http://twotoneatl.com/2010/08/22/trexlertown-where-apen-it-aint-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/ a new source for all things velo below and beyond the mason-dixon Sun, 18 Mar 2012 13:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://twotoneatl.com/2010/08/22/trexlertown-where-apen-it-aint-all-its-cracked-up-to-be/comment-page-1/#comment-545 beth h Mon, 23 Aug 2010 14:57:03 +0000 http://twotoneatl.com/?p=2510#comment-545 Astounding. The infield looks intense. But where are the turns? Compared to the only track I really know at all -- Alpenrose -- this track looks, well, flatter. Anyway, it's clear that T-Town is where the Big Kids go to play. Props to you for hanging with them and getting stronger through the experience. Of course, all this admiration is from a short-track/cross racer who wouldn't try track racing for love or money. (I mean, seriously, people DIE doing that stuff. Plus my legs are too, um, stick-like.) It'd be great if you could arrange to do a grand tour of every velodrome in the country and do a write-up of each. (Hint: come out and race at Alpenrose! The 46-degree turns feel like riding at altitude.) Astounding. The infield looks intense. But where are the turns? Compared to the only track I really know at all — Alpenrose — this track looks, well, flatter.
Anyway, it’s clear that T-Town is where the Big Kids go to play. Props to you for hanging with them and getting stronger through the experience.
Of course, all this admiration is from a short-track/cross racer who wouldn’t try track racing for love or money. (I mean, seriously, people DIE doing that stuff. Plus my legs are too, um, stick-like.)
It’d be great if you could arrange to do a grand tour of every velodrome in the country and do a write-up of each. (Hint: come out and race at Alpenrose! The 46-degree turns feel like riding at altitude.)

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