Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: Daily Discussion Thread: 🐈‍⬛🐾 Fri 5 April 2024

tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Is that velodrome still the worst bit of bitumen to ride on ever? Or has it been re-sealed in the past few years?

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  • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s concrete, not bitumen. If you are talking about the velodrome down near Merri Creek, that is.

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    • Nath@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep - the one near Merri Creek. It’s been a while, forgive me. I remember being bitterly disappointed when I got there and saw the track. I did a couple of laps, but it was effectively unusable.

      I honestly couldn’t see who would ride there with the surface in that state.

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      • Thornburywitch@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The centre of the ground is in regular use during the day as a place to train your dog to fetch. Also, the weekends are frantically busy there with several bike clubs sharing the space. Probably not high high performance, but for the weekend rider it’s adequate. The weekend coffee van does a very nice latte.

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      • tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve only ridden past the velodrome on the Merri Creek Trail, I’ve never been there myself. The track is pretty lit up on the Strava heatmap so it must see some use

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