Los Angeles Velodrome Racing Association / LAVRA

RePosted • We are deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Ethan Boyes. Ethan was the reigning Masters' Track World Champion in the Men’s 40-44 Time Trial and Sprint events and part of the winning Team Sprint squad, all earned in Fall 2022. In addition, he was a 10-time national champion throughout his cycling career. Ethan currently holds the World’s Best Performance record for Men aged 35-39 in the 1,000-meter time trial set in 2015, as well as several national records. Beyond Ethan’s athletic achievements, he was an upstanding member of the American track cycling community. His loss will be felt at local, regional, national, and world events for years, as he brought a mixture of competition and friendliness to every race. Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones.

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MONDAY NIGHT SPRINTS are back!! Mark your calendars all you fast finishers because our Monday Night Sprints are back beginning this month! Race nights are:

Mon, Feb 27
Mon, Mar 20
Mon, Apr 17
Mon, May 15
Mon, Jun 19

6-7pm warm-up with 7:15pm start. Racing will be broken into A, B, C, and D categories based on previous recent best 200m time. Will seed on the honor system with the idea that bracketing will take care if itself. No sandbagging. $10 at the door. Men and women…come one, come all! Whether you race these as good, fun stand alone events or use them as a run-up to USA Cycling Junior & Elite Nationals in July, it’ll be 🔥🔥🔥

Questions? Give us a jingle. Tel no. in bio. ⬆️

Sunday Madison is a GO for tomorrow, 11am start! Two weeks till CBR #1, come get some race speed in your legs and have fun!

A LITTLE HELP: Our friends at Wayfinder Family Services are hosting a tandem cycling event on Sat, Jan 21 and are IN NEED OF PILOTS. They have their our own tandems and will be taking a group of blind and visually impaired participants to experience the thrill of tandem cycling.

DETAILS:

What: Tandem Cycling Ride (For Blind Adults – 18+)

When: Sat, Jan 21

Time: 8:30am – 12:00pm (including lunch time)

Meeting Location:
Playa Del Rey Lagoon
6660 Esplanade Place
Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
https://goo.gl/maps/t555YynUY4oTiDwK9

Drop off for participants is at 8:30am and the program will end at 12:00pm after lunch so you are encouraged to make your pick-up/departure arrangements in a timely manner.

This will be a fun and easy 4–8mile ride from the Playa Del Rey Lagoon Park, south toward Hermosa Beach.

Tandem bicycles, helmets, and lunch will be provided.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact:

Interested pilots please contact:

Jason Esterhuizen
[email protected]
(323)-470-2077

Please feel free to tag and share--thank you! (NOTE: Track photo shown for reference only.)

About this week’s rain, and the wet winter and spring we are expecting in Southern California…
…on the VELODROME “deluge” means something different! meet Pierre De Luge, famous track racer rumored to have built the first indoor velodrome to escape the RAIN!! Come pay tribute to this great man at the Carson Velodrome by getting certified to join our many training programs and fast races!! Pierre would THANK YOU!! (if this story were actually true, that is 😂).

Secondary rumor: Pierre De Luge sadly lost his first velodrome to a winter landslide, the roof caving in under the weight of heavy spring snow - gratefully, nobody was in the building at the time, but, when a crowd did arrive, they used the seats of broken bleacher chairs to slide down the hill onto the steep berms, creating what is thought today to be the first high speed sled run, and giving Pierre’s namesake to the sport of LUGE (again, repeat this story as fact at your own risk 😂).

But for real, folks, it is always 75° and dry inside Velo Sports Center and it’s a great place to do your winter training. You meet wonderful people and develop some incredible skills that you simply can’t pick up on outdoors.

There is a women’s only certification class starting this Sunday, January 8, and we expect to have a full spring and summer calendar of racing and clinics leading up to Elite and Junior National Championships in July.

Call the front desk at Velo Sports Center at (310) 630-2073 for more details about getting started.

There is a women-only track certification happening January 8, 14 and 15 at ! Contact the front desk at 310.630.2073 (ask for Hector) to reserve your spot. Class size is limited.

Proposed rule changes for 2023:

USA Cycling’s Top 3 Proposed Regulation Updates &… | USA Cycling Proposed regulation updates and additions for 2023.

Some podiums and sort-of podiums from the 2022 High Desert Nutrition Holiday Carnival, including the Detroit-LA 6-Day. For full results, you may click through the Linktree in our profile.