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Old 02-06-2014
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Default Who has the best rostrum?

Experience and ideas needed.

Bury Metro, up in the great North West of England, are looking to add further to the newly redeveloped track, with consideration for a new purpose built rostrum.

The rostrum would need to include race control, storage and also disabled access, as well as having roof cover and importantly be secure. (Don't really want kids using it as a shelter, as it's on a public park.)

What do you think the cost of build would be? Is there a current rostrum anywhere we could replicate?

If you can help with pictures or if you can share an image of what you think a quality build would look like, it would be much appreciated.

Many thanks in advance.

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This is ours

Designed and build by William himself




  • room for 20 drivers
  • lowered railing section for the kids
  • room for AMB / referee (window can be closed to protect glass)
  • plenty of room for storage
  • back section is fence. So every one can see its only a few tables and shovels are stored (when it was closed we got breakins all the time, now they can see its nothing of real value)
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Vaasa, Finland is the best I've ever used by a country mile
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Ludlow use to have the trailer from an arctic lorry. It was really high so you could see the whole track no problem at all and big enough inside to hold race control and the sweet shop. I think it might have also hosted hot food too.

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Think Vaasa may be a little out of our price range! But wow what a rostrum!
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Think Vaasa may be a little out of our price range! But wow what a rostrum!
And most peoples

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West London TC track has a very good example of secure rostrum incorporating race control and storage, not sure on the disabled access but it is also in a public park.

Sorry couldn't quickly find a pic.
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I dont think theres much wrong with burys current rostrum? Its just a tad too close to the track, and the metal panels are noisey as fook when you walk over them.

Sort out those two problems and you could save a fair few quid.
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This is the best one I've been on /in

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not been to many but Pendle always struck me as very good, plenty of space on top, ramp access for wheelchairs and race control underneath.
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pendles good
robin hood raceway has two absolutey mint rostrons as well
gets my vote
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West London TC track has a very good example of secure rostrum incorporating race control and storage, not sure on the disabled access but it is also in a public park.

Sorry couldn't quickly find a pic.




They have removable steps which load into the container but if you do go there on a non meeting day you will still find kids climbing on it.

That includes mine LMAO
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thats a very old photo of west london, it has been vastly improved since that pic, best rostrum though has to be remote world at slough
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Default Nene valley

Nene valley raceway near santa pod has a nice looking rostrum. Secure aswell. The steps are inside the building so nobody can get on it unless the door is open. Think it's part wood part metal
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From the on-road world, the REEDY race of Champions from Southern California last month had a well thought through accessible rostrum.

It has a ramped access at one end and a drop down cutout section in the middle to allow someone in a wheelchair to be able to see.

Any club who builds a new rostrum without making it fully accessible is leaving themselves wide open to a claim for disability discrimination as well as excluding a group of potential members.

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Batley's container with rostrum up top is secure.
RHR dirt is also on top of a shipping container, roof added now too. RHR astro rostrum is my preferred, with stairs up and down.
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Something like things my vote Darren
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Go with the 2x shipping containers.
conversion is easy and are really sturdy and secure.
We have 2x 40ft's. Much cheaper than timber frame and roof.
If you are on a budget then they are the answer unless you have a small wood with a saw mill next to it...... Good luck
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We already have the two shipping containers - our current 'rostrum' is some steps up to the top of said containers and some railings.
The problems are:
1) There is no roof on the rostrum
2) There is no wheelchair access
3) The noise from people walking on the rostrum is quite unbelievably loud in race control
4) Its fugly.

We could certainly use the current containers in a new construction but the idea is to go a lot better.
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