trackcycling.info, as a website, has now closed its doors. 

I would like to thank all of those people who have contributed, acted to try and publicise the site or sent messages of support during the period it has been online. Unfortunately for every one of you there have been many more who have sought to pass off the work presented here as their own. Sadly the habitual theft of content from the website has necessitated the removal of so much of the unique data once presented that the site has long since ceased to be a useful method of marketing the unmatched breadth of information held by trackycling.info.

I hope to continue, at least in the short term, with the statistical element of trackcycling.info. However, the amount of time required to monitor, process and understand the vast array of material, both current and historical, appearing worldwide (on a scale no other organisation, individual or collective comes within sight of attaining or, patently, has the ability to achieve) can not be maintained in the long run. I would therefore, once again, like to invite anyone who might be able to contribute historical information, or would be able to act as a national or regional monitor to come forward and join the current band of collaborators in place. In return for data contribution you can choose to receive any of the unique range of historical best performance lists published by tci, or request tailored data from the world's largest managed track cycling archive for the benefit of your own research.

Although it is my aim to continue work part time on tci, I would be happy to transfer all of the resources of trackcycling.info to anybody who wishes to buy the archive. Any offer of GB£80,000 or above will be considered. In the interim all copyrights and other intellectual property rights held on  works produced will be vigorously defended until any such point in the distant future that they might rescind.

For those of you seeking to escape the ill-informed, disinterested trash that so prevails the written and broadcast media of track cycling may I suggest that you visit Fixed Gear Fever, a website for which I remain an occasional contributor.

Mat Booth,