Hawthorn velodrome?

Drs said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city and
just before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I never knew
was there. Is it public? Are events held there?
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Its public and many people use it either for training (lots of Tri-dudes
use it for speed work) and many others use it on the way home. No idea
if events are held there

As far as i know (which aint much) Hawthorn Cycling Club dont have
anything to do with it

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Drs said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city and
just before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I never knew
was there. Is it public? Are events held there?

I've never heard of any events being held there. It's not banked
much/at all? (from memory) and might not be fenced either? Gee, I've
got to ride down there and have a look.. too bad I woke up too late to
ride in this morning!

When I was last there (~5 years ago!) anybody could ride on it.

hippy

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Drs said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city and
just before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I never knew
was there. Is it public? Are events held there?
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Its public and many people use it either for training (lots of Tri-dudes
use it for speed work) and many others use it on the way home. No idea
if events are held there

Nah, it aint a proper velodrome and you can't come screaming down off
the bank for your flying 200 !!

It's perferct for late night TT training.

DRS said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city and just
before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I never knew was there.
Is it public? Are events held there?

I've never seen or heard of any events being held there.

It's public and can be used by anyone.

However...it's pretty [censored] and most times I've been there,
the riders using it show no discipline or respect for others.
ie. weaving all over, riding the opposite direction etc.

Use at own risk.

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not to mention the massive bump across the surface on the track just before
the east curve... cant be good hitting that over and over and over..

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DRS said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city and

just

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before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I never knew was

there.

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Is it public? Are events held there?

I've never seen or heard of any events being held there.

It's public and can be used by anyone.

However...it's pretty [censored] and most times I've been there,
the riders using it show no discipline or respect for others.
ie. weaving all over, riding the opposite direction etc.

Use at own risk.

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Nick

NickZX6R said:

DRS said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city and
just
before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I never knew was
there.
Is it public? Are events held there?

I've never seen or heard of any events being held there.

It's public and can be used by anyone.

However...it's pretty [censored] and most times I've been there,
the riders using it show no discipline or respect for others.
ie. weaving all over, riding the opposite direction etc.

Use at own risk.

The only times I've come past it on weekends it had little kids riding
all over it. Might be ok early in the morning.

DaveB

hippy said:

I've never heard of any events being held there. It's not banked much/at
all? (from memory) and might not be fenced either? hippy

There's a fence hipsta. Just right for one to ride into on a track bike.
Now, why does tat sound familiar? :p :p :p

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wassupdawg said:

There's a fence hipsta. Just right for one to ride into on a track bike.
Now, why does tat sound familiar? :p :p :p

That's why I haven't been there for ages.. I didn't think it was fenced.
Now that I've got something to crash into, other than kiddies and
triathletes, I'll head on down! ;-)

hippy

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Drs said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city

and > just before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I
never knew > was there. Is it public? Are events held there?

I've never heard of any events being held there. It's not banked
much/at all? (from memory) and might not be fenced either? Gee, I've
got to ride down there and have a look.. too bad I woke up too late to
ride in this morning!

There's some banking and I'm sure it's fenced.

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DRS said:

The other day I was on the bike path from Glen Iris into the city and just
before I hit Glenferrie Rd I came across a velodrome I never knew was there.
Is it public? Are events held there?

It's open for anyone to use. No events. It suffers a bit at the
weekend from kids weaving all over the place. But they don't stick
around long. Some people seem to think it's a good place to stand and
have a chat. It's not ideal for track bikes because of the need to
dodge occasional obstacles. It's fenced about half the way round, so
hippy can make a choice between crashing into the fence or heading off
into the bush :-) There's a horrible bump in one spot. However, if you
go low, middle or high, there are smooth spots. It's banked, but not
like Vodafone. There's one bend where it's best not to exceed 55.
It's free.

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There's some banking and I'm sure it's fenced.

Most velodromes have banking of between 30 deg and 45 deg. Hawthorn
velodrome has about 5 deg banking. Pretty [censored] for launching your sprint of
the bank. :-)

The fence has gone up in the last few years. For a long time there was no
fence; you could launch onto the velodrome from the Gardiners Creek Trail
and do a few laps as part of your commute.

Cheers
Peter