Richmond velodrome BC

In article nk.net,
"Claire Petersky" writes:

"Tom Keats" wrote in message
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In article c4FHh.1261778$R63.442342@pd7urf1no,
"nash" writes:
Anybody participate at that Velodrome. Burnaby was mentioned in January
and
I did not know Richmond also has one.
I wonder what events they hold.

Are you sure that's not _Redmond_ (WA)?
They have their Marymoor Velodrome there.


WIWAK, I used to throw my bike over the fence and then ride around on the
velodrome course there. That was kinda fun.

Locked gate, eh?

I recall our old China Creek cycle track, just lying
fallow and going to seed after it was built for the
1954 British Empire Commonwealth Games. It was tempting,
but I heard many urban legends about tire-shredding
nail heads sticking up. In retrospect, I figure the biggest
danger would have been warped planks sticking up and just
waiting to stop a front wheel; I doubt the track would
have been nailed. But those 45 degree+ banks were serious
business.

I envy this guy:
http://uberdiebrucke.blogspot.com/20...d-six-day.html

I once saw a TV documentary describing the old 6-day races
of the '30s. IIRC, tracks were generally flat and the (rough)
planks indeed were often nailed down; such tracks were considered
temporary, and built to be readily ripped-up after they'd
served their purposes.

I suspect the race-track-style (as in horse/dog racing) betting
was possibly what made them so popular. If there was any
untoward "fixing" of races going on, maybe that's what led to
their demise? Just an off-hand guess on my part. Maybe people
just lost interest in bicycles? I dunno. Anyway, those old
style 6-day races dissipated with the onset of the war years,
and never really came back.

But I can't help thinking some sort of modern-day version
would go far to popularize sport cycling. Maybe even
cycling in general.


cheers,
Tom

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On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:27:10 -0800, (Tom Keats)
wrote:

I suspect the race-track-style (as in horse/dog racing) betting
was possibly what made them so popular. If there was any
untoward "fixing" of races going on, maybe that's what led to
their demise? Just an off-hand guess on my part. Maybe people
just lost interest in bicycles? I dunno. Anyway, those old
style 6-day races dissipated with the onset of the war years,
and never really came back.

To a large extent it was killed off by an absolutely insane
competition between two promoters (insane in the business sense), with
a major velodrome going up in flames at a bad moment. The races were
still popular up to the point that the promoters blew things apart and
that velodrome fire was a major issue in not restarting a real series
of racing.

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...

In article ,
Curtis L. Russell writes:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2007 20:27:10 -0800, (Tom Keats)
wrote:

I suspect the race-track-style (as in horse/dog racing) betting
was possibly what made them so popular. If there was any
untoward "fixing" of races going on, maybe that's what led to
their demise? Just an off-hand guess on my part. Maybe people
just lost interest in bicycles? I dunno. Anyway, those old
style 6-day races dissipated with the onset of the war years,
and never really came back.

To a large extent it was killed off by an absolutely insane
competition between two promoters (insane in the business sense), with
a major velodrome going up in flames at a bad moment. The races were
still popular up to the point that the promoters blew things apart and
that velodrome fire was a major issue in not restarting a real series
of racing.

Could you by any chance suggest some on-line sites with
info about those old six-day races? I'm not asking you
to go to any trouble, but if you have some URL references
handy, I'd be most grateful. I'm most intrigued by, and
interested in that topic. I've tried Google searches, but
so far ... no soap. Not very much, anyway. Sometimes it
almost seems like there's a conspiracy to suppress that
information.


cheers,
Tom

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Above address is just a spam midden.
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On Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:11:57 -0800, (Tom Keats)
wrote:

Could you by any chance suggest some on-line sites with
info about those old six-day races? I'm not asking you
to go to any trouble, but if you have some URL references
handy, I'd be most grateful. I'm most intrigued by, and
interested in that topic. I've tried Google searches, but
so far ... no soap. Not very much, anyway. Sometimes it
almost seems like there's a conspiracy to suppress that
information.

Mos of my stuff is in books, maybe 50-60 books accumulated over the
years. I'll check to get some titles, but I'm between home services
right now and it may be a few days. The comcast was shut down last
Sunday and the Verizon starts next Monday...

Curtis L. Russell
Odenton, MD (USA)
Just someone on two wheels...