Originally Posted by
Hermes
... Hellyer is a great 333 meter concrete track but not convenient to Oakland. Local racing association is the NCNCA where the racing schedule can be found. If I were choosing grad schools in NorCal, it would be Berkley or Stanford ...
Berkeley grad here, so obvious school bias, but i don't think you can discount the weather - too hot in soCal for some of the year, snow/rain/cold in the northeast for some of the year. norCal is pretty much rideable 90% of the time depending on the level of drough.
hellyer is only about a 30 minute ride from the new north san jose bart station; not as inconvenient from the east bay on a bike as it used to be.
and it's not a velodrome, but a 10-20 minute BART ride from oakland and a 5 mile ride up the wiggle and through golden gate park itself gets you to a 1,000m public free public cycling track. really fun for working on your form, doing super specific intervals, testing out new gear, cda/rr sensitivity testing etc etc. it is not open to cyclists 24/7/365 but plenty of days/times/seasons.
