John says a few things about Kilo starts but he doesn't talk about Kilo finishes.
When you really do them on a track it is the ultimate effort.
For that reason, when you train (at least on a 250 meter track) you only do 3 laps- 750 meters to work at the race pace and condition yourself to the effort.
When you actually time one, the last lap is a unique experience. It is so aneroebic (sp?) that you start to get tunnel vision. As your mind shuts down you have to concentrate on the last turn and finish for all you are worth.
You really don't feel too well for awhile after doing one of those things.
My time at age 41 (7 years ago) was 1:12. I wish I had known I wasn't bad at it in my 20s. But who knows- it is a pretty extreme endeavor.
Joe Bender-Zanoni
Great Notch, NJ
<classicrendezvous@bikelist.org> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [CR] trackstand & kilo start
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> > John Pergolizzi wrote "doing trackstands and kilo starts..."
> > Pat Moffat wrote:
> > I have been practicing trackstands (on a safe side street) but I haven't
> worked it out yet. I come to a stop, turn the wheel and jockey the crank
> back and fourth, putting pressure on both pedals simultaneously....maybe
one
> day I'll just 'get it'. Whats a kilo start?
>
> Hi Pat,
> Are you on a road bike or fixed? No difference. On a city street,
the
> "crown" will go up from your right to your left; the opposite of a track.
> To do the stand on the street: Hold the bars in the drops, point the
> front wheel uphill (in this case to the left) at about 45 degrees. Your
left
> pedal will be forward, at the two to three o'clock position. In this way,
> your front wheel will want to roll down hill and the pressure on the left
> pedal (body weight if you stand) will try to make the bike go uphill.
Split
> the difference and your standing. VOILA!
> Put your left foot on first, then as you put some pressure on the left
> pedal, pick up your right foot and get it on the right pedal. Just use
the
> back sides to get used to it all.
> The opposite will work on the track: front wheel to the right and
right
> pedal forward.
> Get good and do a trackstand at the redlights. A nanosecond after the
light
> changes color ( ideally as the red is fading to pink) your out of the
saddle
> smashing down and pulling up, flexing the whole damn thing, stretching the
> chain, burning rubber, taking off! Just the first 12 to 15 pedal strokes
> are what count. Builds strength in Krazy ways.
> This is stuff that the strongest, fittest riders in the world practice
> for the start of the kilometer event that is held at the state. national
> and World level championships. 1,000 meters of pure HELL! World class
> times under 1:10. Top times are in the sub 1:03 range. Record is 59.
> something seconds!!!!!!!
>
> enjoy,
> John T.Pergolizzi
> San Diego, Ca.