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.

First a big THANKS to everyone who showed up and made the first Midwest Bicycle Fest a success. We guesstimate 120 bikes and 70 participants. Also thanks to all of you who helped get the word out, Tom for making the Peoples Choice trophy and Jack of Morton Choppers for donating the cool mechanics shirts that went to our runners up. I hope everyone had a great time despite the gale force winds. I know some bikes were damaged and I appreciate people taking this risk to share their bikes with the public.

Pat O is the winner of our random drawing from those who signed up for this newsletter. Pat will receive an official Midwest bicycle Fest t-shirt. T-shirts can still be ordered online from the website.

Next year… I don’t see why we won’t repeat this next year. Maybe with a little more organization, more prizes and contests and definitely a parade ride! I believe the location worked out well. There was plenty of room and the bike path is great for test riding the bikes especially for the younger ones.

Once again thanks to everyone and we welcome your comments and suggestions for next years fest. Use the Contact link on the website. Please encourage your bicycle friends to visit the website and sign up for this newsletter. We’ll be in touch again soon.

After reviewing the photos that a couple of us took I remembered there were some really cool bikes that we didn’t get shots of. So many bikes to keep track of. I apologize if your bike didn’t make it onto the photos page.

T-Shirt Winner
Randy Croley was the winner of our drawing and receives a Midwest Bicycle Fest T-shirt. Congratulations Randy!

Peoples Choice Award
The trophy for our Peoples Choice Award is finished. Thanks Tom! You can take a peek at it on the “Photos” page at the Midwest Bicycle Fest website. We will be tallying up the votes for Peoples Choice sometime around 2:00 or 3:00pm the day of the festival. Be sure to stick around to see if you win.

It’s Almost Here
This is the last week to get ready for the festival. Get those bikes finished and shined up. The festival is this coming Sunday the 2nd. See you there!