Broadsiding
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Broadsiding is the method used in motorcycle speedway for travelling round the bends on the speedway track. The rider skids their rear wheel by spinning it at such a speed that it sets up a gyroscopic
Riders sliding their bikes around a bend
Motorcycle speedway
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Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcy
Broadsiding
…Broadsiding is the method used in motorcycle speedway for travelling round the bends on the speedway track. The rider skids their rear wheel by spinning it at such a speed that it sets up a gyroscopic…
A speedway rider on the track
Col Stewart races his speedway motorcycle wearing a leather helmet, c. 1930.
Speedway riders, Sydney, 9 February 1946, by Ray Olsen, Pix Magazine photographer.
All 4 riders leaning into the first corner – note the elbows.