steve garcia

Hey OBRA,
The classes end the last Wednesday of this month, so if your planning on attending come early!  Last week we had to turn students away due to the volume of students, so come early and sign the waiver, the first 30 students get to ride.  I get there at 5pm.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Here's the scoop,
 
There's no advanced sign up, but it's first come first serve for the rental bikes and class.  It rarely happens but the classes may be limited to 30 riders, so come early and get your name on the sign-up/waiver sheet.  Riders are grouped in the class by ability and skill level.  It's 5 bucks for a rental bike and another 5 for the class.  Classes are almost every Wed 4/30/08 through 8/27/08, and start at 6pm, and last about 2-3 hours.  Bring your own helmet, pedals, shoes and water.  If you only have sneakers, pedals with toe clips are available.  Track riding also requires a lot of standing around so if it's going to be cold bring warm clothes.  Also, bring exact change or check, please.  Checks are to be made out to "Velodrome Committee".
 
The rental bikes are only available for the classes and races, and are $5.
 
The track is open during daylight hours, when it's not raining, and if there isn't a race or event scheduled.  If there's a training session you can ride if you check in with the lead person and you follow their direction.
 
For the classes you may also use your own track bike (fixed gear) if it passes OBRAs track bike requirements for mass starts.  Basically, that states the bike must be a fixed gear and have drop bars with plugs, and no brake levers.
 
Here's the website for much of the track schedule:
http://www.obra.org/track/schedule/2008/index.html
 
Here's the website for the Track Development Classes (TDC):
http://www.obra.org/track/flyers/2008/wednesdays.html
 
If you need any bike gear and/or bikes, especially for the track here's Portland best resource:  http://www.bike-central.com/shop.php  This shop also sponsors and puts on the racing Friday nights, which has specific events for beginning track racers.  See fly-er at, http://www.obra.org/track/flyers/2008/fast_twitch_fridays.html
 

 Steve Garcia
    home  503-293-7247  cell  503-709-7500
    email address:  velodromeracing@yahoo.com
        Alpenrose Velodrome:
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