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OPINION
The world's largest velodrome?
Tue, Jun 30, 2009 12:00
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Avce hydroelectric power stationWell, not exactly. An accumulation tank for a newly built hydroelectric power station in Slovenia. But hey, them walls are smooth and just right for a bit of fixed gear fun. There's lots more pics on the Muslauf blog, and thanks to Jack from The Bike Show for putting us on it...
Dave is a founding father of road.cc, having previously worked on Cycling Plus and What Mountain Bike magazines back in the day. He also writes about e-bikes for our sister publication ebiketips. He's won three mountain bike bog snorkelling World Championships, and races at the back of the third cats.
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