Youre only an hour from T Town and spring is here, the banks at T Town are gentle. Why not take an intro class before you kick the ‘ol girl to the curb?
i have never lived that close to a track in my life save for physically re locating to both SD and The Springs in years past .
Treat yourself!
but the bike is quite lovely, really. $500 is not an unfair guess, as track bikes dont really “wear out” per se. Bikes like yours and my old Waterford still get used with regularity with out needing much of anything to stay relevant