What goes on in the velodrome?

I remember hearing a Boy Scout song when I was a kid that said something about, \”The horses run around, their feet are on the ground\”. Want to see cyclists ride around (and around and around!), or try it yourself? Track cycling might be your thing.

The track cyclist rides a \”fixie\”.  Getting used to a fixie would take a bit of doing. If I understand what I\’ve read correctly, fixed-gear bicycles don\’t allow coasting. It would take a while, and possibly a couple of falls, for me to remember that.

I guess that riding on a smooth, wooden, indoor velodrome track is a welcome change from outdoor events, where riders never know what Mother Nature might throw at them. I suppose that an indoor track also makes it harder for over-enthusiastic fans to create hazards by getting in the way of oncoming riders.

The only velodrome in my state is located in a city about 80 miles away, so I don\’t suppose I\’ll get to try track riding any time soon. But if I can get there with my bicycle, maybe I\’ll see you in the velodrome.