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What: Salina Tech – Vehicle Extravaganza 2011.

When: Saturday, April 2 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm

Where: 2562 Centennial Road, Salina, KS

What Else: This show includes vehicles from custom choppers to race cars and everything in between including a custom bicycle class.

The registration fee is $15 per bike and includes a shirt and dash plaque if registered before March 25th.

Registration form here.

More info at their website and Facebook page.

What: El Torreon Winter Bicycle Swap Meet. This is Kansas City’s first winter swap meet.

When: Sunday March 6, 2011. 10:00PM ? 3:00 PM.

Where: El Torreon is at 3101 Gillham Plaza, Kansas City, Mo. Same place as our summer swap meets, but indoors.

Cost: Free to attend. Vendors $15.

We are asking people to reserve a space so that we don’t leave anyone out in the cold, we believe we can get about 25 or so vendors in, there’s an upstairs Cowtown Mallroom where there’s about 40 more vendors set up every week, selling any and everything. There’s a live band every Sunday @ 2pm, So if you are looking for a winter road trip or just have to get out for a good swap meet come on and join us.

More info here.

We are parade entry B-26

The Coasters will be riding in the 5th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 12th, 2011.

The parade starts at noon. Please be at the staging area in the Metropolitan Baptist Church/Lawrence Dumont Stadium parking lots no later than 11:30am.

As is our tradition we’ll follow up the parade with a pub Pedal.

In order to continue to be asked to participate in this great parade please follow these simple rules…
You must decorate your bike and/or yourself in a St Patrick’s Day/Irish theme.
No fast or trick riding allowed!
Do not throw candy or gifts. You can hand these things out.

The dates have been set for this years “Big 3”!

Get Out Your Big Red Sharpie and mark your calendars with these dates and events…

2nd annual Midwest Bicycle Swap – Sunday, April 17th 2011
7th annual Art Of The Bicycle – Friday July 22nd through Friday August 5th including Final Friday July 29th.
7th annual Midwest Bicycle Fest – Sunday, September 25th.

The title is one of many strange search queries that ended up at the Coasters website. I thought that would get your attention better than “Web Site Stats”.

Here’s some Coasters website stats from 2010…

11,513 Visitors

20,377 Visits from 101 countries/territories

77,361 Pages viewed

Top 5 visited pages…
1. Coasters main page
2. Midwest Bicycle Swap
3. Midwest Bicycle Fest
4. Art Of The Bicycle
5. Classifieds

Top 5 referring websites…
1. Google.com
2. Direct (i.e. bookmarked)
3. Locojoe.com
4. Facebook.com
5. Ratrodbikes.com

Top 5 search keywords
1. coasters bicycle club
2. coastersbicycleclub
3. wichita coasters
4. coasters wichita
5. coasters bicycle wichita

Some of the more interesting search keywords…
where are the skanky b*tches in kc on thursday nights?
what is formal attire to pub?
stores that sell super mario bros toad hats in wichita, ks
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ideas for a redneck christmas with hunting dogs

Our Facebook fans grew to 197.

Before we get too far away I thought we’d look back over our shoulder at 2010 and all the events the Coasters put on, helped put on or attended. But first a big thanks to all those who make this informal, loose knit, unorganized club of bicycle enthusiasts the great thing that it is. Wishing everyone many more bicycle fun filled years to come.
How many of the 27 events listed did you attend? (leave a comment below)

2010 started off with the 3rd annual New Year’s Day Dinner & Ride. What better way to start a new year than with food, friends and a bike ride.

Even in freezing February the Coasters had things going on like displaying bikes for a Boy Scout Gold Star Banquet and attending the Bendix Automatic Clinic put on by Heartland Cycles and Harley’s Bicycles of Hutchinson.

In March the Coasters rode in the Historic Delano District’s St Patrick’s Day Parade for the 4th time.

The first annual Midwest Bicycle Swap was held in April and was a huge success.
The first of two fun gravity races the Spring Gravity Shoot-Out.
We bucked a current ride trend and had our Anti-Tweed Night at the Thursday Night Pub Pedal.

May was a busy month. The Coasters had a fun filled day showing our bikes both at the Old Town Farmers Market and at the first I Bike Douglas which involved several bike related events.
Another first was the Ride ‘Round Town which was a ride and historic building and home tour put on by the Coasters and Tom Sawyer Bicycle Shop.
Later in the month was the record breaking Tandem Night at the Thursday Night Pub Pedal. The 4th one.

The first Mayor’s Family Bike Day was held in June in which the Coasters both rode the rides and displayed our bikes.
The 4th annual 20″ Night was also in June.

Events for July included Coasters attending the El Torreon Swap Meet in Kansas City.
The Coasters displaying their vintage bikes along side vintage cars and motorcycles at the the Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society’s Julyapalooza.
The 6th Art Of The Bicycle show was a multi-week event this year and extended in to August.

In August the temperature was over 100 degrees for our 3rd Ladies Night at the Thursday Night Pub Pedal.

Like Spring, Fall is also a busy time for the Coasters. September started off with Coasters attending the Tour De Fat in Colorado.
The 2nd of the two gravity races the Fall Gravity Shoot-Out.
The 6th annual Midwest Bicycle Fest.

October has become known for the Partridge Pedal Party and of course Hallowheelie. Coasters also took road trips to Hutchinson to ride in the first Big Scary Bike Ride and Oklahoma for some more gravity racing.

Kind hearted Coasters donated their time and skills in November to assemble bikes for the Wichita Dream Center’s Christmas For Wichita.

December tis the season so the Coasters braved the cold to ride in the Historic Delano District’s Christmas Parade, rode to tour some holiday homes and rode to view the holiday lights on the Christmas Lights Cruise at the Thursday Night Pub Pedal.

Join Team Coasters and the fight against diabetes by riding with us in the American Diabetes Association’s Tour De Cure.
When: Saturday May 21st.
Where: Sedgwick County Park.
Time: 9:15am. Longer rides start earlier.
Cost: $15 registration fee.
Distance: We will be riding in the 5 mile “family ride” but there is also a 25, 35, and a 60 mile ride if you’d rather go the distance.
Fund raising: Although there is a minimum $150 goal we’ve been told that you’ll still be able to participate even if you don’t meet this minimum. Please put forth your best effort though. Raising money is what this event is all about.

From Bryan the team captain…

Hello Coasters, Chances are if you do not have diabetes you have a close friend or family member who does. I know we have at least 2 Coasters with Diabetes. Therefore when I saw that the ADA had added a 5 mile family ride to this years event I thought it was a perfect opportunity for the Coasters to come out, support a good cause and join in the fun. Not to mention Carlos O’ Kellys providing lunch is worth the entry fee alone.

By riding with Team Coasters not only will you be supporting the fight against diabetes but you’ll also have a great time, receive free food & swag.

Register by December 31st and receive a free Rider in Training Tshirt!

Click Here to sign up and join team Coasters!

If you can’t ride with Team Coasters you can still be a part of the team by sponsoring a rider with a donation. More on that later.

Questions or need help registering? Contact me.
To find out more about this disease click here.

The Wichita Dream Center’s Christmas For Wichita was this past Saturday. Check out all the bikes, happy children and Santa here.

Thanks to the Coasters who helped make this possible and to Ralph for the great photos.

I thought Ralph and Santa might be one in the same till I spotted them both in the same photo.

News article on the event here.