Photo Op and Current Events

The photo shoot went well. Stupid me had to schedule it during Labor Day weekend so some of the usual suspects could not make it. There was still a turn out of 15 or so riders that all received the spoke card commemorating the event and the possibility of being in a newspaper. Click it for a few pictures of the ride.

The Inlander will have the article in the upcoming issue available Thursday the 4th.

In related news, Spokefest is this coming weekend. Through some frustrating clicking around on their site, I found the actual date of the event. It will be September 7th. That's a Sunday. Registration will cost $10.00 and go toward getting you a t-shirt and a super fun time. The FBC is not associated with this event but we will be there for the 20+ mile route and activities. Go to their site for more details.

SEPTEMBER FULL MOON FIASCO:

To celebrate this time of year, we will be having a Back To School Ride. So get your school clothes on, sharpen your No.2 pencils and grab a Trapper Keeper and meet us down at The Swamp, Monday September 15th. We will be there at 8:00p.m. and ride at 9:00p.m.

Get Your Picture Took

I have a special request for all you lifetime members for life. There is going to be a photo shoot for the Inlander. They are doing a story about cycling here in Spokane and would like to get a great picture of us on our bikes.

It will be Saturday August 30th at 6:30p.m. We are going to meet at the Baby Bar and take a couple of laps around the block just so they can get some pictures. We might even have a short ride following. If you are early enough, you can get a limited edition, photo shoot spoke card.

Maple Street Perfect For Bicycles

This Fiasco was a rousing success with a monstrous turn out. I thought that after running out of 24 spoke cards last month, my making of 48 this time was absolute overkill. Man was I wrong. There was an impromptu foot race for the last two.

Earlier that day, Jacque and I rode to the Garland Street Fair to volunteer at the Pedals2People booth. It gave us a perfect opportunity to scout a potential route for the fiasco.

At The Swamp, I made the anouncement that we would be heading North across the Maple Street Bridge and up to The Hub. Some wondered how we would get across a 4 lane bridge on Saturday night and nobody knew where The Hub was. It was great.

The bridge has been closed for some time now and they have been working furiously to pave it's entirety before it gets to cold to do so. Most of Maple Street is now covered with road closure signs and a rich, luxurious carpet of asphalt. Perfect for the quickest way to the North side, and to avoid the Spokane Shock traffic (thanks Ken for the recon work on that one). There were only a few cross streets that we had to look out for, but because of traffic coordinator Tim, everything was handled without incident.

We made it to The Hub to find one person working the bar and one person drinking at the bar. After some 'splaining about the FBC, we patiently waited for our drinks and watched the Olympics. If you haven't been to The Hub, I strongly suggest you go. A small place with a great juke box. If I remember correctly, they have the oldest standing liquor licence in the State (maybe it's just in Spokane). Thanks to The Hub for not hating us.

After that, groups split off to go to the Baby Bar, The Viking or home. Best Fiasco so far. Only one flat and no crashes this time.

Remember we do this every month regardless of weather so stay in touch. You can get the RSS feed and get an update on whatever fancy, dancy reader you have or you can go to the contact button on the side and slide me an email and I will let you know when there is a new post up. Or you can be way too connected and do both. You should probably to that. You know you don't want to miss the upcoming theme ride for the Full Moon Fiasco on September 15th.

For pictures of the Fiasco click the spoke card at the top.

For pictures of the Garland Street Fair go HERE.

By the way, there was a final count of 72 riders. Thanks for coming out.

Fiasco Fourteen Finds Fun

Saturday the 16th is the Garland Street Fair. Pedals2People will be there tuning bikes and passing out handy advice for the amateur mechanic in you. As noted in the oh so awesome flyer, they will also be accepting repairable adult bikes to be re-purposed. There are other things going on down there, but I haven't gone before so I don't know.

What I do know is that the Full Moon Fiasco will be that night! So after having your bike wrenched on and eating meat off of a stick (seems like something that might happen there), take a nap then meet us down at The Swamp at 8:00p.m. and we will ride our bikes at 9:00p.m.

I hope to have enough spoke cards this time. I would also like to get a group photo at some point during the night so somebody remind me.

Unsafe at any speed

I got this sales circular in the mail a while back and really wanted to share this picture with you.

It seems that the new design for the department store bike is intended to kill you. At least on the men's frame. Ladies, you're still safe to ride your department store bike in circles in your culdesac, though I still wouldn't get too far from the house.

Heed their advice. Don't forget to wear a helmet.

(If it unclear why this bike is unsafe, the fork is mounted backwards. Just so you know.)

We're Famous!

Another milestone is FBC history, a print article.

Out There Monthly is available online or on real paper. You can view the current and past issues as .PDF files, or you can go out to your favorite ice cream shop and pick up a free copy. There is a link to their site over there on the left.

Be sure to come out for the next Full Moon Fiasco. I will post about that in the next couple of days.