24 Hours of Lemons

FC · 03-12-2013, 07:28 PM

http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/loudon13.aspx

A co-worker of mine, who MANY years ago raced bikes professionally, has been part of a lemons team for a couple of years. We've talked about starting our own team at work, but that will take some time.

In the meantime, one of his team members is out for the upcoming May weekend and he asked me to join in. I'm thinking yes.

They have a crappy VW cabrio, stick-shift. That's all I know.

Anyhow, I need to get gear. A suit, gloves, boots, and an SA 2005 or better helmet.

My wife insists I get the Stig helmet. I'd love to (if only because it would make for a great Halloween costume

), but as a newbie at the track, I don't want to come across as the pizza/french fries guy with $3,000 worth of ski gear. Of course, the ~$600 price is nowhere near as expensive as they can get, but it appears that spending $400 on a helmet does the trick.

Thoughts? Too cheesy, or what the hell, go for it? It's just a plain white helmet anyway.

Either way, it seems like it will be fun. You get an awful lot of track time for very short money.

03-12-2013, 07:28 PM	#1
FC Solving problems Join Date: Oct 2003 Carmudgeonly Ride: M5 / 718 GTS / Cooper S / GTI / LR4 Location: Metro Boston Posts: 25,266	24 Hours of Lemons http://www.24hoursoflemons.com/loudon13.aspx A co-worker of mine, who MANY years ago raced bikes professionally, has been part of a lemons team for a couple of years. We've talked about starting our own team at work, but that will take some time. In the meantime, one of his team members is out for the upcoming May weekend and he asked me to join in. I'm thinking yes. They have a crappy VW cabrio, stick-shift. That's all I know. Anyhow, I need to get gear. A suit, gloves, boots, and an SA 2005 or better helmet. My wife insists I get the Stig helmet. I'd love to (if only because it would make for a great Halloween costume), but as a newbie at the track, I don't want to come across as the pizza/french fries guy with $3,000 worth of ski gear. Of course, the ~$600 price is nowhere near as expensive as they can get, but it appears that spending $400 on a helmet does the trick. Thoughts? Too cheesy, or what the hell, go for it? It's just a plain white helmet anyway. Either way, it seems like it will be fun. You get an awful lot of track time for very short money.