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VeloNews has an interview with Pat McDonough, final question goes like this:

"VN: Can the U.S. track program ever grow to be an Australian track program?

PM: No. I say that because we aren't government funded, and they are extremely government funded. They have seven velodromes in their country and they are all owned and run by the government. That's never going to happen in this country, but we…

For those of you in the know, we're right in the middle of the six day season, with exciting packed events all over Europe. Here's a great site for the calendar, and links to the individual events:

http://www.uiv.dk/

Arnold Devlin has a great site at www.6dayracing.ca, some great history & photos;

You can also check out FatNick's site at www.fatnick.com for ph…

Hi all, wanted to post this from Encino velodrome, thought others might be interested, check 'em out:

The racing's always been great when folks come down from Hellyer to
ADT or Encino, and I know you'll see alot of us "southerners" at Masters Nats and few other races at Hellyer this year, so I wanted to let y'all know what we're doing down south at Encino...

The Encino Velodrome 2008 race season will once again be split between
a spring "the…

Hey all, keep your eyes open for Daniel Holloway on the boards, he's Hellyer Velodrome's rising star and sure to go far, he and his partner Iggy just won the 200 lap race at Burnaby's six-day. and here's Daniel's blog for those who want to follow his exploits -

http://danielholloway.blogspot.com/

happy riding Daniel, and keep as much skin as you can!

Best wishes, the folks at TrackInternational

The Flying Scotsman:

http://www.mgm.com/sites/theflyingscotsman/

is just as good as any of the other dramatized bicycling movies, rent it or buy it now it's really good!! Perhaps subtle or not so subtle in how it tackles Obree's struggles with depression/manic depression, but I wonder how many athletes struggle with that sort of difficulty, I'm sure many athletes or weekend warriors can empathize with what Graham's strugg…

Forest City Velodrome, London, Ontario CANADA

There has been a revival of six-day racing in Canada and the USA. Presently there are two six-day races at the FCV in London Ontario (Fall and Spring). The past two years has seen a winter six-day race at the Burnaby Velodrome in British Columbia.…

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about us

The Dunc Gray Velodrome is located at Bass Hill approximately 5 kilometers south of Bankstown.The fully enclosed building covers a surface area of 11,000 square meters and is surrounded by 200 hardstand car parking spots with another 1,000 spots available adjacent to the venue.…

With the alleged arrival of spring and warmer weather, the velodrome has a new weekly schedule that goes into effect on Monday, April 9. Principle changes are that except for special events, the velodrome is now closed on Fridays and Sundays. The Sunday Women's Sessions and Sunday Interval Training Sessions are taking a break and the we've dropped the late night Rec…

History of The Lehigh Valley Velodrome

The story of the Lehigh Valley Velodrome began overseas in the 1960’s when Bob Rodale, president of Rodale Press in Emmaus, witnessed world class bicycle racing during his trips to the Olympics and Pan Am Games. While competing as an international skeet shooter Rodale, a publisher, humanitarian, and visionary, fell in love with the sport of…

So you've been to a bike race, but what's going on?

Here is a crash course in understanding the unique sport of Track Cycling. We hope that by understanding it better, you will enjoy it more.

What is Track Cycling?

A velodrome is a bicycle-racing track where the "fastest" events in cycling are held. The tracks are oval shaped with banked turns that allow spe…