Weather…
The day of the festival was pretty nice. Mid 90s with mild winds that later became pretty strong around 2:30pm. The forecast for the day had said 10-15mph winds later gusting to 30mph. Still better than the winds we had at the 2005 event.

New This Year…
New to this years fest was the bike raffle, door prizes, t-shirts on location, limbo, parade ride and 12 pizzas. Tom Sawyer Bicycles donating the raffle bike.

Winners…
Thad was the winner of the People’s choice award with his Monark Silver King. Destiny and Shannon took 2nd with thier glitter green Schwinn Hollywood. Bill placed 3rd with his Grim Reaper recumbent.
Mr Larry won the overall Lowride Limbo contest. Larry won riding his child hood bike that he recently restored. Bill won the above 20″ class with the Grim Reaper.
Here is a list of the door prizes that were given away…
NOS battery operated headlight.
NOS speedometer.
New black “ape hanger” handle bars.
Set of 3 “pedal scrapers” die-cast bicycle toys.
1 larger Pedal Scraper.
2 Family Passes to the Corn Maze at Bergmann Farm.
Skull bicycle squeeze horn.
2 Bicycle print travel pillows.
T-shirts

Attendance…
We estimate close to 100 attendees and 200 bikes. 95 bikes were entered in the “People’s Choice” competition. People came from as far away as Dodge City and the Kansas City area.

First I’ll start with the thank yous…
A BIG THANKS to everyone who attended. Especially those that came from as far away as Kansas City, Dodge City and cities in between. Also thanks to those who helped out. Thanks to sponsors Tom Sawyer Bicycles for the bike they donated, the Corn Maze at Bergmann Pumpkin Farm, Haysville Times/Online, Haysville Embroidery and Jack and the Bicycle Exchange for items and services they donated.

A rough (really rough) guestimate of the attendance would be close to 100 attendees that came and went and almost twice that many bikes. 95 bikes alone were registered for the People’s Choice award.
Hope everyone had a good time. What a cool thing to see this many bicycles and bicycle enthusiasts in one place. Oh and I thought the limbo was great! That’s a keeper for next year so be practicing or building that special “limbo bike”.
Speaking of next year we of course hope to improve this event so your ideas and suggestions are welcome (reply to this e-mail or use the “Contact” link on the website). If you would like to help next year you can let us know also.

Sunday October 1st 2006. See official website for details MidwestBicycleFest.com

The Midwest Bicycle Fest is only 1 week away. Sunday, October 1st 10:00am – 4:00pm.
Here is just some of what will be happening at this years fest…
We’ll be raffling off a new Phat Cycles “Sea Breeze” cruiser donated by Tom Sawyer Bicycles. Just $1 per chance.
We’ll also be giving away door prizes including new and NOS bike parts and more.
Lowride Limbo. It’s limbo on a bicycle and the winner receives a prize.
People’s Choice Award. Enter your antique, kustom or unusual bike for a chance at this prestigious award.
Festival t-shirts will be available for purchase.
Swap Meet. Individuals are welcome to bring bikes and parts to sell or trade.
Parade Ride. We’ll wind down the day with a short ride around the path.

What to bring? Your bike(s) of course! You may also want to bring a lawn chair, beverage sorry no alcohol) and a picnic lunch or snack. There will be free drinks while they last. Food is just a short ride away.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Be sure to visit
www.midwestbicyclefest.com for more info.

We’d also like to thank the following for their help

Tom for his work on the trophies.

We’re always looking for sponsors. If you have a product or service to donate please
contact us.

Win a new Phat Cycles “Sea Breeze” cruiser. We’ll be raffling off this bike at the festival for $1 a chance. The bike has been donated by Tom Sawyer Bicycle Shop here in Wichita. Money received in the raffle will be used to offset the costs of the festival.

We’ve added a new event to the festival, Bicycle Limbo. There will be 2 classes in the limbo competition. 20″ bikes and under, and above 20″. Rider age and size doesn’t matter. The winner in each class will win a prize.

T-shirts. We will have a limited selection and sizes of festival t-shirts available at the festival. To ensure the size and style you want you can order them online. Plus if you order now, you’ll have something to wear at the fest.

2006 Sponsors

Mark your calendars for October 1st!
The date for the 2006 Midwest Bicycle Fest has been set. We’ve decided to continue with the first Sunday in October. Be sure to visit the website to view this years posters. We are still working on the shirts.
We are also still working out details for this years fest. We hope to have more events and be better organized. We’ll keep you posted via this newsletter and the website.
We want to here from you! Be sure to let us know if you have any suggestions.

P.S. If you didn’t already know, some area bike enthusiasts entered their bikes in the Daryl Starbird Rod & Custom Show last month. Click here for photos.

If you’re not familiar with “BR&K” it’s Bike, Rod & Kustom which is a e-zine dedicated to kustom bicycles. The newest issue has an article about our own Midwest Bicycle Fest. Check it out along with all the other great articles and photos. BR&K Website. Be sure and stay tuned here where we’ll announce next years festival date once things are finalized.