Bournemouth Cycling Centre

Yes!

This just a heads up for those involved in track riding on the national picture.
Some good news amongst all the gloom thats out there presently.

Tommorrow, building starts on a brand new facility for Bournemouth and Wessex,
250 metre outdoor track, similar to Newport,with full facilties. Construction is estimated at 3 months, and official opening prospectively end of feb 2011.

This has been nearly a decade in the offing and owes much to persistance of local cycling clubs, against vociferous opposition and duplicate Council hearings the powers that be saw the light- another competition standard venue for track riding.
Will post more detail as it becomes available.
(now whos got a high bb short crank track bike they want to sell me....)

Great news.

Now when the fuck are we going to get a nice 333m concrete track in the UK? We need at least one of each length.

i thought 'Wessex' was a fictional place in Thomas Hardy novels?

its very real honest guv just google this 'wessex cycling track league'
@BMMF better ask mr B.C about that one..Im so stoked as I wont have to get to Calshot-by-shingle.

Are there any pictures / plans? Had a quick google but only came across news articles. Good news though.

I had a 16MB pdf plan on my computer somewhere...

edit - Still have it from months ago. What's the easiest way to upload?

What was that Pifko you want to sell me your Dolan?

look into my eyes, not around my eyes....

theres a button up there ^^ try that

How did you hear about this anyway? Wasn't there a council meeting on cycling recently?..

theres council meetings every day that do nothing....Im in as few as I can get away with.
Working with Poole Wheelers, B.C area coach, S/W manager, club coaches at todays X race.

plans here if interested:
https://sites.google.com/site/piloni123/Drawing_2008519103855.pdf

Thanks for that Pifko.

yeah nice one, see, 2008! two years delay because of some leery dog walkers.ffff...

Great news.

Bournemouth rocks.

But the proposed track, "similar to Newport" in what way? just the size really.

Great news.

Bournemouth rocks.

But the proposed track, "similar to Newport" in what way? just the size really.

yes, really, got a bit excited.

Tarmac 250m, is there anything on the plan about degrees of banking? (the pdf was problematic on my machine)

not on that ^plan, have been told exactly same as Newport.

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What's that, 30deg or so?

good lad! do you happen to work on p.cs in an office at all?

What's that, 30deg or so?

about 32. and 6 ish on the straights.

Not sure how that will work unless you have restricted gears...

can you explain please? I know the Calshot standard gear is 81"
what would be restricted on that angle then?

Not sure, but a 333m track might have a banking of 32 degrees...

I guess a shallow 250 would have to have a restriction?

Probably won't be too bad. It'd only ever be a little too tight in a flat out sprint or behind a derny.

People can get round Reading...

Exciting news anyway!

People can get round Reading...

But it's twice the size, 250m is usually 40°+