Big Biker Brawl in Downtown Ogden City

Ogden City: "Outlaw bicyclist' outdoor hot spot?

By Curmudgeon

The Standard-Examiner this morning leads with a story about apparently drunk bicyclists creating a melee of sorts in downtown Ogden yesterday.

Obscenities, blocked traffic, scuffles, arrests. The whole nine yards:

• Melee of cyclists / Ogden incident leads to four arrests

Lest the poor uninformed public draw the wrong conclusions about what happened, Mr. Mark Hasenyager, one of the bicyclists, explained to the Standard Examiner what the real lesson of the unfortunate melee was: "He said it was heartbreaking to see this all happen, but the bottom line, he said, is that Ogden is an outdoor hot spot."

Parody is dead.

Update 8/10/09 11:00 a.m. MT: Just received this from Standard-Examiner reporter Di Lewis:

I'm the reporter working on a follow-up story. I'd love to talk to commenters from either side about what CM is, what it's goals are, how effective it is, and what happened that night.
I can be reached at 801 625 4233 or dlewis@standard.net.

Needless to say, we're always happy to help out our friends at the Std-Ex whenever we can.