Street safety videos by the City Of Wichita.
Tandem Night VIII
PorkChoppd Show And Ride
Yesterday the Coasters joined in the celebration of PorkChoppd Custom Bicycles 2nd anniversary. The event included a show, awards, a ride, food, prizes, raffles and the now famous Porkchoppd cookies. Music was provided by Accent Mobile Music. We had a record setting temperature of 102 for the show and winds of 26mph for the ride but neither seemed to effect the fun we had. Thanks to PorkChoppd Custom Bicycles for another fun show and ride.
Photos from the afternoon here.
Midwest Bicycle Swap and Garage Ride Photos
The weather was far from ideal for this year’s event. It was windy on the Pre-Swap Garage Ride and the day of the swap was even windier with thunderstorms in the morning. Not quite the participation we’ve seen in the past but the day still made for good deals and good times for those who braved the weather. 30+ riders participated in the Garage Ride. The swap brought in buyers and sellers from places as far away as Enid, OK, Columbia and KC, MO and several Kansas towns. Big thank you to Mitch for putting this on and thanks to all who attended.
Photos from the Haysville Sun Times photographer here.
5th Annual Midwest Bicycle Swap
PorkChoppd Custom Bicycles 2 Year Anniversary Party
Celebrating Opening Day For Trails
Today 13 of the Coasters Bicycle Club celebrated Opening Day For Trails by riding our local rail-to-trail the Prairie Sunset. We rode a total of 18 miles with a few stops and surprises along the way. One stop was at a temporary rest stop that a fellow Coaster surprised us with, another stop was for lunch at the Frosty Treat in Garden Plain. What a beautiful day and great time we had.
What a surprise to find a fellow Coaster provided us with a rest stop on the trail!
Opening Day For Trails Ride
This is a leisurely ride on the Prairie Sunset rail-to-trail with 4, 12 and 16 mile options plus a stop at Frosty Treat in Garden plain.
Meet at the park at Main and Santa Fe in Goddard, KS. We leave at 10:00am sharp.
Good things to bring are water, helmet, spare inner-tube, sunscreen.
The Prairie Sunset is a crushed limestone trail on a former rail road bed. Wider tires, easy gearing might make for a better ride but not necessary. More on the trail here.
St Patrick’s Parade 2014
Another great St Patrick’s Parade in Wichita’s historic Delano district. The weather was gorgeous for most of the day. Those that stuck around pub pedaling got a little wet. Thanks to all who participated. Someone said they counted a little over 100 bikes in the parade.
All the photos here.
The Eagle also has photos here beginning with photo 58.
2014 St Patrick’s Day Parade
The Coasters will be riding in the 8th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade on Saturday, March 15th, 2014.
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.
If you ride with us in the parade, please give $1 to help cover the cost of the parade entry fee. Look me (Randy) up the day of the parade to donate.
In order to continue to be asked to participate in this fun 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 but you can hand these things out.
More info on the parade here.