Is Tom Treharne a nut?
He has a big idea, and I like it, so I don’t think so.
Treharne is Marion’s director of planning and development. He’s also a bicycle racer and a spinning class instructor who will put you through a good 60 minutes or more worth of workout in only 40 minutes a couple of times a week at The MAC Xtreme.
He suggested the other day on bikeiowa.org that a velodrome would put Marion on the map. It’s one of several suggestions he made in response to a request for ideas from the Marion Chamber of Commerce. He thinks a velodrome would be a great addition to the wellness and fitness facility described in this Corridor Business News article.
Hey, if Missouri can put together a big-time stage race, we can have a velodrome and be a surprising new center of Midwest bicycling activity.
- Image via Wikipedia
After all, as you know, those famous bicycle-building Wright Brothers used to live around here. RAGBRAI comes through every now and then. And we’re getting our crit back here in C.R. in June.
Why not a velodrome?
Hell, I think we should even have a stage race in Iowa.
Whaddaya say?
Does your trail project qualify for stimulus funding?
From the Iowa Bicycle Coalition’s Iowa Bike Blog today, a reminder that a portion of highway stimulus funding allocated to the Iowa DOT will be used for “ready-to-go trail projects of statewide significance.”
Information needs to be submitted by 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, so check for details and get your act together.
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puncture proof 
could the Marion velodrome be housed in a gigantic barn – that might emphasize the Iowa tie-in. quilt patterns on the barn exterior. or maybe images of old midwest beers from the early part of the 19th century?