Inside The Mad World of Keirin Racing in Japan

Inside The Mad World of Keirin Racing in Japan | inCycle Vintage

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4 жыл бұрын

Our next inCycle vintage feature focusses on the mad world of keirin racing in Japan.
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@Blck_Stallion 4 жыл бұрын

No fancy bike just men + power

@sonymicronin 2 жыл бұрын

These bikes are fancy

@marlerr__4235 6 ай бұрын

Those bikes are still fancy

@HellCatLeMaudit 4 ай бұрын

@@marlerr__4235, those bikes are fixies. Steel. And no brakes. They are fancy only in the sense that they have to be all exactly the same. In Keirin, only the rider should matter, not the equipment. There is money being bet on these cyclists after all.

@Ih8GoogleandApple 4 жыл бұрын

These riders could go the olympics and take all the medals in keirin they are amazing athletes

@mj897 3 жыл бұрын

No.. theres japanese are much shorter then European and hence have a disadvantage. There's a reason why they allow so few foreigners to race.

@nurzamarul6047 3 жыл бұрын

Ahlete from malaysia got silver in Olympics tokyo keirin despite his height is 166m

@mrboast2826 2 жыл бұрын

Well it depends, mostly Japanese keirin racer will not participate in UCI competition because they afraid to get injured and also prize money not worth it at all.....So most of them , don't want to play for the country because it not worth it at all

@lottery248 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrboast2826 crashes are more common playing in its home country, that's why they are highly armoured during the play. UCI and NJS carry nearly the same game with completely different fundamentals; one is to enable that sport so that everyone gets an equal chance to participate, and one's primary intention is gambling and quality supremacy.

@godwindracing6056 Жыл бұрын

Most of these won't because the money they get at home is far bigger than what they'll get at the Olympics, which presumably is peanuts. Wakimoto, in addition to winning a record 123 milion yen at the Keirin GP, he became the first 300 million yen earner the same year I read that at the Tokyo Olympics, they attracted the big names (Yuta Wakimoto, Yudai Nitta and Yuka Kobayashi) because they were promised the money they would earn in keirin

@TimothyTakemoto 2 жыл бұрын

It is partly a martial art since the shoulder shoving e.g. at 5:18 is part of the sport, and within the rules.

@raymundnieves5589 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks again!

@oldtwinsna8347 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder what these riders would do on short course Zwift races that start off and remain full gas throughout, with a punishing sprint mandatory for any placement. Pretty sure they'd dominate.

@briansamuel5670 4 жыл бұрын

Cycling monks👍

@-m9818 4 жыл бұрын

ようこそ日本へ

@aaaaaaaaasdsdsd 4 жыл бұрын

interesting

@maxmccullough8548 Жыл бұрын

Japanese nascar, neat!

@user-gf7jk5wg8l 3 жыл бұрын

2:55 after 15 years , he arrested

@peternewson2275 Жыл бұрын

Why?

@jimsmith3971 4 жыл бұрын

You'd think with this level of discipline they'd have a more prominent position in events like le Tour de France.

@HellCatLeMaudit 4 ай бұрын

In the world of Keirin, the Tour de France is only for sissies. No shoving and elbowing is allowed in the Tour. Also, the average earnings in Keirin is higher than in UCI Sports.