Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - pittsburgh velodrome

i was curious if anyone knew if theres one around. i have no expiernce with riding in one but want to learn. are there any regulations or bike standards? how much does it cost to use? i dont know. give me the real deal.

Nope. Just the pseudodrome or ghettrodrome... Otherwise known as the former drivers ed course turned into crit track on Washington Blvd. Half mile, with a bit of a hump at the finish. Local legend Oscar Swan runs "track" races down there in the summer, June - August, every other Friday evening. Highly recommended as a completely fun and approachable go at racing.

Free to go down and ride during non-race nights.

You can check a few images from the racing down there last year at my personal photo site, here (http://randomprecisionphoto.com/?p=58) and here (http://randomprecisionphoto.com/?p=54).

awesome. whats up with alleycat races.

Nothing really happens there. Kind of a bummer, but I think everyone is intimidated by the hills. And when they aren't, it's something crazy like the dirty dozen. There's a few races here and there. And fridays is alright for meeting people, but the ghettodrome is a bit crap if you're serious, but it's fun in a pittsburgh way.

Uh. There are lots of alleycats in town. Some more epic than others, all incorporating hills as there is no way around them.

www.pghalleycat.com

o word. hopefully ill see you out.

one of my friends who is from Cleveland mentioned that they were thinking of building one in Cleveland, don't really know how far that is from Pitt.