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MATTHEW KVAMME

TRACK CYCLIST · SPRINTER

SPEED · FOCUS · CONSISTENCY

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THE STORY

Three pieces that made the rider.

NOW

Sprinter, Carson velodrome.

I'm a 23-year-old American track cyclist racing out of the Carson velodrome in Los Angeles — the only indoor Olympic-spec track in the country. Six days a week, mostly doubles. Match sprint, kilo, team sprint. All-or-nothing every session.

The plan is to make it to the world stage.

BEFORE

Kid in a garage with two broken mopeds.

Long before the velodrome, I was a kid in Puyallup, Washington, restoring vintage steel frames in my parents' garage. At 13 I bought two beat-up Craigslist mopeds with money from mowing lawns, cannibalized them into one working bike, and sold it. That was the start.

By high school I was running a 9-person cedar-fence-building crew out of a warehouse and driving a restored 1985 box truck. The work ethic came first. The cycling came naturally after that.

THIS CHAPTER

My wife and I moved to LA to chase this.

In May 2025, my wife Kaitlynn and I packed up and drove cross-country to Los Angeles. I'd never ridden a velodrome before. First day on the boards, I was hooked — gained nearly 30 pounds of muscle in the transition from endurance to sprint.

I started training with BJ Olson at Performance Coaching Company. He runs the whole program — track coaching, strength and conditioning, the long-term plan. Kaitlynn works to keep this financially possible. We're in this together.

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Matthew is a 23-year-old American track cycling sprinter based in Los Angeles. He grew up in Puyallup, Washington, started his first business at 13, and came up through endurance cycling before discovering through power testing that he was a natural sprinter.
Matthew was born August 20, 2002.
Los Angeles. He trains primarily at the Carson velodrome — indoor, Olympic-spec, the only one of its kind in the United States.
Yes. He's been married to Kaitlynn for almost five years — they got married at 18. They met in a high-school Running Start program. She co-founded their startup, TacTile.
He co-founded a tech startup called TacTile with Kaitlynn — an NFC and QR distribution tool, still pre-funded and early-stage. Brings work to the velodrome between intervals.
Three things: people first, always — excel in every aspect of life — be kind. Christian, though not a fan of big-church structure. The legacy he wants is simple: that the people around him were filled with joy.
Bike racing on a banked oval — usually wood (indoor) or concrete (outdoor) — using fixed-gear bikes with no brakes and no shifting. Endurance events on one side, sprint events on the other. Matthew is a sprinter.
The banking lets riders carry speed through the corners without slowing down. The faster you go, the higher up the banking you can ride — the bank does the work of keeping you on the track.
Track bikes are fixed-gear: the rear cog is locked to the rear wheel, so the pedals are always moving when the bike is moving. No freewheel. No brakes — slowing down means resisting your pedal stroke. One fixed gear ratio per race.
Two riders, head-to-head, over a fixed distance — usually three laps. Only the last 200 meters are timed. The first part is a tactical chess match: feints, slow rolls, track stands. Then somebody opens it up. Matthew's favorite event.
A pack-style sprint behind a motorized pacer (a "derny") that gradually increases speed before peeling off, leaving the riders to sprint to the finish. Originated in Japan as a betting sport. Tactically chaotic.
1,000 meters from a standing start, alone on the track. Roughly a minute of all-out effort that obliterates anaerobic capacity. Considered one of the hardest single efforts in any sport.
Crashes happen — high speed, hard surface, close quarters. But velodromes are also among the most controlled racing environments in cycling: no cars, no potholes, no weather indoors. Most racing days are clean.
Roughly 30 hours a week. Six days, mostly doubles — track, gym, mobility, sauna. One full rest day. Long rests between intervals, so I bring laptop work to the velodrome.
Six days, mostly doubles — about seven track sessions, four heavy lifting sessions, plus mobility, sauna, and accessory work. A base week is the opposite — heavily earned, near-complete rest after a hard cycle.
BJ Olson at Performance Coaching Company in Los Angeles. He handles both cycling coaching and strength & conditioning. Hands-on — "puts in as much as I put in."
Heavy emphasis on isometric work — using static-torque tracking from my SRM power meter to build a program no one else is doing. Plus the directive to build the first dedicated match-sprint tactics program in the U.S.
"When you show up, it needs to be 100% — that doesn't always mean 100% effort, but it always means 100% involvement."
Almost never. As a sprinter, my world is the track and the gym. I own a custom Trek Madone for the rare road day.
A Look Madison, frame size XL. The dream bike is the Look T20 — a budget question, not a preference question. Track cycling is an equipment-heavy sport, and the gap between "good enough" and "best in the world" often comes down to dollars.
No. Specific PR numbers, peak power, gear ratios, tire pressures, and tactical setup details are kept private — they're part of what makes the program distinct.
Look pedals. SRM power meter — chosen specifically because it can track static torque, which enables the isometric program. Big advocate of chain waxing. No gloves.
Track bikes are highly specialized — frames optimized for stiffness and aero, deep-section or disc wheels, custom skinsuits, multiple chainring/cog combinations. A single high-end frame can run into the tens of thousands.
Olympic sports that aren't tied to high school and college athletics — bobsled, cycling, skiing, skating — get very little federation funding in the U.S. Even being the best in the world wouldn't change that significantly. Outside support is how American track sprinters compete on the world stage.
Two ways: buy a piece of the kit directly off the wishlist, or contribute toward a specific cost category below. Sponsor inquiries go through the contact form.
Yes — predictable funding makes training blocks, race seasons, and travel possible to plan ahead. The contact form is the easiest way to set one up while we wire up the automated path.
No merch. The focus is racing, not branding.
The contact form below is the right path. Pick "Sponsorship inquiry" from the dropdown.

