Chicago's Velodrome
Clip: 6/16/2015 | 5m 13s
Long before hockey, football, and even baseball became popular sports, there was velodrome
At the end of the 19th century, competitive racing on bicycle tracks was all the rage, especially in Chicago which had several velodromes throughout the city. Those great tracks have all disappeared but there is still one on the city's South Side that's currently sitting idle. That could change.
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Chicago's Velodrome
Clip: 6/16/2015 | 5m 13s
At the end of the 19th century, competitive racing on bicycle tracks was all the rage, especially in Chicago which had several velodromes throughout the city. Those great tracks have all disappeared but there is still one on the city's South Side that's currently sitting idle. That could change.
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