(15-12-2014, 09:28 AM)Steady the Edward Wrote: It's not so much doom n gloom as living in the real world and accept that we need to move with the times and always be on the look out for ways of preventing possible bad times , like the start order thread and Mad Sundays idea of 5sec gaps instead of 10 to make it harder for tailenders to get caught by the front runners , a good idea but would a 5 sec gap be enough on the start line , it would be a bit tight getting the next rider on to the line set up ready to launch , I am not sure it could be done perhaps some of the riders on here would have more ideas about that , but may be this would be better expanded on the starting order thread ,

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Piece of cake Eddie. 2 lines, odds on the right, evens on the left, so each rider in each line gets 10 seconds to prepare, just as now.
Whether a 5 second gap is enough / desireable is a different question.
Doug