BEHIND THE NUMBERS

Curious what this actually costs?

Track cycling at this level isn't cheap. Tap a category to see what each piece looks like in plain numbers — so you know exactly where any support goes.

A typical race trip runs around $3,500 — flights, hotel, ground transport, food, and a few extra days for setup and recovery. Travel is the single biggest expense in a season. International events push higher; domestic nationals are the floor. There's no shortcut here — you can't podium at a race you didn't go to.
BJ Olson at Performance Coaching Company runs the whole program — track coaching and strength & conditioning. World-class coaching at this level isn't cheap, but it's the difference between training and just riding. Every workout, every gym session, every test is structured around long-term progress. Coaching is the cost I'm least willing to cut.
Track bikes are highly specialized. A top-end frame can run into the tens of thousands. Add skinsuits, multiple chainring and cog combinations for different events and tracks, replacement tubular tires, helmets, shoes — the math compounds fast. Most of this is a one-time front-load, but the catch-up to elite-level kit is real.
Physio, massage, sports psychology — currently uncovered out of pocket. These are the first things that get cut when budget is tight, even though they're often the difference between performing and breaking. As funding grows, this is one of the first places it goes.
UCI and national-level race fees stack up faster than you'd think — usually $100 to $250 per event. A single race weekend can host multiple events, and a season runs a dozen or more weekends. None of these get you faster, but you can't skip them.
USA Cycling provides almost no direct support to track sprinters. Olympic sports that aren't tied to high school and college athletics — bobsled, cycling, skiing, skating — are largely self-funded. Even being the best in the world wouldn't change that significantly. This isn't a complaint, it's just the math.

IF YOU WANT TO HELP DIRECTLY

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Track Skinsuit

Race-day aerodynamic suit

$650

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Front Disc Wheel

Race-spec carbon disc

$1,800

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Aero Helmet

Race-spec time trial / sprint

$450

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Travel Day

Flights + lodging + ground

$3,500

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"Nobody gets into track cycling for the money. They get into it hoping to wear a red, white, and blue jersey on a podium." — Matthew

STAY IN TOUCH

There's no big finish here.

Just the work — and the people, like Kaitlynn, BJ, the pit at Carson, friends, family, and the strangers I've never met who've helped along the way.

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