Paroldo la Gamellona

Crossodromo La Gamellona lies in the La Game locality near the Ronchi hamlet of Paroldo in the province of Cuneo, about two kilometres outside town towards Alba. The local site paroldoaltralanga.com describes how it came about: in 1984 a group of local motocross enthusiasts built the ground, the municipality later acquired the land, and in 2000 the venue was completely rebuilt. Today it has a bar and restaurant with a terrace, showers and toilets, a bike wash and a camping area; for races there is a timing room, a press room and a secretariat, and the track hosts national-level rounds. The directory mxcenter.it adds the operating data: category 2, FMI homologation, 1680 metres on hard ground, looked after by Motoclub Cairo Montenotte, with a minicross loop, open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 14:00 to 20:00 and all day on Saturdays and Sundays, groups by prior arrangement. Hard ground gives very little: the front end reports late, and in flat corners you lose the sense of how much grip is left. Top of our cause list for that is too much front tyre pressure - lower it so the contact patch grows and the front wheel starts talking to you again on the firm surface.