Panajachel, Guatemala was the host to the 18th annual 10-day international Cycle Messenger World Championship, and will introduce for the first time an outdoor figure-8 velodrome: La Ocho. Working with graduates from the architecture faculty and Institute for Aerospace Studies at the University of Toronto, as well as the Toronto- based organizer Nadir Olivet of La Carrera Cycles, the physics, construction and planning of this event and facility were set into motion.
Track Geometry
Linear Easement Curves
Euler Spiral Easement Curves
Track Sections
Track Length
Non-Planar Côte d'Azur
Ribbonization
Free-Body Diagram
Friction and Speed Limits
Project Credits