Holidays inTauranga

Hows this for a road in Tauranga (New Zealand). It's know wonder the Bay of Plenty is so popular. Not a trace of rubbish.

Reg Harris

This is a Statue of the Late Great Reg Harris. Born 1920-92 Aged 72 when he died.

The Manchester Wheelers

This is an old poster featuring the Late Great Reg Harris. He was the Leading Track Cyclist in the 1940s to the 1950s. He won 2 Silver Medals in the 1948 Olympics. He turned professional and won titles in 1949-50-51+54. He made a com back 20 years later in 1974 at the age of 54.

The Velodrome Track

This is the Racing Track and as you can see it's shaped like saucer and very steep at both ends. Our Olympic Cyclists trained here and had some spectacular results. In the middle there Net Ball courts.

Old Bikes

In the Velodrome there are a couple of old bikes from the 1880s. Things have moved on since then.

Beryl Burton MBE and OBE.

Beryl Burton Won Ninety Domestic Championships and Seven World Titles. She was World Champion Road Racer in 1960 also in 1967. Beryl did a 12 hour time travel and won beating the other male opponent by covering 277.25 miles in the time allotted. Beryl always had to work full time and never got much sponsorship. She died on a training exercise of a heart attack aged 59.

The Steep Bank

One of the Riders Speeds round the track and is able to use the steep bank to maintain his high speed.