Bonds, Floyd Landis, Marion Jones, etc., all were uncommonly good among their own peer group of athletes, let alone when compared to the average person. What we call "talent" is mostly due to physical gifts and/or traits, not some mental edge. The 'mental edge' only comes when you're confident you can perform the task physically; only when does will take over.
And yes, we are total masochists, haha
mtb416 1 year ago
@mtb416 only *then* does will take over
mtb416 1 year ago
@risingone
PS u mad?
eliphant0723 1 year ago
@eliphant0723 Youre taking this way too personally.. why bother wasting your time? I dont care for cycling and your arguing the case for a sport i think is dull isnt going to convince me otherwise. It was an off the cuff remark, a statement of opinion. Get over it. And yourself.
risingone 1 year ago
@risingone You're a TROLL. Don't feed the troll.
noxinix 1 year ago
@noxinix Douche. Yeah. You.
risingone 1 year ago
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OoOJakeOoO 1 year ago
Dude 0:58, that dude in white was hardcore, but the dude in black wasn't having any of it. I only live like an hour from Tachikawa, I should go check out one of these races.
frankgrimes17 1 year ago
lol 1:08 almost took him down after the race was already over. haha.
marlo916 1 year ago
The guy in orange deliberately crashed the guy in blue at 46 sec.
givemetoast 2 years ago
Keirin allows for A LOT of wrestling, bumping, shoving- makes the sport retain its hype. you saw what happened at :43.
GhostReconRepublic 2 years ago
These dudes are Badass!
chips108 2 years ago
violent shit
icanhaslego 2 years ago
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wow those japs are vicous
chummy93 2 years ago
well keirin is used for beting like the western world bets on horses so when money is involved...ppl get pushed around...
Dumdummahpistol 2 years ago
Are you still allowed to cross the inner line the event of a collision such as that?
tootsie400 2 years ago
0:43 is crazy!!!!!!
torker24 2 years ago
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simonddavies 2 years ago
what does that mean and if im correct you wrote suuuuugoii...
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TheShamsdrury 2 years ago
Like crazy monks. Still like it though.
bolderiks 2 years ago
jesus christ thats crazy racing!!!
great sport though
wheddon101 2 years ago 20
I guess the lesson here is jump first and stay on the front!
chelonia44 2 years ago 3
brutal as fuck
jayseo 2 years ago
dang that was really cool
thexaxzax 2 years ago
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This sport is the shit!
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3nnr9g97 3 years ago
nice i rekon the winner should of fallen off hahaha
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Hellowalex 3 years ago
who ever said that cycling and golf were not contact sport. E.C.F. EQUIPECLAUDEFRANCOIS
equipeclaudefrancois 3 years ago
Those guys are insane... That is a hell of a way to make a living! At least they earn good money over there. I wonder how they would go in a kierin in Australia/UK.. No contact, no entering the sprinters lane.. Still.. Fun to watch!
rosko721 3 years ago
try to find a Madison race to watch those are even more dangerous, but awesome to see.
abaraiRenji3 3 years ago
Sadly keirin racing is a dying breed over there not alot of people do it and it is losing popularity very fast. They do not make alot of money over there also. But if people spread this sport more, it owuld be very popular due to the high intensity and physical contact involved.
back211 3 years ago
it will become more popular. with all those "fixies" on the road, young people will become more interested in track bike racing in general...
eteokles3 2 years ago 44
is that bad?...
i doubt track bikes will ever get played-out..
beta242 2 years ago
pads or not theres a lot more contact than I would have though.
dralfonzo 3 years ago
hahahaha does that stuff happen all the time?
maskedban 4 years ago
yes. that's tracksprinting
drunkensailor112 4 years ago
Bikes all the time, Alpenrose Velodrome rules!
velodromeracing 4 years ago
何度みても鳥肌もんのレース！
現場で見ていた・・・ゴチ吉岡！
SATUKI12 4 years ago
a JAKA el la spudi!! de franh le tuki wuki lurutis ashjed proma!
johnpg6mm 4 years ago
sick crash
sk8lub3 4 years ago
haha are they really japanese?? BANZAI!!!
nathbdp 5 years ago
damn, the guy in orange is probably thanking his lucky stars, geez
brunch43 5 years ago
yeah it looks like they are all wearing shoulder pads. love this one.
11hz 5 years ago
Awesome vid.
The crash in this one is particulary good.
Question for anyone who has direct experience with Keirin:
Are they wearing some kind of shoulder protector?
kennybmedia 5 years ago
Of course not. they only were a helmet.
vissink 4 years ago
they do wear a padded jersey. google keirin padding and you'll see. Some nyc bikeshops have the uniforms, and yes, there is padding.
stachemaster 4 years ago
wow... The only padding is the helmet. Do you really think shoulder pads would make a difference in a 45mph (not kph) bicycle crash. Goof.
sethdavisthefirst 4 years ago
Have you ever seen a Keirin uniform or a race in person? All racers wear a padded jersey and shorts in order to protect them from the track surface in the event of a crash. Unlike an average velodrome Keirin tracks have a fairly rough surface to allow racing when the track (usually outdoors) is wet.
fixieben 4 years ago
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HAHAHA. what a oad of horseshit. cyclist don't wear padding. it would only make them heavier and less aerodynamic. what sense would that make. for christ sake look at the olympics. cyclists never wear padding.
drunkensailor112 4 years ago
these cyclists do because theres alot of jostling and crashes with the mad sprints.
abaraiRenji3 3 years ago
Who cares if it is copyright infringement?! I don't; that's for damn sure...
leiferikson1987 5 years ago
Copy right infringement video
hirobike 5 years ago
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hirobike 5 years ago
Makuri you are awesome! Please bless us with more keirin videos!
kingrap 6 years ago