ceya said:I am looking to train in the land down under for part of the winter.where are the velodromes are located? Where are the good spots to train? I am coming back after 7 yrs off the bike.
S/F,
CEYA!
ceya said:Guys thanks for the info. I am going since it will be summer and get good training, meet some old friends, trackie friendly and have fun in your country.
S/F,
CEYA!
Why have you got a photograph of chris hoys legs. plus i recognise that GB skinsuit?runna said:Melbourne has heaps of velodromes.
There is the Vodaphone arena velodrome that was used for the last world championships, There is a brand new indoor velodrome being built at the Darebin International Sports Centre. There are also a stack of outdoor concrete tracks - Coburg, Brunswick, Blackburn etc.
Some of them such as Brunswick are actually public tracks which can be used by anyone so long are there aren't club training or racing underway. All the others are normally full access if you are a member of the club.
ceya said:I am looking to train in the land down under for part of the winter.where are the velodromes are located? Where are the good spots to train? I am coming back after 7 yrs off the bike.
S/F,
CEYA!
closesupport said:Why have you got a photograph of chris hoys legs. plus i recognise that GB skinsuit?
just wondering why an aussie has a pic of a GBcyclist.runna said:I thought the photograph was pretty impressive. I use that pic as inspiration for my squat sessions.
I hope no-one thought I was trying to pass it off as me! I wish!
closesupport said:just wondering why an aussie has a pic of a GBcyclist.
lol irronic since you aussies bread the best cyclists hey well heres a better one...lol
VeloFlash said:But I did notice the GB rider was on an Aussie bike (BT technologies)!
rayner said:British riders in 'domestic' events use Dolans and Corimas. Corimas for sprinters such as Hoy, Dolans for the pursuit/endurance riders. One of the British (think it was Hoy) cracked the seat mast just above the top tube on his Corima this year at Burnie. He's definitely on a Corima.
closesupport said:just wondering why an aussie has a pic of a GBcyclist.
lol irronic since you aussies bread the best cyclists hey well heres a better one...lol
rayner said:British riders in 'domestic' events use Dolans and Corimas. Corimas for sprinters such as Hoy, Dolans for the pursuit/endurance riders. One of the British (think it was Hoy) cracked the seat mast just above the top tube on his Corima this year at Burnie. He's definitely on a Corima.
VeloFlash said:If you have been off the bike for seven years I take it you will be using our summer and track facilities just to train and not to compete. Perhaps, sporting espionage in view of our recent Olympic track success?
The Australian high performance track squad use Adelaide as their base so you could do no better than to train and observe there. Although I have heard they may be relocating to Sydney.
In Sydney the Olympic track facility (Dunc Gray) is open for training during the day from Monday to Thursday. There are two nights set aside where you can participate in derny/motor pacing. This was usually Monday and Wednesday. But Wednesday night is now competition (was Friday last year) that is open to all licence holding cyclists.
There is an outdoor concrete 333m banked velodrome at another location. They train there Monday and Wednesday nights and former gold medallist Olympian, Lionel Cox, dispenses free training advice.
We also have three flat tracks in the Sydney metropolitan area. These run around sporting fields and have minor banking (about 8 degrees compared to 42 degrees). Training is usually endurance based bunch 100 lappers (40kms).
If any open track competitions are being conducted they are usually held on Saturday nights. So you can be a glutton for punishment and club road race on a Sunday
Here are some links:
http://www.nsw.cycling.org.au/index.html
http://www.bankstownsportscycling.com/Track.htm
http://get.to/lacc
http://www.randwickbotanycc.com/Training%20Rides.htm
http://www.stgeorge.cycling.org.au/backup/newst.html
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