Originally Posted by
oldy57
I have not tried riding the bike yet. It needs tires and the bearings greased. I will check things out this winter. No track here now. We used to have a wood track here. I have trophies from the early 30's with the original owners name and some paper memorabilia with his name on them.
What happened to the velodrome near Polo Park, that was constructed for the 1970[?] Pan-Am games?
I remember when I was a teenager with my first non-crap 10-speed, getting on the track and racing with my friend for a few laps. There were no locked doors, back then at least.
Track surface was concrete. In my inexperience, I succumbed to the booby trap rut at the bottom of the banked surface, and somehow blew a tire in the process. Ended up walking my bike home several miles; my friend was a true buddy and walked his bike home as well, at my side.