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Canterbury Velodrome
Postby martin08 » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:01 pm
i've called round it was closed up. Does anyone know if they do public sessions where you can just ride without racing, cheers, M
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Postby mikesbytes » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:46 pm
Check out http://www.dhbc.org.au/index.php?pr=Track
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Postby sogood » Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:58 pm
http://www.dhbc.org.au/
http://www.dhbc.org.au/index.php?pr=Track
I also understand a cycling license is required to use the track. Mike can correct me on this one.
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Postby martin08 » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:49 pm
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Postby sogood » Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:54 pm
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Canterbury Velodrome
Postby Wollemi » Sun Dec 06, 2020 3:28 pm
Similarly for indoor Dunc Gray velodrome at Bass Hill - can one turn up and pay a fee to use it just for fun, without having to join a club?
Any other velodromes across Sydney with public access?
What's Hurstville like? From the wikipedia photo, it appears to be not very banked. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurstvill ... Oval_4.jpg
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Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:04 am
Hurstville which you have a photo of is also fenced off. I think St George club run a session on Tuesday night
There's also Lidcome oval which LACC run session's on
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Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Postby Wollemi » Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:39 am
Thank you for the considered response.mikesbytes wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:04 amThe official name for Tempe Velodrome is Canterbury Velodrome. Technically its inside Canterbury Council (pre merger name) but is opposite Tempe train station hence everyone calls it Tempe Velodrome. It is fenced off, you can't use it when no one is there. Tonight DHBC has a training session there, you need a license, I'm not sure if you can get a day license. You would be able to use your fixie if you take the brakes off and your fixie has drop bars. Check with DHBC for details.
Hurstville which you have a photo of is also fenced off. I think St George club run a session on Tuesday night
There's also Lidcome oval which LACC run session's on
I saw for myself early on Monday morning that the facility is indeed locked up with no public access.
My fixed-gear bicycle has bull-horn handlebars, and two handbrakes, so I would not be allowed. And I live nowhere near the place, but have been past many times without realising it, when casually cycling South Strathfield to Botany Bay and return, or recreational kayaking with the River Canoe Club.
I feel that the velodrome could promote cycling better with photographic billboards outside - there is very little to see what the facility is from ground level outside, except for a small contemporary sign at Bayview Ave pointing to 'Canterbury Velodrome'.
A faded and vandalised plaque tells the reader that the 'Waterford Park Cycle Velodrome' was commenced construction in August 1980.
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Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Postby foo on patrol » Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:00 pm
Wollemi wrote: ↑Tue Dec 08, 2020 1:39 amThank you for the considered response.mikesbytes wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 10:04 amThe official name for Tempe Velodrome is Canterbury Velodrome. Technically its inside Canterbury Council (pre merger name) but is opposite Tempe train station hence everyone calls it Tempe Velodrome. It is fenced off, you can't use it when no one is there. Tonight DHBC has a training session there, you need a license, I'm not sure if you can get a day license. You would be able to use your fixie if you take the brakes off and your fixie has drop bars. Check with DHBC for details.
Hurstville which you have a photo of is also fenced off. I think St George club run a session on Tuesday night
There's also Lidcome oval which LACC run session's on
I saw for myself early on Monday morning that the facility is indeed locked up with no public access.
My fixed-gear bicycle has bull-horn handlebars, and two handbrakes, so I would not be allowed. And I live nowhere near the place, but have been past many times without realising it, when casually cycling South Strathfield to Botany Bay and return, or recreational kayaking with the River Canoe Club.
I feel that the velodrome could promote cycling better with photographic billboards outside - there is very little to see what the facility is from ground level outside, except for a small contemporary sign at Bayview Ave pointing to 'Canterbury Velodrome'.
A faded and vandalised plaque tells the reader that the 'Waterford Park Cycle Velodrome' was commenced construction in August 1980.
This is a sore point with me here in QLD. You never see any "billboard" advertising outside on the Annadome or anywhere else for that matter.
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Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Postby find_bruce » Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:09 pm
I thought after your recent win they were going to rename it the foodome any videos of you doing a box jump?foo on patrol wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:00 pmThis is a sore point with me here in QLD. You never see any "billboard" advertising outside on the Annadome or anywhere else for that matter.
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Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Postby Grog » Mon Dec 21, 2020 12:00 am
Back then it wasn't restricted access and outside cycling events was only lightly used by locals.
How times change.
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Re: Canterbury Velodrome
Postby foo on patrol » Wed Dec 23, 2020 4:35 pm
find_bruce wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 9:09 pmI thought after your recent win they were going to rename it the foodome any videos of you doing a box jump?foo on patrol wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 2:00 pmThis is a sore point with me here in QLD. You never see any "billboard" advertising outside on the Annadome or anywhere else for that matter.
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