I had a bit of a chat with John Nicholson last week about the Blackburn velodrome and the record for the Flying 200.  As anyone who's ridden the BBN velodrome knows, these days it's a slow track.  The concrete is bumpy and rough and it's generally windy, and the banks aren't very steep, making 60km/h+ around them quite a bit harder than at, for example DISC.

Nicko (John) couldn't tell me at the time what the record was.  I'd expect that he'd have had a good time, being a former professional world sprint champion ... but he couldn't remember.

So far at the TSSS we've had a 12:10  (59.5 km/h) during a heat (Eddie Wilson) and a 12:16 (59.2 km/h) during qualifying (Jeremy Mclay) as our two fastest times.  Maybe we start a history now?  Does anyone know of a faster time than those two at BBN?