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Alternative Olympic Bicycle Sports

While watching some of the indoor cycling the other night — which we don’t always understand, but still enjoy — we started joking about what the sports would be if the Dutch had started the Olympics. We decided that the velodrome bike sports would be a competition to see not only how fast you can [...]
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Conrad Readman, Olympic Superfan, Dies After Collapsing At London Games

News : The Inquisitr - News (9 months ago)

A British sports fan who had tickets for every day of the 2012 London Olympics has died after collapsing during an indoor cycling event at the Velodrome. BBC News reports that Conrad Readman, 49, had gone to watch British cyclist Vi... Read Post

Britain’s Velodrome Celebrates Olympic Wins

Sports : EveryJoe: Sports (5 years ago)

The British cycling team has done exceedingly well at the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics and the people at their training facility, the Manchester Velodrome, have been really celebrating.  They’ve done so well that many are confused b... Read Post

World records, cramp and crashes; Olympic velodrome’s got it all

Sports : Left Field (last year)

The Siberian pine velodrome which will host the cycling at the 2012 London Olympic Games has already proved it is more than capable of providing countless entertainment after four world records were set on Friday. Read Post


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