2 wheels and rolls

First,
mike-downey.com/blog turned one year old over the weekend. Thanks to those of you who've been following along.

Two:

One of the many wonderful images from Therapeutic Pictionary


The sea of parked/abandoned bicycles in front of Uppsala's train/bus station


No, I can't watch baseball on television here but yes, from time to time I get a rare glimpse of televised track racing. Over the weekend was the Men's Keirin Finals (among other track events) from Bordeaux, France. This was my first time actually seeing track racing. I'd read about it based on the fact that this sport is the reason that brakeless fixed gear bikes even exist. I was hoping/assuming I'd see all of the racers doing trackstands at the beginning of the race but to my dismay they either hook into a sort of bike stand (for time trials) or are simply held up by another person (races). Does anyone know when trackstands are actually used in this sport?

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