The Jackalope!
> On Aug 22, 2021, at 9:29 AM, Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! > <jonasandle...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thank you for sharing the photos and therefore letting us look in on this > fun event! I would have loved to attend - looks like you guys had a nice > turnout and a great time. Two Platypuses and a coral Hunq! Wow! > >> On Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 9:21:50 PM UTC-7 Emily Guise wrote: >> This past Saturday, my partner Greg and I led the RBW Appreciation >> Pedalpalooza Ride in Portland, OR. Pedalpalooza is a regular summer event >> here and it's basically fun bike rides about anything, led by anyone. >> Usually it's only in June but this year it was June-August. It has been so >> fun this summer and a great way to feel connected to the bike community >> during COVID. It's meant a lot to me this year. >> >> Greg and I noticed there wasn't a Riv-themed ride like there had been in >> years past, so we decided to lead one! It was so hot and muggy on Saturday, >> so we weren't sure how many people would come, but I was so happy to see >> about 30 folks waiting for us at the start point in Creston Park. After >> saying hi to people and admiring bikes, we had a round of Riv trivia before >> heading to Coffee Beer for refreshments. Then we biked along the Willamette >> River, with another trivia stop on the Esplanade. >> >> Meandering up to N Williams Ave, we had a shade stop at Dawson Park, then >> rode up to Golden Pliers for refreshments and to visit our local Riv >> dealer. Kevin and Becky are absolutely the best and they were so excited to >> see all the bikes. I was super excited to cool off in the AC in the shop >> for a bit! >> >> At this point, we were down to about 10 people (as expected-we'd ridden >> about 9 miles in mid-90s mugginess) but we had our last round of trivia and >> then a few of us rode to the Skidmore Bluffs to enjoy our drinks and hang >> out in the shade. >> >> Overall everything went so much better than I hoped! Riv people are really >> so nice, and this group was no exception. I got to meet a lot of folks IRL >> that I knew from online, and even the leader of previous Riv-themed rides. >> Greg and I are already planning on doing another Riv ride in the fall and I >> really hope it will not be so hot so we can all wear our wool. :) >> >> Link to check out photos of the ride! >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e3c9058e-4464-46fb-82b6-1b9a9432d3d4n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/1AFC5122-60E9-45F6-AD3F-C7C421DA338B%40gmail.com.
