The Ghent track is very much alive - in fact Ghent boasts two indoor wooden tracks which are still in use. In Britain we have have two indoor wooden tracks - Calshot where my son trains is just 142m long with 45° banking in the corners and is a redesigned (by Ron Webb) version of the original London 6-day Skol Six track - the main complaint is that it is not steep enough to allow the very fastest riders to go flat out. It is regularly used by kids wanting to experience track cycling. Our other indoor track is Manchester Velodrome which is another Ron Webb designed track and is where Chris Boardman took the classic Hour record.
Hilary Stone, Bristol, England
Joey D'Antoni <jdanton1@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> The Vandedrome (the track listed on eBay) is somewhere
>> in NJ. BTW, that is neither the shortest, nor steepest
>> track ever built. The is a 125m track in Canada, and
>> several of the Euro 6 day tracks (e.g. Ghent) have 50+
>> degrees of banking.
Brandon"monkeyman"Ives wrote:>
> Well as I stated earlier the Vandedrome is 125 at it's shortest with 53 degree
> banking so it's at least equal to the ones you list. The shortest velodrome I
> know of in Ghent is like 51-52 degree banking which is actually less. Is it a
> track that no longer exists? I'll be moving there in 4 months so I can find
> out for sure then. I heard of some tracks with over 60 degree banks but they
> were all for demos and not real racing. This page lists the Vandedrome as 54
> and 170 http://members.aol.com/
> enjoy,