Scalextric G1072 Team GB Velodrome 2012: Track Cycling 1:64 Scale Race Set

My daughter who is ten bought this for twenty pounds with an Amazon voucher. She loves it! Everyone, grown-ups as well love this toy. Not for small kids though as it is fragile but it lasts if you are careful. a great buy, so far since we've had it we've had three guests, all of which have asked where we got it from and gone and bought themselves one.A great buy and well worth the money in my opinion. Easy to set up and put away and a great souvenir if you went to the olympics. I'd recommend to kids or adults.

Although a little basic with the centre board, my Grandson and I had a whale of a time with the bikes whizzing round the track. Definitely a big hit with him and me. It is a little less robust than it could be, but with careful handling it is a good game and set off the giggles in our family.

Ok,calm down calm down.Read the poor reveiws then read this.The set is really an adult toy,or one that needs sensible,firm adult supervision.It is a very clever and nicely made set.Yes of course its delicate but what do you expect,Hornby fine detail locomotives are just as easily busted.I have used this set with the cycles coming of the track enough times with no damage.The set is not bombproof,but what do you expect for 34quid(through Amazon)At full price the 2 star reviewers may have a point.As for the critisim of the carboard centre oval and the trackside " billboard " again what do you expect for the money.They are substantial enough and very nicely printed.If you are going to give this to a child,particularly a boy,and expect it to last,then dont.This should be regarded as an adult toy to be used by children under strict supervision.I am going to buy another set to extend the track and have spare cycles and controllers.I like this set,its novel,nicely made and original.Buy one and use it carefully, I`m certainly not dissapointed, and I dont think you will be either.

Having noted some of the negative reviews, I bought this set to see if I could 'engineer-out' some or all of the perceived faults. I was expecting a flat track but was pleased to see that it is banked. I found that the inner track works very well and the bike can travel at very fast speeds without flying off. However, the bike on the outer track kept sticking, particularly on the curves; even with the trigger of the controller pulled right back [max speed], the bike refused to move once stalled. In the hope of eliminating sticking, I had obtained some 'Vaseline Grease' [suitable for electrical contacts] and applied this carefully to the bike gearing [hoping to avoid the rapid wear experienced by one reviewer]. I also applied this grease to the contact strips [braids] on the bikes and in the locating grooves on the curved sections of the track. Whilst handling one of the bikes, I inadvertently applied finger pressure in the wrong place and the front wheel came off. This did not damage the parts and it was an easy job to re-fit the wheel into the front fork. I did not manage to get the outer bike to perform like the inner bike; so reasonable racing would not be possible; the outer bike still sticks when operated at slow speeds; and tends to fly off the track at higher speeds. I tried raising the track slightly [max 2cm] at the bend where the bike was flying off. This had the effect of causing the bike to topple over at low speeds and did not stop fly-off at higher speeds. As for the age-range claimed; I found that careful alignment and a good deal of pressure was required to properly join the track sections; it required a good deal of strength to seperate some of the sections; so an adult is required to set up and dismantle the track. The engineering and manufacture is good value at £20, but the fact that there is only one spare set of braids per bike, suggests that the designer doesn't expect the set to have a very long life. If you can solve the outer track problem, or are happy to do time trials with one bike, or just want to give your cat something to chase and wreck, then I recommend this item for anyone with just a little engineering knowhow.

Read a few reviews that were not too great but bought it anyway and it was a huge hit with my 10yr old nephew.We have had hours of fun with it !Great for cycling fans and aslo a great price and a lovely keepsake form the 2012 Olympics!

Maybe I should have read the reviews before buying then I would have saved myself some money. Like most my children were very taken with the track cycling at the olympics and had this item on their Christmas List. When opened on xmas day it was immediately set up.....with a 2 pin plug for its connection although we live in the UK managed to find a shaver adaptor, then the track has to be tightly put together, then one of the cyclists refused to work after some fiddling we got it going. We put it on the kitchen table and the speed threw one of the cyclists off onto the floor and promptly disintegrating the figurine...GAME OVER.Then the 2nd one of which we had problems refused to work again!!!!Cheaply made over expensive rubbish which has infuriated me with the sheer waste of money...DO NOT BUY THIS PRODUCT

Scalextrix have done themselves no favour with this cheap, tacky and disappointing set.The track is almost impossible to fit together without at least one lane or one part of the track not working. The bikes are terribly unstable and fall over at the slightest provocation. The whole thing feels cheap and nasty. Avoid!

I thought this would either be a bit naff or would lose it's appeal pretty quickly, but It was really nicely put together and we played with it til 4am when the recipient opened it. We've also managed to doctor the bikes to make them go a bit faster. We've had a great laugh recreating our favourite scenes from the London 2012 Velodrome!!

zusammengesteckt sind die paar Schienen schnell, das wahre Spielvergnügen hat sich allerdings erst eingesteckt, nachdem ein Adapter für den britischen Netzstecker besorgt wurde. Für einen Fan von allem was mit Slotcar zu tun hat - schöne Ergänzung. ;-)