Chuckwalla - on board vid with Blake Young

[Speeddog]

Watched this vid:
http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/road-racing/2011/02/18/video-a-lap-of-chuckwalla-with-blake-young

WTF?
He's shifting between 2 gears only?
Did I miss something?

[derby]

sounds like he spends most of his time in 2nd gear and barely spends any time in third.

i haven't ridden chuckwalla, so i don't know how "tight" it is. i do know that streets of willow can be a two-gear track (depending on gearing).

the other possibility is this was just his out lap and he wasn't pushing that hard.

[Speeddog]

OK, yeah, that's what I thought, 2nd with brief moments of 3rd.

I looked at a track diagram, and it's really tough to tell 'cause the width isn't to scale.

Out lap, yeah, that makes sense too.

[desmoquattro]

IIRC, all the reviews in RRW say that Chuckwalla is super tight now, but that it'll eventually be a faster track when the later phases are complete. Another vid for comparison:
2 laps around the NEW Chuckwalla Valley Raceway!!! 4/02/10

Overview of phases here:
http://www.chuckwallavalleyraceway.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67&Itemid=163

[gm2]

haven't watched the video yet but yeah, it's supposed to be relatively tight & technical (aka, fun!)

plus, is he on his yosh 1k?  that thing will probably do 100mph in first gear.

[silvy1200]

i did this track a few months back and will be doing again in april.

it is really tight and technical but i was able to shift through about 3 gears.

by far my favorite track!