Lee Valley Velopark - brilliant

geoff118

Went to the Revolution meeting at Lee Valley Velopark last night - what a brilliant venue - just 1hr drive from Royston - park at Westgate(£5 for the day) 20 minute walk to velodrome. Amazing and the racing was good too. Just jealous of all you young guys who are going to ride there - wish I was 20 years(well maybe 50 years) younger - what a great time you are all going to have. This is surely what they meant by the Olympic legacy - having this fantastic facility just 1 hours drive away - only saw a bit of it but the road circuit looks pretty dam good as well. Cant wait to go back again - just get there when you can - you'll love it!!

Theo-saurus

I had the chance to race there at a test event for 2012 and it was just amazing.
You can watch the live stream of today's race here.

dhadsley

Couldn't agree more, we went to the afternoon session today. Joseph is very keen to start some track riding now, definitely inspire a generation stuff.
The points race was an incredible spectacle, and so much easier to follow the action live.

Theo-saurus

Evening session here

brynd

We managed to go to both sessions yesterday and had a great time. The bunch races were particularly exciting, so different to watching it on TV. Went for a wander around Westgate shopping centre between sessions and had a complete double take moment when I found Laura Trott and Jason Kenny having coffee!! (At this point in time, Trott had won 4/4 of the omnium events with 2 left in the evening session and Kenny had just qualified for the sprint semis). I couldn't resist, very politely, getting their autographs as they got up to leave. Later on, Kenny lost 2-1 to Pervis in the semi-final (repeat of Cali Worlds) but Trott went on to win both the Scratch race and the 500m to seal an awesome omnium whitewash!

The circuit outside looks good: a lovely surface with plenty of technical corners, a few slight ramps and a bridge over the river.