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Pist6: a model, a partner, or a rival to DerbyWheel?
DerbyWheel is not the only initiative seeking to reinvent, and expand the audience for, keirin racing. Operating from the new indoor facility in Chiba, 40km east of central Tokyo, Pist6 – pronounced, as an English speaker would expect, ‘pist six’ – looks much more like UCI style racing. The track at the Tipstar Dome, opened…
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Not from Newport? Get to know the Welsh velodrome hosting DerbyWheel
The Geraint Thomas National Velodrome of Wales has been chosen to host DerbyWheel’s test event in the first half of 2024. The 250m wooden track, in the south Wales city of Newport was opened in November 2003. It was designed and built by the legendary Ron Webb – and was due to be his last…
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Perth SpeedDome: DerbyWheel’s home in Western Australia
The velodrome in the western Australian city of Perth will be one of the arenas used for DerbyWheel’s ‘regular season’ race weekends, due to begin in the second half of 2024. DerbyWheel CEO James Pope confirmed the news in his appearance on The Piste Take podcast in February. The SpeedDome is located in Midvale, around…
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Behind the scenes at Japan’s largest velodrome
Join former pro cyclist Lee Rodgers for a fascinating video tour of the stunning Kitakyushu Media Dome in Japan, the country’s largest velodrome, completed in 1999, which features a 400-metre indoor track. Keirin has come a very long way from its humble beginnings on a dirt-covered track in the very same city, 75 years ago.
