This weekend heralds the beginning of 2008’s racing season for the Kissena Cycling Club. Founded in 1963, the club bills itself as New York’s “premier cycling club” (who am I to argue?) and hosts races at the Kissena Velodrome (Queens), Prospect Park and Floyd Bennett Field.
Festivities kick off Saturday with a race at Kissena. Unlike some of the tours mentioned earlier, this one isn’t strictly for fun. That’s not to say it won’t be fun, but your idea of fun would have to be racing a track bike against competitive riders.
There’s always watching–unlike say, the Tour de France, the advantage of a velodrome is that the cyclists are always in sight (think NASCAR). Plus, spectators get the added bonus of knowing where the track is in case they ever want to scale the fence for a moonlight ride. (Which would be illegal, by the way. But not unheard of).
Kissena has a fact sheet on the upcoming race. Unfortunately it’s in PDF. The pertinent info:
Saturday April 26 (1 pm), Sunday April 27 (12 pm). Riders must pre-register by Friday, April 25 (no day-of registration). Entry fees are $15 for riders in all classes.
