Icetrack cycling

Icetrack cycling is a bicycle racing sport usually held on 400 m speed skating ice ovals.

[1] There are many examples of bikes that have been built or adapted to cope with the hard and slippery surface of ice.

In the Netherlands, icetrack cycling is developing rapidly due to the availability of standard ice bikes, making the sport more accessible.

The user sits in a recumbent position to ensure a low centre of gravity on the slippery ice.

[3] The bikes are also used to start a Keirin race for speed skating (replacing the Derny in a velodrome).

The current record for one flying lap of a 400 m ice oval stands at 33.18 s, set on 11 December 2015 in De Bonte Wever Assen NL The ice track hour record stands at 35.258 km, set by Eva Navratilova (CZE) on 14 November 2015 in Thialf (Heerenveen, NL).