Velodrome cycling-who has done it?

[Lesley_x]

Don't they have different groups for different ability levels? If not, they should. The track league that I rode in years ago had three categories, for fast, medium, and slower riders. If you won more than three races you got bumped up to a faster group.

Nope, they only allow you to ride unaccompanied when you've passed accreditation. There are four accreditation sessions and they very much depend on who books in on the day. I found the people I was riding with last time lacking in the teamwork department to put it kindly (they were only interested in riding as fast as they wanted, not riding safely as a team or group (which is actually what accreditation should be about.) Also the first accreditations are very difficult to get booked into. I lost my confidence very quickly that session even though I know I can ride safely.

[nuliajuk]

Nope, they only allow you to ride unaccompanied when you've passed accreditation. There are four accreditation sessions and they very much depend on who books in on the day. I found the people I was riding with last time lacking in the teamwork department to put it kindly (they were only interested in riding as fast as they wanted, not riding safely as a team or group (which is actually what accreditation should be about.) Also the first accreditations are very difficult to get booked into. I lost my confidence very quickly that session even though I know I can ride safely.

That's too bad. If they're trying to encourage people to try track cycling, they couldn't be going about it in a worse way.