spendius wrote:It's probably due to the modern practice of surrounding sporting events with the maximum number of officials and equipment that the gate money will run to.
No I want to know why they use that anachronistic funny looking little pacing bike when almost any other pacing method would be preferable.
And not necessarily using fewer people either.
Why use an old smelly i.c. engine for that? On the Wall of Death, you can understand it. But not in an enclosed cycling arena, for a sporting event.
