Come try the Track

brixtonbiker66
brixtonbiker66 Posts: 56
edited May 2009 in Commuting chat
If anyone is interested in having a go on the track come down to the Herne Hill Velodrome on a Saturday mornings and have a go..
You can join the track group after induction if you feel like it. Free bike hire included with induction fee

Look forward to seeing a few SCR's

http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com

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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Ooooooooooh yes please!

    Do you have to sign up or anything or literally just show up?
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  • gtvlusso
    gtvlusso Posts: 5,112
    I was meaning to sort out a Newport Velodrome trip.....Need to MTFU and get on the phone!
  • Bassjunkieuk
    Bassjunkieuk Posts: 4,232
    Hmm, very tempting as Herne Hill Velodrome is within a nice *gentle* warm-up ride from my house.........I even think I've ridden there before whilst taking part in a London wide school sports competition :-D

    Only problem is weekend's are family time, so unless it opens at the crack of dawn and I can be home before 9/10am I'd have to give it a miss - I might be permission for one day a month tho and would really love to try some proper track riding!
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  • brixtonbiker66
    brixtonbiker66 Posts: 56
    Stage 1 Induction 09:00-10:30Adults £4 U18 £2 Free bike hire.
    All abilities catered for as long as you can ride a bike!
    Please arrive by 8:45 to be ready to start at 9.00.
    Please note that once the induction session has commenced,
    it is not possible for latecomers to join in.

    You must wear a helmet.

    After the induction its general trainning and some racing. £6

    You have to do induction before you can do the race/trainning that starts at 10.30.

    They do not let people on the track if its wet as the banking gets slippery so check the weather before travelling down.

    http://www.hernehillvelodrome.com/faq
  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Must you own a helmet or can you hire one?
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  • il_principe
    il_principe Posts: 9,155
    Oh I'd like to give this a bash. No can do Saturday though, I'm being dragged to Westfield by the missus!

    Westfield = Hell.
  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    jashburnham wrote:
    Oh I'd like to give this a bash. No can do Saturday though, I'm being dragged to Westfield by the missus!

    Westfield = Hell.

    Actually, Westfield = the place people in Hell hate.
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  • lost_in_thought
    lost_in_thought Posts: 10,563
    Greg66 wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Oh I'd like to give this a bash. No can do Saturday though, I'm being dragged to Westfield by the missus!

    Westfield = Hell.

    Actually, Westfield = the place people in Hell hate.

    Westfield shopping = place people choose hell over

    Westfield eating, otoh, can be fun - check out 'meat and wine company' - does exactly what it says on the tin...
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  • brixtonbiker66
    brixtonbiker66 Posts: 56
    They have some old helmets you can use.

    Inductions are every saturday
  • Christophe3967
    Christophe3967 Posts: 1,200
    lost_in_thought wrote:
    Greg66 wrote:
    jashburnham wrote:
    Oh I'd like to give this a bash. No can do Saturday though, I'm being dragged to Westfield by the missus!

    Westfield = Hell.

    Actually, Westfield = the place people in Hell hate.

    Westfield shopping = place people choose hell over

    Westfield eating, otoh, can be fun - check out 'meat and wine company' - does exactly what it says on the tin...

    Best bet for Westfield is to stay in the Designer Street bit, which is chav-lite territory. At the junction of that and the main concourse your chav-alert warning light should be glowing. The chavometer alarms don't go off unless you continue in the same direction. So best to double back and head outside on to the street. I managed to get the GF out in just over two hours :)
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  • shoulder_of_orion
    shoulder_of_orion Posts: 529
    I used to cycle at Herne Hill when I was a kid/teenager. I went a few times with the school, but most times I went was with my mates we used to basically hop over the fence and then play "pursuit" against each other on our road bikes or all go together in a line and see how long we could hold it together for, it was a good laugh though I doubt you can hop over the fence anymore. I noticed a couple of years ago that it has been resurfaced, which it sorely needed. I like the way it has been rebranded as a "velodrome", it used to be called Herne Hill Cycle Track.
  • lardboy
    lardboy Posts: 343
    I should really pop along to this one Sat morning. I've just got a Singlecross , so learning to up my cadence and trying out fixed is probably going to do me the world of good.

    Not this weekend or next, but at some point I will deffo pop along.
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