2013 Fall Bikefest

[Angela]

Time to mark your calendars! This November will be the 8th year for the SORBAcsra BikeFest, which will be held on Saturday, November 2nd. Also, and for the 4th year in a row, Andy Jordan's Bicycle Warehouse will be presenting the Specialized and Giant bike demo trucks.  Don't worry about getting fed, Andy Jordan's stepped up their support this year and is generously helping  sponsor the eats, so no one leaves hungry.  

If you sign up and bring the family to the upcoming Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day on Saturday, October 5th this is a great follow up event to keep the family engaged.

Below is the tentative schedule for the event (and approximate times) for planning purposes. Watch for updates here as all the pieces become finalized.

Location: Deer Run picnic area at the Lake Springs Recreation Area

Mid-morning - Specialized, Giant, Scott (and possibly a couple more demo trucks) will be at Deer Run with road and mountain bikes to try! The demo trucks will be onsite from 10am until 5pm!
1:30pm - lead trail rides of varying lengths
3:30 - Games for adults and kids
5:00ish - Cookout
6:30 - Night ride (we have some loaner lights so riders can give this great season extender a try)
6:30 until - Camp fire


Check out some of the photos from last year's event!

[dgaddis1]

Sept 12, 2013 7:54:20 GMT -5 Angela said:

Mid-morning - Specialized, Giant, Scott (and possibly a couple more demo trucks) will be at Deer Run with road and mountain bikes to try!

Scott?? Who's the local Scott dealer?

Looking forward to BF! It's always a good time.

[dsquaredmsquared]

Sept 13, 2013 7:15:22 GMT -5 dgaddis1 said:

Sept 12, 2013 7:54:20 GMT -5 Angela said:

Mid-morning - Specialized, Giant, Scott (and possibly a couple more demo trucks) will be at Deer Run with road and mountain bikes to try!

Scott?? Who's the local Scott dealer?

Looking forward to BF! It's always a good time.

Believe it or not, the Scott person is named Scott.  Rana C. would have the details.

[bboeke]

I hope Scott brings their 650B!

[Angela]

Update on the BikeFest - we are 90% sure Scott is coming but have confirmation that Niner is coming back. People come on out and enjoy this event and check out the bikes from Giant, Specialized, Niner and hopefully Scott. This is always such a fun event so the more the merrier!

Take a few minutes and sign up right here>>>> SURVEY MONKEY FOR BIKEFEST

[Angela]

BikeFest is coming up fast and we need to get a count to plan for food and volunteers, if you are planning to come sign up on the Survey Monkey link above.

This is a free event that we do every year and from the start (riding the demo bikes) to the finish (toasting marshmallows, sitting around the fire or taking your first nightride) this is a great event!

[Angela]

Please sign up by Wednesday, October 30th if you plan to join us for the cookout at Bikefest!


Take a few minutes and sign up right here>>>> Survey Monkey for Bikefest Cookout

[Paul]

We need some help with the Bike Fest this year. We need some fire wood. We will have a fire pit to have a fire and need approximately 15 pieces of fire wood. Can someone bring firewood? If so, please reply so we do not end up with 100 pieces of fire wood. Thanks Paul

[trekjitsu]

Firewood check!!!

[Paul]

Thank You!!!!

[brian]

Could someone give me some directions to the "Deer Run picnic area at the Lake Springs Recreation Area" as I am not that familiar with the area...thanks

[dsquaredmsquared]

Nov 1, 2013 9:48:21 GMT -5 brian said:

Could someone give me some directions to the "Deer Run picnic area at the Lake Springs Recreation Area" as I am not that familiar with the area...thanks

This link is to a Google map goo.gl/maps/mCztM, with Deer Run listed on the left side column, at the bottom of the list.

Also, attached is a PDF map of the Lake Springs Recreation Area from the USACE.

Attachments:

lkspring.pdf (69 KB)

[dsquaredmsquared]

First set of pics from the 2013 BikeFest can be found on our FB page (no login required)

[Angela]

Despite the front that rolled through on Friday, the weather was sunny and perfect for the 8th Annual SORBAcsra BikeFest. For all of these pics and more - Photobucket Album

The demo trucks were extremely popular and there were a lot of smiles as riders tested the latest and greatest from Specialized, Giant, Liv Giant and Niner -









Out on the trails, conditions were great and the leaves are moving toward their peak Fall colors -





The bike games are always popular and fun for kids of all ages -

^ our Prez David Koz showing good form on the bike limbo

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These young riders gave him a run for his money, check out their great limbo form -






The bunny hop was fun for many and a challenge for at least one -





and the winner was......totally cute since with each round he kept saying he had jumped as high as he possibly could....



The ghost rider game brought out a lot of people and they were using every method and some serious body language to gain every advantage........











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and the winner was..........Dale Parrot who drove 3 hours down from Franklin, NC to visit his old stomping grounds....



The bike toss -

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We didn't have to ring the dinner bell twice....



Gerald Hood and Michael Drawdy did the honors on the grill and as always did a great job with brats, hot dogs and hamburgers - no one went home hungry!







As day turned to night we had 10 night riders head off to hit the trail, some were experienced night riders but one rider had his first mountain bike ride earlier in the day and gave night riding a spin and did great! Everyone had a good time and the weather was perfect.



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While the night riders were gone, the last of the group (mostly organizers and cleanup crew) enjoyed some time around the fire....