Crossdromo Ondella - Armeno

Crossdromo Ondella is on Via due Riviere 59 in Armeno, province of Novara, north-west of Lake Orta, and is run by Unione Sportiva Armeniese. The directory mxcenter.it gives a length of 1490 metres and lists the venue in category 3. According to that entry it opens on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday from 9:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 17:00 - a fixed lunch break you should account for when planning the drive. There is a minicross track, a bar, cold and hot showers and 220 volt outlets; there is no floodlighting. Fees are not publicly documented. The directory advises contacting the operator before setting off, since times and details can change without notice. At just under one and a half kilometres Ondella is one of the more compact venues, and our own record has it down as technical with jumps. Short laps with a lot of direction changes punish a bike that takes its time turning in: you aim for the inside line and end up half a metre wide of it. If your bike will not hold a tight line, top of our cause list is too little ride height at the rear making the steering lazy - raise the rear, or let the front sit lower, so the front wheel turns in more sharply.