Pursuit Night 5/24

I had an idea that I wanted to float here before doing it because I don't want to make people mad or keep them from coming to pursuit night.

What do people think of a gear restriction for the 500m and 2000m at the next pursuit night?

There are a few reasons. One, most people use those two events as warmups for the 1k and 3k. Two, if you've read my post How to go Faster, you know that I think leg speed is a very critical skill to develop, so this would help. The last one is that it helps level the playing field a bit, especially for people on bikes provided by the track since they can't change gears. Increasing competition is never a bad thing, right?

The other events would still be open-gear, it would just be those two and likely just for this one night. But if nobody will show up or if nobody will sign up for the events, then I don't want to do it. I am thinking a gear up to either 82" or 87".

My view of these race nights, especially this early in the season, is that it's really about training and not so much about "racing." So I'd rather help people build good skills and techniques if possible. Let me know what you guys think.

Tim