LOCAL HERO PHIL WRIGHT
Dec 17, 2020
3 minutes
In association with Lezyne
Walking through the gates of Herne Hill velodrome on Burbage Road hasn’t changed much in the last 129 years. The unassuming seven-foot high curved brick walls still stand between the Victorian three-storey houses. The tarmac driveway has been relaid and the trees are taller, but little else hints at any modernisation.
But walk up the driveway for a hundred metres or so and you’re met with a complete transformation of what is now one of Britain’s most used cycling facilities. All of this has taken place since 2010 when
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