Is this Tempe?

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Postby timyone » 13 Sep 2010, 16:05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv0l2tQRIks
if not, its one of the ones done with the exact same plan.

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Postby NOOG » 13 Sep 2010, 16:55

Writing comes up right at the beginning that says it's in Manchester.

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Postby timyone » 13 Sep 2010, 17:34

well it looks a loooooooooooot like tempe.

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Postby tedrobin » 13 Sep 2010, 18:50

Despite what it says that the start, that MUST be Tempe, surely.

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Postby Eleri » 13 Sep 2010, 19:38

The trees look like eucalypts and casuarinas

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Postby mikesbytes » 13 Sep 2010, 20:31

I agree its Tempe

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Postby timyone » 13 Sep 2010, 21:46

i think its tempe, but there is one in brisbane with the same track etc etc plan from what i hear, so there would be a chance of others in the world. It looks a bit dark for tempe, but its supposed to be ten years ago.

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Postby Julio » 14 Sep 2010, 08:41

I am pretty sure thats the Chandler Sleaman Centre Velodrome in brisbane, the british track team trained there before the sydney oly's and the worlds the year before (according to chris hoys biography). I lived in a house backing onto the centre and would jump the fence and go around the blue with my TT bike. The track and swimming centre were made for the 1982 Commonweath games is set in bushland and is an awesome track to ride on. The centre also has a 2k ring road that they do running races and crits on. (they also use the carpark for old school rollerskate races...so 70s)
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Postby Michael Chidgey » 14 Sep 2010, 09:55

i reckon its Tempe. looks exactly the same except for the different coloured lines on the track.

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Postby mikesbytes » 14 Sep 2010, 09:57

What was the line colour before the repaint?

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Postby micklan » 14 Sep 2010, 12:10

thats really odd - its tempe as the underground entrance/exit shute is visible at start

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Postby Karzie » 14 Sep 2010, 12:30

It's Tempe in my opinion, but the track sure looks cleaner now. I think the giveaway is the touch football markings in the infield.

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Postby Julio » 14 Sep 2010, 12:56

After looking again at the clip, I am cert its Tempe....but when was it?

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Postby Julio » 14 Sep 2010, 13:01

Looking at Utube I got some other stuff that is trippy

Jetpacks at Tempe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwdpiwTJf9E

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Postby mikesbytes » 14 Sep 2010, 13:10

the upper line colour in the inline skate video is blue, where in the Lee Evans video its white. Could depend on when the lines were repainted

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Postby timyone » 14 Sep 2010, 13:28

Looking at Utube I got some other stuff that is trippy

Jetpacks at Tempe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwdpiwTJf9E
can i use one of those on my bike? or is that illegal?

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Postby timyone » 14 Sep 2010, 13:29

I am pretty sure thats the Chandler Sleaman Centre Velodrome in brisbane, the british track team trained there before the sydney oly's and the worlds the year before (according to chris hoys biography). I lived in a house backing onto the centre and would jump the fence and go around the blue with my TT bike. The track and swimming centre were made for the 1982 Commonweath games is set in bushland and is an awesome track to ride on. The centre also has a 2k ring road that they do running races and crits on. (they also use the carpark for old school rollerskate races...so 70s)
yeah this is possible, its supposed to be identical

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Postby tedrobin » 14 Sep 2010, 14:26

It has not escaped my attention that there are people within the Club who have tendencies towards Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I include myself, since I don't seem to be able to leave this question alone.

In the grandstand at Dunc Grey, there are seats which are yellow and others that are brown, and the pattern is not completely rational, especially in the top row of seats. What you see in the video:

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Is exactly the same pattern as at Dunc Grey. Even if they worked from the same template of a velodrome in Qld, surely that pattern is an accident of what was available for seat-colours:

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Postby Artson » 14 Sep 2010, 22:00

Just to put an solid end to the question

This was filmed at Tempe Velodrome and I knew a number of guys in the little bunch
A good friend there told me the filming was very adlib and unpredictable.

filmed in 1999/2000 for a series of ads for Addidas

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Postby timyone » 14 Sep 2010, 22:06

ok, so its tempe.. now who is that racing simon? is that me? did i lose the sprint?!!!?! (it looks like it, i dont recognise those pants though)

(thanks crafty and simon)

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Postby mikesbytes » 14 Sep 2010, 22:17

Its a red raceline and its not me, so its probably you Tim

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Postby Simon Llewellyn » 15 Sep 2010, 06:30

ok, so its tempe.. now who is that racing simon? is that me? did i lose the sprint?!!!?! (it looks like it, i dont recognise those pants though)

(thanks crafty and simon)
No that's Huw Morgan. Those were the days of the great duels we had at Tempe in our omniums. He has his gold hubbed deep V wheels on. Great fun!!!!


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