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There are some riders there that come off as not very friendly but they're that way to everyone not just visitors. I imagine that their temperament was probably exasperated because they were preping for Worlds. The vast majority of the riders are very welcoming and you'll find yourself talking to Olympians, world record holders and Rainbow Jersey owners.
I experienced a bit of this when I first started going to the track, and it wasn't necessarily people getting ready for Worlds. Rather, it seemed to me that there was a group of local who went out every Saturday and did their thing. They were regulars and saw the track as theirs. They weren't too excited to suddenly have to share with someone new. Most of these folks weren't racers, rather people who just like to ride the track.
Now that I have been there enough, I'm now kind of a regular, so I am a bit more welcomed by those individuals.
Others, mostly the racers, have been more than welcoming to me.