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I'll be living on and off in Berlin for 6 months but with a road race schedule still in Italy so returning every three weeks for races.
I've two options:
Buy a bike box (<€500) and take my road bike to Berlin every time I fly (restricted to Alitalia as I imagine the budget airlines would cost too much). All in all probably end up spending <€800 on this option as Alitalia isn't cheap. I also don't know whether cruising around Berlin on a €6,000 Cervélo is even practical / desirable.
Buy a track bike (or rent -€?) in Berlin using the funds mentioned above and embrace the track cycling scene in Berlin in order to keep up a semblance of race fitness. Sell or keep bike at the end of the trip.
Only thing is I know next to nothing about the track scene in Berlin, what places there are to ride, etc. So advice would be appreciated.
Also whilst I hold a full UCI license (I gather that's needed for some velodromes) and have raced track before I am very much a novice track rider so take that into account...