Adam and Sarah

Last night we had a new couple join us. Adam and Sarah came all the way from Seattle to ride Wichita’s Thursday Night Pub Pedal. Well ok maybe they had another reason to be here in town but while here they bought a couple of bikes at a thrift store and spent the evening riding and swapping bike stories with us. How cool is that?!
We now have proof that Seattle is not just a mythical place where no one drives cars, bikes grow on trees and everyone is a bicycle messenger by trade and plays bicycle polo on their days off. They were drinking something other than espresso so that myth is busted.

Funny story on the little bike they purchased. A couple of Coasters recognized it from an estate sale. Must not have sold and ended up at the DAV.

Thanks for joining us Adam and Sarah. Hope you had a nice time and get your monies worth out of your bikes.

Thursday night September 3rd Dave and the folks at the Shamrock Lounge are having their annual BBQ/Cook-out just for the Thursday Night Bike Bunch.

Also Dave has chosen a theme for this night. To coincide with Labor Day come dressed in uniform or attire that represents your dream job. Your “dream job” might be a career you aspired to pursue as a child but didn’t or maybe it’s your current job (lucky you!).

Come hungry, in costume and try to be there by 7:00pm. Bring a side dish or desert if you like.

The Broadview Hotel contacted me and wanted to set up another date for the Historic Flapper tour. You may recall the last time didn’t work out.

Here are the details again…
Meet at the Shamrock as usual then we’ll ride to the Broadview where we are expected to be there by 8:00pm. There is a limit as to how many can attend so we’ll have to work this out amongst ourselves if we have too many.
This is a free tour intended for regular riders of the Thursday Night Pub Pedal. All that is asked in return is that you only participate if you are truly interested and give your full attention and respect to our host and guide at all times.

What you can expect on the tour…
Colorful Tales
Local History
Famous People
Unexplained Happenings
Legends of The Broadview Hotel come alive
Story telling from our famous “Speak Easy” to our 8th floor famed roof top garden.

Celebrate Independence Day and show your patriotism by decorating your bike and/or yourself. Meet at the usual time and place.

T-shirts with the above poster available here.

Although things didn’t go as planned (no hotel tour) it was still a great evening for cycling and socializing with friends. Whether it was the tour or the nice evening that got people out I think all were rewarded with a good time.

As for the tour there was simply a misunderstanding between the parties planning it.

Here’s you some Broadview Hotel history in a nutshell… What ever cool historic things happened in this 1920s hotel probably began when someone stepped through these magnificent doors and strode across the checkered floor of this grand lobby just as we did last night.

Photo courtesy of Steve

Group shot from last night at Club Billiards.

Bike Bunch in front of the historic Broadview hotel

Last night was the biggest turnout of the year to date. A lot of bikers came out of hibernation to enjoy the great weather.
The Bike Bunch had recently been invited to stop at the bar of the historic Broadview Hotel so last night we decided to check it out and made it our second stop. It was a fun time and I think the consensus was that we’ll stop there again.
After socializing and a little dancing at the Broadview we moved on East towards Old Town, many of us paying a visit to the hot dog man. Later in the evening it looked like we might once again be witness to a big fire on Douglas but luckily it turned out to be a false alarm.

Cardboard Box Night at the Thursday Night Pub Pedal. Transform your bike into something else with the help of a cardboard box or simply decorate it using cardboard. Dress yourself up in cardboard. Anything goes as long as it includes cardboard.

This date was chosen to coincide with the River Fest parade.

Get double duty out of your creation by decorating your bike with cardboard in a “groovy” theme and then ride it the following night in the Riverfest parade. The theme for the parade this year is “Get your groove on”.
Details on the parade will be announced at a later date.

See what was done at the last Cardboard Box Night here.

Tandem Night at the Pub Pedal Thursday May 28th. Ride a tandem if you have one. Let’s try and break the record for number of tandems which if I recall was around 13 on the first Tandem Night.
It was suggested that if you don’t have a tandem then ride a trike if you have one.

T-shirts with the above graphic can be purchased here. Also a few styles of last years shirts still available.
Erick also has some tandem tees here.

Past Tandem Nights can be viewed here.