Burnaby Velodrome

A small wooden track near Vancouver, under a white dome that air holds up. Club members built most of it themselves. The bends are so steep that a rider has to go at least 30 km/h to stay up on them.

One lap: 200 m
Track: Wood
Banking in the bends: 47°
Banking on the straights: 15°
Width: 6 m
Indoor or outdoor: Indoor
Built: 1997
People who can watch: About 150

Did you know?

This track opened in November 1997, inside the Harry Jerome Sports Centre.
The riders of the Burnaby Velodrome Club built this wooden track themselves!
This track is only 200 metres long, so the bends come round very fast!
There are only a few indoor velodromes in all of Canada, and this is one of them.

The race announcer tells riders these facts at Burnaby Velodrome.

Race at Burnaby Velodrome

In Watt Fighters you race here on your own bike, on a smart trainer or with a power meter. Your watts move your rider round the track. On the steep bends you need speed, or you slide down the banking. You can race every event here: match sprint, elimination, points race, scratch race, unknown distance, time trial, keirin, flying 200 m, open track.

Race here in Watt Fighters

Burnaby Velodrome

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Race at Burnaby Velodrome

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