ATDTDA (2): "wheelfolk appeared" 42.1

robinlandseadel at comcast.net robinlandseadel at comcast.net
Thu Feb 8 11:23:33 CST 2007


Race History

     Back in the early 1980s the local club - the Laramie Wheelfolk - 
used to host a weekly time trial that always started at the historical 
marker at the five-and-a-half mile mark on Highway 230. The spot 
was perfect for a weekly test of fitness, bike technology and forum 
for bragging rights, given that it's flat and gave us the chance to try 
out five- or ten-mile distances.

http://www.laramiebikenet.com/Dead%20Dog/History.htm

Tim Strzechowski:

     Spring, arrived, wheelfolk appeared in the streets and parks, 
in gaudy striped socks and long-billed "scorcher" caps (p. 42).

 
"Wheelfolk" may relate either to the Ferris employees who were building the 
Wheel, or to the various employees we might today call the carival workers.



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