Ron and Dorothy Strasser
Portland also has the American headquarters of Adidas... very involved in cycling with ownership of sram etc. If Nike won't touch it, they might.
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Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Indoor Velodrome??
Think it's a smoking hot idea. It's visionary, cultured, years ahead of it's time, and is so perfect for Portland that it's mind boggling.
Therefore, most people won't get it. The only hope is to get Nike involved, the combination of cubic dollars and corporate attitude is what it will take to do it right.
Remember "Just Do It"?
Rick
john schmidt wrote:
Yeah you would think that city of portland might even help out. I mean
they are trying to get a baseball team? From what I have read, back
before WW2, professional baseball didn't really even compete in
popularity to a good six day race It wasn't until congress (senators
owned baseball teams) outlawed all professional sport except baseball,
that baseball became popular. (but the writer may have been biased..)
Wouldn't it be the first covered drome in US?
Also commutting and recreational cycling has exploded in portland, right
? Weren't there 10,000 bike trips across the downtown bridges every
day in the summer ? Thats a lot of people on bicycles and therefore a
lot of fans ? And As gas prices go up and as more people see cycling as
an attainable transportation option, more people will be riding.
PIR / expo center are on the max line too. (although I have to admit I
don't necessarily enjoy riding the max, its kind of slow...).
We have direct flights from Europe.. Light rail from the airport.
Logistics would be pretty easy for riders coming over.
The issue if things cost too much than its harder to keep grassroots
stuff going, which is what you would want to base a new velodrome or
covering alpenrose on.
Patrick wilder wrote:
I'm sure this topic has come up before but I'm wondering what the
logistics of having an Indoor track would be. Seems like with all this
rain we'd get tons of people riding in the winter.
Could some sort of cover be built over the current track? Sort of like
those big structures you see on HW 30 by the train yards.
Granted this is coming from a guy who has NEVER rode the current track.
I think I'd be more inclined when the weather gets bad.
Ideas, feedback???
~Patrick
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