GB Cycling Micro Scalextric Set

The Olympics are coming to London in 2012? WTF?! Oh alright, unless you’ve been hiding under a pile of rubble for the past few years you can’t have missed the sense of growing excitement around the Nation’s capital. But how to break the anxious, sweaty-palmed tension? With the GB Cycling Micro Scalextric Set, of course!

Take control of Team GB Cyclists Matt Crampton and Chris Hoy (the resemblance is uncanny) and tear around the track as you compete for the fastest times. Sure, the track offers little in the way of twists, chicanes and loop-the-loops. But then: adventure, excitement? An Olympic athlete craves not these things. For them it’s all about speed and perfect technique.

Race your friends or time yourself around this Micro Scalextric interpretation of London’s Olympic Velodrome. It’s a great piece of memorabilia for this once-in-a-generation event. And it’s brilliant for deciding who gets up to make tea while you’re watching the real thing on the telly.