-SL County Mayor Peter Corroon is contemplating beating up Ralph Becker and taking his bike, also feeling somewhat underdressed-
(photo by Steve Wasmund)
It's Bike Month, and Wednesdays are Bike to Work Days, or, as most of us reading this refer to it: "when I ride my bike to work like every other Wednesday." Today though, the Mayors Becker and Corroon rode from what looks like Liberty Park with a bunch of people and the media. At least it looks like the media, I could only find a little blurb on KSL.com. Anyway, Mayor Becker, besides looking dapper in his suit and Rivendell-y bike, has a spoke card for the Salt Lake Velodrome Association, which is a group started by Mark Kennedy and some other guys to get a velodrome built here in Salt Lake. There used to be one, on the Great Salt Lake even! So go here to find out more about it and sign the petition, if you haven't already. (website is a little rough)
-Old SLC velodrome-
'or, as most of us reading this refer to it: "when I ride my bike to work like every other Wednesday."'
ReplyDeleteThought you were going to say "or, as most of us reading this refer to it: amateur day." You could even shorten it to "just another Wednesday."
that velodome looks beautiful on the lake!! oh why o why did they take it down?! i'm signing that petition, and i'm riding it as soon as it is built! shame on you if you don't sign it!
ReplyDeleteThat looks like the old Saltair velodrome. There was also a velodrome at the Salt Palace at the turn of the Century.
ReplyDeleteebot, they did not take it down, it burned down in the fire that took out the rest of Salt Air also. I believe the fire happened in 1925. Saltair was rebuilt as "Saltair II" but it did not have the velodrome. Fire took down "Saltair II" 10 years later, and the current pavilion is all that's left of the very popular entertainment venue.
ReplyDeleteVelofreak, the velodrome that was called the "Salt Palace Velodrome" was actually not quite at the Salt Palace but a few blocks South. Unlike the Saltair velodrome, the "Salt Palace" one was outdoors around 900 South and West Temple IIRC.
ron- yes, "just another wednesday" would have been better.
ReplyDeleteOriginally response was fine, just long. Just helping you out with the conciseness, Mikey, prepare you for getting tore a new one in your legal writing class. Congrats by the way. I think DePaul was one of the schools I had applied to for law school.
ReplyDeleteWhere did you end up going?
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