Thursday, August 21, 2008

The Velodrome

Larry, Liz and I (Dave) have all safely arrived in London, Ontario.  We have received a very warm welcome in Canada thus far.  In London I had the opportunity to ride in the Velodrome-- a wooden indoor bicycle race track.  The edges of the track are sloped up to prevent flying off the track as you round the corners.  It is as steep as it looks in the pictures.



The slope on the straight aways were 15 degrees and the slope on corners were 48 degrees!


It is like a roller coaster for your bike.


Dave M. , Dave T. and Liz on the podium


Dave on the turn #2.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Dave,
I'm glad to see that you can grow a beard like your brother and father. That must be a Meyer trait. Almost didn't know it was you.

Kate

Hal Kunnen said...

Dave and Liz,

You must be ready for the Olympics by now. Keep training!!! Look forward to seeing you when you get back to AZ.
Thanks for all your doing to raise money for this good cause.
From your Hot and Humid Arizona home.

Hal, Wendy, George and Emily Kunnen