Garcia
Oops my bad.
Mike Murray has informed me of 3 errors I made in the fly-er, so please take note:
- Checks made out to "Portland Velodrome Committee"
- The 650 wheel bikes have 43 cm seat tubes
- OBRA rules do not require nutted hubs so quick releases are OK. USAC prohibits quick releases.
Sorry everyone!
Garcia
Here's the scoop,
There's no advanced sign up, only day of. This means, it's first come first serve for the rental bikes and class. It rarely happens, but the classes may be limited to about 30 riders, so come early and get your name on the sign-up/waiver sheet to be one of the 30. It's $5 for a rental bike and another $5 for the class. Classes are almost every Wed 4/29/09 through 8/26/09. There is no class on 7/1/09 do to the Six-day event. The class starts at 6pm, and lasts about 2-3 hours, or till dusk. I'm there around 5pm. 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 since we don't have a bank, or we take personal checks. Checks are to be made out to "Portland Velodrome Committee".
Riders are grouped in the class by ability and skill level. However, please keep in mind the Track Development Classes (TDC) are primarily designed for beginners and is not intended as training sessions.
The rental bikes are only available for the classes and races, and are $5. The rental bikes come in even number centimeter seat tube sizes, with the smallest size being 48cm, all with 700c wheels. We also have a small fleet of 43cm seat tube rentals with 650c wheels. For us to efficiently pick a rental for you it helps if you can tell us what your road bike seat tube height is. Please remember, these are rental bikes, they're not suppose to fit you perfectly! You may not change out parts or modify anything on the rental bikes without permission, with exception of the seat height.
The track is open during daylight hours, when it's not raining, and if there isn't a race or session 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, have drop bars with plugs, and no brake levers.
Alpenrose Velodrome websites of interest:
Alpenrose Velodrome home page
http://app.obra.org/track
Velodrome track schedulehttp://app.obra.org/track/schedule
Velodrome Track Development Classes (TDC) - not updated for 2009 yet
http://www.obra.org/track/flyers/2008/wednesdays.html
Velodrome general information
http://www.obra.org/track/information/index.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/2009/fast_twitch_fridays.html
By the way, please come out to the Alpenrose Velodrome on April 19, 2009 and help us cleanup and setup the track for the 2009 season. It's lots of fun, we need your help, and lunch is provided.
Steve Garcia
cell 503-709-7500
email address: velodromeracing@yahoo.com
Alpenrose Velodrome:
Track Development Class Coordinator / Instructor
Track Steward
Alpenrose Velodrome:
6149 SW Shattuck, Portland, Oregon
503-246-0330