Indoor velodrome for Toronto by 2015!

[fiamme red]

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/loc...TorontoNewHome

Edit: Actually, not Toronto, but Milton, between Toronto and Hamilton.

[fiamme red]

Here's the plan (9 MB PDF): http://www.pedalmag.com/pdf/MiltonVelodrome_plan.pdf

[William]

That looks sweet. I hope they pull it off.





William

[MattTuck]

hmmm, the financials look.... interesting.

do velodromes in the southern hemisphere go clockwise?

[Louis]

• Total responses = 161
o Supportive = 43
o Undecided = 22
o Against = 96


60% of the respondents were against. And you'd think that folks who were pro-cycling would be more motivated to go out of their way to find the web site and comment positively than those who are con.

What's in it for me? I just want to sit on my butt and eat bon-bons.

[Grant McLean]

Some great road riding around Milton too, it's a beautiful area,
easy drive for you upstate NY folks.

Looking forward to this, hope it's not another white elephant.

g

[ultraman6970]

Going to be interesting, there is a bike builder in guelph for example. And the next velodrome is at London, like 2 hours from milton. Sure track racing will speed up big time in canada, they had one of the best sprinters ever.

[summilux]

Originally Posted by Grant McLean

Some great road riding around Milton too,
g

Snake Road. Awesome climbing.

I used to live in Hamilton. If you don't mind urban riding there are four great climbs in the city (all the accesses up the "Mountain") that are within a kilometre or two of each other. These were part of the Worlds in '03.

[learlove]

isn't there already an indoor track in that area?

[ultraman6970]

Yes they have the one in London, then the next one I know is in montreal.

[learlove]

just looked it up. it's 2 hours drive in London, ON. i say build it - I'm all for more tracks

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by ultraman6970

Yes they have the one in London, then the next one I know is in montreal.

There's no longer a velodrome in Montreal. The building now houses the Biodome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Biodome

[William]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

There's no longer a velodrome in Montreal. The building now houses the Biodome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Biodome

They could have left the track and added the four ecosystems: Rainforest, North American Wilderness, Gulf Estuary, and Arctic, one for each quarter of the track. C'mon trackies, HTFU!!!






William

[fiamme red]

Originally Posted by William

They could have left the track and added the four ecosystems: Rainforest, North American Wilderness, Gulf Estuary, and Arctic, one for each quarter of the track. C'mon trackies, HTFU!!!

If there are squirrels in the North American Wilderness, it would even add some extra excitement to the racing.

[William]

Originally Posted by fiamme red

If there are squirrels in the North American Wilderness, it would even add some extra excitement to the racing.

You can't have a realistic North American Wilderness without the dumb rodents.





William