recommendations for frame size for my 5'2" wife...

[oz rider]

It's a shame you lost that one in Montreal, although the new facility must have merit too.

Reading your comments reinforces how lucky we are. Here's our local forum list of 20+ velodromes in the state and here is the international one that is used pretty much every day. The other indoor one is inner city but only used for big events (removable seating covers it when it's not in use for cycling).

Only the indoor ones have boards and are banked to the required 42 degrees on the turns Catrin; the others are concrete or bitumen and generally a lot flatter (often with access limited to the club), but still useful for night training and track skills or when you just don't want to play in the traffic. My local one also has toilets that are open late, shared with adjacent hockey pitches, so it's fantastic. Hope you can all agitate for better cycling facilities; it sure beats the trainer. At the other end of things though, we're probably short on curling and skating facilities.

[Catrin]

Only the indoor ones have boards and are banked to the required 42 degrees on the turns Catrin...

I do not know what the exact banking is of ours, but it is extremely steep - I find it amazing that anyone can ride on it but it was fun to watch.

I do not know how many non-racers use it, but they do seem to have a lot of races there. As for me, I enjoy my country roads

Interesting topic.