I’ve done a bit of work on the track but I’m in no way qualified to be giving any advanced tips on track racing.  But what I can tell you is that if you’re a cyclist and haven’t given the track a go, you really should try.  It will complete you as a bike rider.

Here is another article from Carl brewer is about how combining strength and power with endurance training may not be ideal for sprinters. Carl Brewer is from aboc Cycle Coaching. It's a great read and republished here from his original content.

This is a great introduction to track racing provided by Cycling Queensland.

It’s no secret to anyone who took high school geometry that the smaller the circle, the shorter the distance.  Did you know that the difference between riding in a 250m velodrome on the black line versus the red "sprinters" line is 8m per lap?  That’s only over a distance of 250m!  That means that if you’re riding on the red line (outside) for the entire lap you’ll need to be riding faster than the rider on the black line (inside) since he/she has not as far to go.  (sorry, I have very limited internet access right now and can’t remember the math of this to figure out "how fast" off the top of my head)

This post comes from my good buddy Hayden. You’ll see him pull a mono on anything with more than one wheel and can make the best coffee on earth while doing so. He wrote this tip on a napkin at a traffic light while in a trackstand on beach road this morning. That’s a fact. Thanks Hayden…