These are some pics I found of it. It's about 15mins drive from my place - Im in the West of Auckland (Largest city here in New Zealand) & this is in another one of the western suburbs.
It was originally built for, & apparently still sometimes used by, those strange people known as cyclists who dont have motors, but i gather it is basically a public park / public access type deal, so I will be going to have a look sometime soon.
This was the history I found:
"Olympic Park New Lynn Velodrome, built in 1936, re built 1967, abandoned 1994 because of subsidence in back straight, part of the track was built on reclaimed land fro a rubbish tip. Track is still there 7 meters wide but narrows to 3 meters in subsidence area, potential to be fixed."
here's some pix & a link (the dude in the photo is an Australian tourist, pic was via google. when i go I will take some pics myself). FixedGearFever - The Worlds Best Velodrome Database!
It was originally built for, & apparently still sometimes used by, those strange people known as cyclists who dont have motors, but i gather it is basically a public park / public access type deal, so I will be going to have a look sometime soon.
This was the history I found:
"Olympic Park New Lynn Velodrome, built in 1936, re built 1967, abandoned 1994 because of subsidence in back straight, part of the track was built on reclaimed land fro a rubbish tip. Track is still there 7 meters wide but narrows to 3 meters in subsidence area, potential to be fixed."
here's some pix & a link (the dude in the photo is an Australian tourist, pic was via google. when i go I will take some pics myself). FixedGearFever - The Worlds Best Velodrome Database!
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