South Chicago Velodrome Association

  Come by the velodrome today to ride 5-7pm, immediately before the monthly meeting (meeting starts at 7).  1-5pm we’ll be doing maintenance and you’re invited to take part in any, or all, of these activities. During this evening’s meeting we’ll finish a round of Director nominations and designate some Committee Chairs.  A number of other important topics are mentioned in […]

A small team of dedicated folks have been continuing the work down at the track, but the low turnouts have meant it’s taking much longer than expected. We still have time to get wheels down on the track this year if we’re able to complete repairs, and with a break in the heat it’s a great time to be down by the […]

SCVA’s next monthly meeting is Tuesday Sept. 22, 7-8:30 pm at the track’s location-  8615 S. Burley Ave (87th St, two blocks West of the Lakefront Path) The public is invited to attend this meeting as well as get involved leading committees and serving on the Board of Directors. We’re soliciting Board nominations from the public and will have a […]

This year has been filled with a lot of barriers as we try to both save the track and build an organization that can sustain it into the future. Negotiations, licensing, repairs; all of these things have take longer and had more problems than anyone expected. We have monthly payments to make on the track and insurance that total more than seven […]

Open Workdays at the South Chicago Velodrome Thursday and Friday this week- Aug 20th and 21st- and you’re invited. Gates will be open Thursday between 12 and 6:30pm: Thursday’s Facebook Event Page and Friday 9am-8pm: Friday’s FB Event Page * need not sign up or be on FB to be involved. We’re getting this track done and ready for full riding going […]

Are you trying to squeeze a few more fun activities out of the last days of Summer?  Have you checked out the bike track in South Chicago yet this year? Junior Mechanics program, for 13-18 year olds, is lead by one of our Directors Mike assisted by Brandon, trained through Blackstone Bicycle Works. It’s completely free to the public and will […]

The South Chicago Velodrome saw numerous new friends show up to help clean and repair the track today. As seen in the photo cropping above- we’re washing the track (new-looking surface near orange buckets) and it’s looking great. Not all of the maintenance requires being comfortable with power tools or complex procedures.  In the end- we can all sit around […]

While progress was made last weekend there’s still some work in cleaning the track surface and finishing the remainder of the patches that are required to get the track ready for riding. A big part of the reason things have taken longer than expected is due to low turnout during the work days. While some of the work can be […]

It’s less than a week until the four year anniversary of the Velodrome being completed in South Chicago and our Junior Mechanics program, for 13-18 year olds, kicks off next week. Check out a brief intro here. No program fee. Runs Aug. 11 to Sept. 20 Tuesdays and Thursdays 4:30-6:30pm, Sundays 12-3pm We’ll try to finish patching the track and assembling the entrance ramp this weekend, […]