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Rollapaluza, who have instigated a resurgence of roller racing in recent years with their events, which combine racing fixed wheel bikes on rollers to a backdrop of music, DJ’s and an explosive crowd, now hope to go national.
A nationwide quest to find Britain’s King of Spin and Queen of Cadence has been launched, and will comprise standalone regional events. These regional events will also act as qualifiers for a Grand Finale in London, with huge crowds and great prizes promised.
The regions will be:
- Scotland
- Wales
- North and Midlands
- South West
- London and East
- South
There will also be a national youth competition, with the younger competitors taking part in the afternoon, before the evening event commences.
Olympians Chris Hoy and Craig Maclean have raced Rollapaluza, but the current 500m record is held by rising British track star Matt Crampton with 17.90 seconds. There will be a special prize to the rider who sets the fastest time of the series and a bonus if that time is a new record.
After refurbishing four vintage rigs, Rollapaluza now manufacture their own Roller race rigs, all of which are produced to be identical. This means that, for possibly the first time ever, roller-racers can be assured that they are competing on a nationwide level playing field and, as Rollapaluza are now opening up international franchises with these same rigs, there is even potential for future worldwide challenges.
