Cycle speedway

[Sara_H]

My son used to compete in cycle speedway up until last year.

He's given it up now as the club have stopped doing training/races at the track near to where we live and it's difficult to get him to the track across the city without a car.

 

[Piemaster]

Still a busy one in Hull.

Indeed there is LINK
Or if you fancy something a bit different theres bicycle polo too.
Think the guy who runs East Coast Bicycles has something to do with one of them. He runs weekly singlespeed/fixed rides ending up (naturally) in a pub - Pave on Princess Ave.

@screenman There used to be a few in Hull in the 1970's when I was a teenager, where is the one that's still going? Near Beverly flyover?

Shaun

 

[Fab Foodie]

Likewise in Halifax the Halifax Dukes at the Shay .In my post above I mentioned Blue Peter and I seem to recall Ivan Mauger on that programme with a fully gold plater speedway bike commemorating
his winning the World Champs

Now we're giving our ages away .... I remember it too!

 

[HarryTheDog]

5 years ago I looked at speedway basically because it was different, on my commute route and I thought the older guys didn't look that quick. Never did it though.
The most local to me would be East London speedway Club near Canning Town. I wonder if they get anyone visiting because their location map on the website is showing the wrong recreation ground ( poplar) when the address is actually Canning Town recreation ground. http://eastlondoncyclespeedway.webs.com/

 

[skudupnorth]

@skudupnorth did some of that iirc.

Oh yes,me and the mini Skuds dabbled but the "Self preservation society" kicked in for me after a few nasty bumps ! Kids want to do road riding now which is a win,win