Cyclists try to revive St. Louis' venerable, unusual velodrome : St Louis Post-Dispatch

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In the mid-1980s, back when Tom Brinker was a young cyclist from Franklin County on his way to winning national titles, he trained at the Penrose Park Velodrome. And that meant trying to avoid getting shot with BBs.

People armed with BB guns sometimes hid like snipers in the thick brush along the oval track’s far straightaway. That wasn’t the only training hazard. People also drove cars on the track and changed their oil there, leaving behind dangerous slicks.

“It made you tougher,” Brinker recalls with a laugh.

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Cyclists try to revive St. Louis' venerable, unusual velodrome : St Louis Post-Dispatch

Since the article was published, some real progress has been made--St Louis City recently opened bids for architectural and engineering services for the velodrome: http://penroseparkvelo.com/penrose-park-velodrome/stl-city-rfq-for-penrose/