Pinerolo (Cumiana)

The circuit sits at Baldissero di Cumiana, southwest of Turin, and the mxcenter.it track directory lists it under the Motoclub Pinerolo Quadrifoglio. It is recorded there as a second-category track of 1700 metres on medium-hard ground. According to the same entry it opens on Thursdays from 1 to 7 pm and on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10 am to 7 pm. Listed facilities are a bar, a cold shower and 220-volt sockets; there is no hot shower, no floodlighting and no separate minicross area. The directory explicitly advises calling the operator before you set off, because the hours can change without notice. Medium-hard ground means it still takes ruts in the morning but dries into a smooth, firm surface over the day. On that kind of soil the front wheel gives you little feedback and grip lets go earlier than you would expect from deep dirt. Top of our cause list here is too much air in the front tyre - bleed some pressure before you ride so the contact patch grows and the front bites again on the hard surface.