Sierra Planning and Management Velodrome - Town of Milton

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4 Velodrome Business Plan – Town of Milton
Category 1 and 2 tracks must meet the following criteria (calculated for maximum safe speeds in the
range 85 km/h up to 110 km/h):
Business Plan | January 2012
Exhibit 2: Criteria for UCI Track 1 and Track 2
Length of Track 250 m 285.714 m 333.33 m 400 m
Radius of bends 19-25 m 22-28 m 25-35 m 28-50 m
Width 7-8 m 7-8 m 7-9 m 7-10 m
Source: UCI Cycling Regulations
The Milton Velodrome is anticipated to meet the criteria of a Category 1 track per the UCI regulations.
1.4 CYCLING: NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL TRENDS
While Canadians are becoming more active, choices for physical activity have become more diversified.
Cycling in Canada is a popular leisure activity as well as mode of transportation, with one in five
Canadians participating. According to Statistics Canada’s 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey (the
latest available report released in 2008), cycling is the fifth most popular physical activity in Canada.
Approximately 460,000 Canadians participated in cycling activities, and of these, about 6.3% are
considered to be active participants (differentiated and defined as those who partake in organized
sporting events). Another indication of the popularity of the sport is the scale of bike ownership. The
Bicycle Trade Association of Canada reported that approximately 357,591 new bicycles were purchased
in 2010, with unit sales amounting to just over $250 million. This is a significant increase to the 300,000
bicycles that were sold in Canada in the previous year.
A very large proportion of cycling (for leisure and for commuting) is completely unstructured and
individual in nature. Local cycling clubs (with membership ties to Provincial associations) represent the
first level of organization for the sport. These local clubs offer programming in recreational cycling as
well as venturing into the competitive realm locally. Provincial, National and International organizations
are involved in structuring the high performance spectrum of cycling training and competition.
While frequently referred to as a single sport, cycling has several sub-disciplines, which include:
� Road
� Mountain Biking
� BMX
� Cyclo-cross
� Track
� Paracycling
Track cycling is relevant to all cyclists as a form of cross-training (similarly, track athletes cross-train via
road cycling and participating in other cycling disciplines); particularly because of the opportunity it
provides for all-season conditioning (assuming use of an indoor facility).