2012: Philanthropist offers $40 million dollars to build a velodrome in Brooklyn Bridge Park, leading many to ask: what is a velodrome? 1906: Indoor cycling races capture the attention of New Yorkers and their newspapers, with accidents and crashes...

2012: Philanthropist offers $40 million dollars to build a velodrome in Brooklyn Bridge Park, leading many to ask: what is a velodrome?

1906: Indoor cycling races capture the attention of New Yorkers and their newspapers, with accidents and crashes being covered in painstaking detail.