OPINION

The world's largest velodrome?

by dave atkinson

Tue, Jun 30, 2009 12:00

Avce hydroelectric power station

Well, 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...

Velodrome

Slovenia

Dave Atkinson

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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