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Title: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: baldbmxer on March 17, 2010, 12:10 PM
What a waste. I'll bet theres various other venues from other sports just the same. Kind of shows that the Olympics nowadays is in many ways just money making/spending circus.

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Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: MartyC on March 17, 2010, 12:56 PM
Another great example of China buying credibility on the international stage; such a waste  :(.
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: hunterdubber on March 17, 2010, 06:26 PM
ROADTRIP ?  :D


Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: losidan on March 17, 2010, 06:52 PM
mad to see. amazing it can go so bad so quick....they must of fenced it off the day after the closing ceremony and just left it. Out of interest do the riders who participated for china still compete?
In some ways it reminds of the uk in the mid school era....tracks just left to rot before being bulldozed or vandalised to death
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: telelogic on March 17, 2010, 06:58 PM
Wasteful Bastards  :idiot2:
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: Gish on March 17, 2010, 07:03 PM
it looks like a case of "last one out close the gate behind them" ???
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: brass monkey! on March 17, 2010, 07:26 PM
 :idiot2:


does anyone know where the 2012 BMX track will be?
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: scott250 on March 17, 2010, 08:06 PM
nothing a little spade work wont sort out ;) :P

Its mad the amount of money thrown at bmx tracks + skateparks.  I could build(and I'm sure many on here who ride) could build a killer track or park for a fraction of what they usually chuck at a project.  To be honist I'm happy to build my own stuff out of recyled wood + dirt with no money or sponsors - just for the fun of riding it.
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: Bettyswallocks on March 17, 2010, 08:14 PM
What a waste...  :(

I remember staying up watching the live coverage while posting on rad there were a few online who'd stayed up to watch

It looks like a differant place now
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: telelogic on March 17, 2010, 08:33 PM
Watching the racing on that late night was what lit my fire for bmx again.

shame to see it going to seed  :(
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: poolysheriff on March 17, 2010, 08:58 PM
Hard to believe its the same place  :-\

Shame  :-[
:idiot2:


does anyone know where the 2012 BMX track will be?

Yeh where will it be  ???
Probably not up here  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: telelogic on March 17, 2010, 09:02 PM
Manchester I think ???
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: hunterdubber on March 17, 2010, 09:24 PM
Wow I thought it would be held at Birmingham as that's where the BMX world championships are being held in 2012

, so I assumed they'd hold the Olympic BMX events there too  ???
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on March 17, 2010, 10:06 PM


thats not  a waste, you wait to see what we waste after 2012, newham has been totally revamped for 2012, only to be demolished in 2013, we can waste money better than any of them
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: baldbmxer on March 17, 2010, 10:10 PM
2012 Olympic BMX track is in London, outside the new Velodrome
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: QUADROPHENIA on March 17, 2010, 10:12 PM


is it correct they are moving / demolishing the new velodrome after the olympics ?
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: baldbmxer on March 17, 2010, 10:26 PM
NO, I doubt it. the way cycling is doing in this country I'm sure its gonna get loads of use by the cock-a-neys.

The BMX track is gonna be reworked though into something more useable
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: bmxmatt1974 on March 17, 2010, 10:27 PM
Wow I thought it would be held at Birmingham as that's where the BMX world championships are being held in 2012

, so I assumed they'd hold the Olympic BMX events there too  ???

the worlds is gonna be at the national indoor arena so will be knocked down after.
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: dannywhiteley on March 17, 2010, 10:28 PM
The company I work for are building the Olympics.  I was up there twice last week.

Progress is good, and the 'legacy' requirements mean very little will get wasted as seen in Bejing
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: magna13 on March 17, 2010, 10:36 PM
what a shame, looked such an amazing track back when the olympics were on and now it looks like its been left for 20 years +! :idiot2: how could you let something as good as that go...
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: ozone on March 18, 2010, 04:33 PM
Shanaze probably wishes they'd bulldozed that place. :knuppel2:
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: Bob_Acid on March 18, 2010, 04:35 PM
I'm banned from that site, can someone hyperlink the pictures in here?
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: dialledbikes on March 18, 2010, 05:20 PM
mad to see. amazing it can go so bad so quick....they must of fenced it off the day after the closing ceremony and just left it. Out of interest do the riders who participated for china still compete?
In some ways it reminds of the uk in the mid school era....tracks just left to rot before being bulldozed or vandalised to death

China only had 1 rider in the Olympics (a woman).

Wherever an Olympics is held, there is waste and debt after the event.

It took Montreal 30 years to pay off their 1976 Olympics debt.
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: brass monkey! on March 18, 2010, 07:27 PM
Shanaze probably wishes they'd bulldozed that place. :knuppel2:

wonder if her bike's still in the undergrowth?  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: baldbmxer on March 18, 2010, 07:44 PM
Shanaze probably wishes they'd bulldozed that place. :knuppel2:

wonder if her bike's still in the undergrowth?  :LolLolLolLol:



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Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: ozone on March 19, 2010, 09:38 AM
Shanaze probably wishes they'd bulldozed that place. :knuppel2:

wonder if her bike's still in the undergrowth?  :LolLolLolLol: 

 :LolLolLolLol:  Poor Shanaze.  I hope she bounces back.  Is she competing in the London Olympics in either BMX or track cycling?
Title: Re: BEJING OLYMPIC BMX TRACK - NOW
Post by: dialledbikes on March 19, 2010, 10:10 AM
Shanaze probably wishes they'd bulldozed that place. :knuppel2:

wonder if her bike's still in the undergrowth?  :LolLolLolLol: 

 :LolLolLolLol:  Poor Shanaze.  I hope she bounces back.  Is she competing in the London Olympics in either BMX or track cycling?

Yes.  She's probably gonna be the only British BMX'er racing there!
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