Hawke's Bay's Rio Olympic Games cyclist Regan Gough does not have fond memories of long commutes to Taupo and Wanganui to train on a bumpy outdoor velodrome.
A Napier velodrome would make his life "and a lot of others a lot easier", he said during a break from the Tour of Southland this week.
"I am based in Cambridge now because the high-performance programme is based around the track up there," he said.
Officially opened in 2014, the Cambridge facility is a state-of-the-art world-class, indoor complex with a 250m wooden track and 43-degree banking.
It is the home of CyclingNZ, Triathlon NZ and High Performance Sport New Zealand's training centre.