Need a place to put your bike in Sublette?

By Brandon LaChance, Editor
Posted 1/8/25

SUBLETTE – Amy Palmer hadn’t lived in Sublette for quite some time.

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Need a place to put your bike in Sublette?

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SUBLETTE – Amy Palmer hadn’t lived in Sublette for quite some time.

Actually, 50 years to be exact as she lived in the village for the first 17 years of her life before leaving in 1971 and not returning until 50 years later in 2021.

Spending the previous 35 years in Florida, Palmer could ride her bike anywhere and there was somewhere to lock it up.

This was not the case in Sublette.

“With my return to the area, I thought, ‘If I have a trip that is only to Sublette, I’m going to try to ride my bike.’” Palmer said. “That’s 2 ½ miles to go to the bank, the post office, the grocery store, or the grain elevator. I failed miserably in the quest since I only took two bike rides. I use the wind as an excuse.

“But when I would ride my bike to Sublette, I had no place to lock my bike. The irony of it all, this is Sublette where Burma Shave chose to put signs about the cost of a bike. The signs are still on Rt. 52.”

After a chat with the Village of Sublette and explaining the importance of a bike rack, one was installed in downtown Sublette this past summer.

“I was hooking my bike to the Sublette Farmers Elevator’s deer blinds. I decided I could donate the cost of a bike rack,” Palmer said. “Fortunately, the Village of Sublette Trustees took me up on it. I worried about it not getting enough use, but after it was installed, I was told people use it often.

“I hope the village sees the importance of the rack. I pitched it as, if you build it they will come. There are some avid cyclists who are at Woodhaven. They ride into Sublette. Now, they have a place for their bike.”