Camp - Velodrome

Thursday 29th November - 3.30pm

Melissa from the Southland Velodrome met us and told us lots of interesting facts about the velodrome such as:

• It is 6 years old and is the only indoor velodrome in the Southern Hemisphere
• It has 55km of track!
• 360,000 nails were used to construct the track
• It is Olympic-sized and is one of the fastest indoor tracks in the world at sea level

Unfortunately you have to be about 10 years old before you can ride the special fixed wheel bikes (with no brakes).  Lots of us would have loved a turn on the track!

We were all amazed at how steep the track was at the top and were waiting and watching and hoping to see a cyclist ride up to the top... but it wasn't to be.

 After looking around at all of the memoriabillia, some of our class decided to run laps around the top of the velodrome.  Then it was time to head back to the marae.

I was surprised that there were 360,000 nails in the velodrome - Mac

I liked watching the cyclists and how they could go really fast - Kurt

I was impressed how a German person made it - Blake

Next time I want to see the cyclists going right up the top - Paris