I’ve put together a printable flier to promote club events. This generic flier contains the names and website addresses of events. No dates are listed.
Download here.

Tuesday, August 7th is National Night out. Come hang out with your bike in Larry’s South Wichita neighborhood. Meet up at the corner of Gilbert and Topeka (Larry’s house) in time to leave by 7:00pm. From there we’ll ride a short ways to Lincoln Street Park where the festivities will include free hot dogs, music, games, guests and more.
This is a good opportunity to show off your bike and to promote the club and club events.

Click here for directions.

I’d like to point out a few new features to the Coasters website…
Message Board for general discussion.
Bicycle Classifieds for buying, selling and trading of bikes and parts locally.
Members Photos section for pics of members and their bikes. Ric being the first to offer up photos.
All of these can be found under “Categories” in the right hand column.
E-mail Alerts. Sign up to receive e-mail notices about rides and events. This can be found under “Contact” on the right.

I’d also like to point out the “Comments” feature at the bottom of each news story. I encourage you to use this feature to post any comments or questions related to a particular news entry.

Tom the Coaster from out west (aka “Cowboy”) is inviting everyone to come out and ride with him in the Dodge City Days Western Parade on July 28th in Dodge City, KS. I think Dodge City is about 2.5 hours from Wichita. You might post a comment below if you plan on going.

More about the parade from the Dodge City Days website…
10am – DODGE CITY DAYS WESTERN PARADE-Civic Center to Dodge City Roundup Arena

We present to you the 47th Dodge City Days Western Parade televised by KBSD-TV. Our theme this year, ?Kick a Little? at Dodge City Days?, promises to make great floats sponsored by local businesses and clubs. A judge?s stand will house those who are voting on the floats for awards. To enter the parade, contact KBSD-TV at 620-227-3121.

We met for breakfast at the Old Mill Tasty Shop before heading over to the Old Town Farmers Market to promote the Art of the Bicycle show. Breakfast was good, the weather was good, the interest in the bicycles was great.

Saturday June 23rd, 9:00am we will be displaying bikes at the Old Town Farmers Market at 1st & Mosley to promte the upcoming Art of the Bicycle.
Meet at 8:00am at the Old Mill Tasty Shop at 604 E Douglas for breakfast first or show up at the Old Town Farmers Market at 9:00am. The market closes at noon. Be sure to bring your bike.

I made up some of the business card/tags. I’ll try to get some passed around.

Friday, May 11th we will be riding in the River Festival Sundown Parade. The parade starts at 6:30pm. You will need to be there up to an hour earlier I believe.
The theme is “Flock to the Fest”.
Anyone is welcome to ride.
There is a fee to participate as there was a $100 entry fee for the group. The fee will be divided evenly between all that ride and you are expected to pay at the start before the parade.

I’ll post more details as they become available.

In the meantime check out the River Fest website.

What a great time!!! Thanks Dan for organizing it and thanks to everyone who participated.

Saturday March 17th we will be riding in the Delano District St Patricks Day parade.
The parade starts at noon and begins at Douglas and the river heading westward.
Anyone is welcome to ride. Please decorate yourself or your bike with a Irish theme.
E-mail me if any questions.
UPDATE: The staging area for the parade is at the Lawrence Dumont Stadium parking lot. Meet there 11:30 or so.