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Indoor artificial turf crits

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Fred Flintstein

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Feb 1, 2012, 3:43:39 PM2/1/12
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This part of the world is littered with indoor soccer
facilities. These guys are running off hours crits in
one of them, utilizing time when the facility would
otherwise be vacant. The bike of choice is a cross bike
because the surface is a little soft.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D48omON663Q

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Plano Dude

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Feb 2, 2012, 12:19:05 AM2/2/12
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On Feb 1, 2:43 pm, Fred Flintstein <bob.schwa...@sbcremoveglobal.net>
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The NSC used to hate cyclists. I'm surprised they haven't had an
afzelia bonfire.

Fred Flintstein

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Feb 2, 2012, 1:16:19 PM2/2/12
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They're at peace with the velodrome. It doesn't cost them anything
and time will eventually remove it. I'm pretty sure it's past it's
projected life, and the maintenance effort is increasing exponentially.

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Plano Dude

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Feb 2, 2012, 11:45:22 PM2/2/12
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On Feb 2, 12:16 pm, Fred Flintstein <bob.schwa...@sbcremoveglobal.net>
It's the pine understructure that is failing, right? Didn't they have
some sort of campaign to fix it a few years ago? I assume Barclay
Kruse isn't working there any more.

Ryan Cousineau

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Feb 6, 2012, 12:59:00 PM2/6/12
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On Feb 1, 12:43 pm, Fred Flintstein <bob.schwa...@sbcremoveglobal.net>
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I wrote a buddy who installs fields like this. He says one of the big
variables with artificial fields is how well the fake grass tufts
resist being pulled out of their anchor surface (the good fake grass
will break before it pulls out). He says if they're using the cheap
stuff, "could be an expensive event."

Fred Flintstein

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Feb 7, 2012, 11:45:48 AM2/7/12
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They've been doing this for a while, and I know they did some
testing before allowing it on a wider scale.

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