Velodromes in Perth
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Velodromes in Perth
Postby bigacorn » Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:26 pm
Indoor
or outdoor?
Man I thought XC mountain biking was bumpy and rough/tough but track riding in the speed dome was just as bad. only joking its not that bad
Notice to all track bike manufactures come to the speedome where you will see if our bikes are stiff/solid.
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Postby tallywhacker » Thu Feb 12, 2009 10:23 pm
The speeddome is it and I have heard tales that the is a group that want to "repurpose it" for indoor hockey or something like that.
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Postby twowheels » Fri Feb 13, 2009 12:33 am
was sort of behind the bowling club (tha tis what it always looked like to me) at coner Morrison & Gt Northern hwy, was only moderately banked, not as severe as the 1962 Empire Games track that should have been preserved as a heritage structure.tallywhacker wrote:There was also an outdoor track somewhere in Midland, dont know if it is still around.
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Postby ausdb » Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:13 pm
An old guy I ride with regularly used to ride the velodrome at Mt Hawthorn he described the transitions as "rather abrupt" it's a pity they didn't keep it being in such a central location.twowheels wrote: not as severe as the 1962 Empire Games track that should have been preserved as a heritage structure.
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Postby tallywhacker » Sat Feb 14, 2009 1:01 am
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Postby twowheels » Sat Feb 14, 2009 10:46 pm
Midland has quite a history of cycling, thus the velodrome location I guess, but also explains my astonishment that the cyclepath doesn't follow the railway all the way to Midland.Dunk wrote:Considering the population of Perth and rather limited amount people that race here I'm actually surprised there is a velodrome here, and a world class one at that. I just wish it was a bit more centrally located.
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Postby IdealCyclesWA » Sun Feb 15, 2009 8:06 pm
Anway here is the current state of old Midland track in Sept 08 , still rideable with good tyres . Keep visits to daylight hours though!
http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/443/trackyo1.jpg
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
Postby BrownBike » Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:18 pm
http://youtu.be/9TcC83wEOcM?t=3m24s
Embedding youtube doesn't seem to work when you use the 'start at particular time' thingy in your link
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
Postby RonK » Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:43 pm
Works fine if you use the proper shareyoutube tags instead of the URL tags.BrownBike wrote:Embedding youtube doesn't seem to work when you use the 'start at particular time' thingy in your link
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
Postby RonK » Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:47 pm
I dunno how it would have compared to a modern track, but the banking at Lake Monger was very intimidating.twowheels wrote:1962 Empire Games track that should have been preserved as a heritage structure.
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
Postby BrownBike » Thu Jan 16, 2014 4:50 pm
[shareyoutube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TcC83wE ... be&t=3m24s[/shareyoutube]RonK wrote:Works fine if you use the proper shareyoutube tags instead of the URL tags.BrownBike wrote:Embedding youtube doesn't seem to work when you use the 'start at particular time' thingy in your link
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
Postby Baalzamon » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:08 pm
Fixed and this is what I used http://youtu.be/9TcC83wEOcM" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;BrownBike wrote:[shareyoutube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TcC83wE ... be&t=3m24s[/shareyoutube]RonK wrote:Works fine if you use the proper shareyoutube tags instead of the URL tags.BrownBike wrote:Embedding youtube doesn't seem to work when you use the 'start at particular time' thingy in your link
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
Postby BrownBike » Thu Jan 16, 2014 5:11 pm
Sorry everyone else for going off-topic
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
Postby nickobec » Thu Jan 16, 2014 6:50 pm
I had heard that Northam one was back in use or trying to get back in use a couple of months ago. I was not paying attention, not a trackie and too far to go for mejust4tehhalibut wrote:I noticed that the old velodrome in Northam is now gone, was just off the main drag but fenced off for years and collecting glass. I suspect that a few other country towns besides those mentioned above had a track.
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Re: Velodromes in Perth
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