Why fixies are good for cycling

A little artwork for the wall

Just picked this up at a Friday night track race. Looks about a 100 times cooler in person.

Pole of doom - now with padding!

Sonya Looney posted a video of the Boulder Velodrome on her blog showing what looks like some padding wrapped around the aforementioned pole-of-doom. Looks like a much more interesting place to spin the pedals during a snow storm than the trainer facing the wall in your basement. Neat!

Boulder Velodrome Revisited

Got an comment on the blog over the weekend from the people behind the blog, 303Cycling.  Thanks for reading!  They gave us some insight on the new Boulder velodrome.  It looks like the velodrome builder is putting up a half height wall between the apron and the infield, and the aforementioned pole of doom is part of that wall.  The pole does not stick out the apron as they have it built.

Check out the picture and blog here.

Boulder Velodrome Pole of Doom

I hear that the Boulder indoor velodrome is nearing completion. I checked out the website and saw some pictures of their 142 meter track under construction. While looking at the photos, I noticed a pretty sketchy looking pole right on the what will be the apron of the track.
That looks like a sturdy pole that's probably necessary to hold up the roof.

On pretty much every trip I've taken to the velodrome, I've seen a crash. Some are no big deal, everybody gets up and walks a way. Some are kind of crazy with riders flying up over the rail, or sliding down onto the infield like in this picture I snapped in July of this year:
That bike flying through the air and the riders in the white and red jerseys would both be headed for that pole if they were riding in the new facility in Boulder.

I salute the guys building the new track. If America needs anything it's more physical activity and less Play Station. I would also advise them to do a little brainstorming on how make their facility as safe as possible.

Photo form www.boulderindoorcycling.com

Seen at the Velodrome

More half length rollers. I wrote about this way back on the very first entry to the Nippleworks blog - in an article titled Mini Rollers - Half as Heavy, Twice as Sketchy! At the time, the mini rollers were under the strong and shapely legs of a female racer, here they are used by a track competitor in one of the coolest kits I've sen in a while. Kind of makes you want to do the Haka. Notice the tight grip on the nearby bike rack. Eventually, he got down onto the bars, but he never stopped looking at those things, making sure they weren't going to squirt out from under him.
I also noticed that the drums were smaller diameter than the first ones I saw. Even lighter? Less smooth?

Lots of interesting stuff from the Velodrome

Like this picture of fellow Bay Area Blogger - Beth Bikes!:

An unattached skin suit. Brilliant!

Stay tuned to this space.