Tour De Drome

Ogden City to Host Tour de ’Drome to

Raise Funds for Future Ogden Velodrome

Ogden, Utah (April 07, 2010) – Ogden City presents the Tour de ’Drome, a benefit bike tour on May 1 at 9 a.m. at Ogden’s Historic Pioneer Heritage Rodeo Grounds. All proceeds raised from the event will go towards Ogden’s future velodrome, part of a proposed new multi-sports field house complex. Participants can choose from 28 to104 miles routes. There will also be a “Fun Ride” for children of all ages.

Cyclists can choose from three fully-supported routes from 28 to 104 miles. All rides will begin and end at the Pioneer Heritage Rodeo Grounds, the historic velodrome site. The rodeo grounds are located at 668 17^th Street in Ogden. Aide stations are located every 10 to 20 miles. Lunch will be provided for registered participants.

There will be a “Fun Ride” for children of all ages. Children are welcome to participate with or without their parents. The fun ride is approximately two miles. The Kids “Fun Ride” bib allows participants to visit the George S. Eccles Dinosaur Park on May 1 or on one future visit following the event.

Cost of the Bike Tour is $50 until April 16, 2010 and $70 there after. The Kids “Fun Ride” registration cost is $7.50. Interested participants can register online at www.tourdedrome.com. Registration closes on April 29, 2010.

The velodrome will be part of the multi-sports field house complex in Ogden. The field house will include the velodrome, a walking track, a Boys and Girls Club, tennis courts, archery ranges and soccer/football fields.

Proof of bike tour registration will allow cyclists to receive transportation to and from the event on UTA’s Front Runner. The Ogden FrontRunner station is located at 23^rd Street and Wall Avenue.

For additional information including route maps, registration details and proposed Field House visit www.tourdedrome.com.

2010 brings new members

Happy New Year from the Salt Lake Velodrome Association.

Just a quick note to announce some new members to our organization.  Over the past few months we have been fortunate to enlist the help of some more people who are excited about bringing a velodrome to Utah.   They include Chris Humbert, Chris Best, Tyler Servoss, Jennie Wade, and Ira Tibbitts.   They are all cyclists and are all passionate about a velodrome coming to Utah.  We welcome them all.   I should also mention a couple of other people, Kim Kraan and Andrew Love, who have been helping us for a long time.   They both are very interested in the bicycle component of this, but also bring roller-sports expertise to the project as an additional sport component to the velodrome.

As an update on progress, we wanted to let you know we are continuing conversations with Ogden City and Draper City to locate tracks in their cities.  Sites are currently under study in downtown Ogden for an indoor track, and near Corner Canyon in Draper for an outdoor track.   The Ogden track is part of a multi-purpose field house that also includes tennis and archery.   The Draper track is envisioned to be more of a velopark with additional bicycle uses such as mountain biking, cyclocross, etc.

We are excited about the coming year and hope to make substantial progress towards bringing track racing to Utah.


Salt Lake Velodrome Assoc.

Draper Drome

Article in the Salt Lake Tribune about a possible velodrome in Draper.

http://www.sltrib.com/southvalley/ci_13757495

Ogden Velodrome in Planning Stages

We have been working with city of Ogden on plans to build an indoor velodrome near downtown Ogden. This track is going to be located within a multisport facility that will also include a tennis and archery facility. We are excited about this opportunity to work with Mayor Godfrey and his staff to bring this to a realization. As we get into this more we will be sharing more information.