In The Velo

This afternoon it's all about cycling. Which always makes one wonder, which came first - cycling in velodromes or the Daytona 500? I suppose we have to go with the cycling since the bicycle predates the car by some stretch. But it's an interesting concept, guiding one's vehicle around in an endless slopey loop thingy.

These bikes are not the kind you'd hang a basket or a small child from. I know they are high tech pieces of equipment but they look like flimsy two-dimensional cardboard cut-outs from a high school drama production. I keep expecting the athletes to just pick them up and trot back and forth making vroom vroom noises, with Athens volunteers in the background holding cardboard cut-out trees and skyscrapers to create the illusion of motion.