First glimpse of riders trying out the new track here
Impressive huh? Okay, there’s a bit of final spit ‘n’ polish but it makes you proud to be British doesn’t it.
Work on 2012 BMX track completed years ahead of schedule
Thu, Mar 26, 2009 23:44
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3 thoughts on “Work on 2012 BMX track completed years ahead of schedule”
I remember when all this was,
I remember when all this was, er, a cycle track :O
On a slightly different
On a slightly different Olympic vibe I heard on the news today that the IoC are going to scrap the Olympic Torch relay after 2016. So that’ll be for the 2020 Olympics in 12 years time – on security grounds. And I thought the world of protest, espionage, terrorism and security must be fast paced. Obviously not if they need a 12 year run up.
Shame too cos the torch relay was my favourite event at the last Olympics – we won that didn’t we? 😕
Err, where’s the BMX track
Err, where’s the BMX track then? That looked remarkably like a few temporary ramps with a novice wobbling around and only one decent trick rider. If a temporary ramp is all we can put up for a track then we’ll look remarkably amateur as a nation.