Wearing my Love to Ride “hat”, I went to a closed-street festival in Rancho Cordova to promote Biketober.
Surprise! Kathy, a close friend of cousin Phyliss who now lives in Montana, stopped by after a Bike Hikers ride:
By the end of the 4-hour festival, I signed up 24 people for Biketober. Success.
Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates – SABA – held its almost-annual Velo Ball tonight. I was gifted a couple of free tickets and – yay – BarbaraL and Laurie came along.
Bike valet:
Jeremiah, Julie, and Fayzah welcomed everyone.
Deb Banks, Executive Director of SABA:
I received the Good Wheel Award. I was truly shocked.
Great event. So much fun!
Brenda, Laurie, and I left early in the morning to meet at 8:30 at The Mill near CSUS for this month’s SABA Social Ride.
Our arborist/cyclist and ride leader Pierson.
American River Bike Trail:
We stopped several times to learn more about the trees along the trail.
Great ride Pierson. 39+ miles for Laurie, Brenda and me.
The last day of May is Bike Month.
SABA staff “occupied” several parking spaces along R Street (across from Shady Lady) ALL day with parked vehicles paying City parking fees until about 3:30 when those spaces were transformed into pop-up tents with activities
and spaces to sit and visit to celebrate the end of the 2024 challenge.
John F Kennedy High School Wellness Fair on Monday morning. Many tents set up on the track.
Pierson and I were promoting May is Bike Month. 1700 students in two one-hour batches. We actually got a lot of people to sign up. Pierson is an excellent “barker”.
The only downside was being located right in front of the – loud – DJ.
Cheryl and I rode to Bryte Park on Sunday morning. We were so happy to find bike valet parking and Yoshi was happy to park the first two bikes of the day.
Diana and Rob from SABA:
Alice and Tim from SABA promoting May is Bike Month.
We had a great lunch from Chando’s food truck and rode home. A great day for a bike ride.
Brenda, BarbaraL and I rode in early Sunday morning to meet at Midtown Trek for SABA’s social ride.
Pierson was the ride leader:
Sonya’s Scout troop did an ABCQuick Check presentation – they did a great job:
A stop at the Bicycle Kitchen – one of the most generous and worthwhile bicycle-related businesses in Sacramento. Totally supported by volunteers, a great source for diy repairs, inexpensive used parts, and used bicycles.
Great ride along the ARBT to Watt Avenue where we crossed the American River.
There is another excellent paved trail on the other side going back toward Sac State.
The route continued along Elvas Ave, through McKinley Village to Sutter’s Landing Park. When we got to C & 20th Streets, the three of us peeled off, took the Sacramento Northern Bike Trail to the ARBT to Discovery Park and home. Whew – about 40 miles today.
Huge thanks to Cheryl, Laura, Elaine, and Brenda who rode with me this morning to Sutter’s Landing. The CSUS Renaissance Society has been taking some online seminars with SABA’s mode-shift team, Rob and Hillary, about e-bikes. Today everyone met in person at Sutter’s Landing Park.
Wearing the hoodie, Deb Banks .. then Rob, Hillary, and Anne Geraghty:
The five of us who rode in all have e-bikes and came to provide user feedback to those thinking about buying an e-bike. There were also 3 different e-bikes from SABA’s mode shift program available to test rides. Laura’s (gray jacket) e-bike has a belt drive, which replaces the usual chain. Rob is explaining the difference and advantages.
at Blackbird Park, a 5-minute walk from my house.
I worked at reception for Bike Doc:
This was the first Bike Doc of the season. Anya from Jibe was there to see how the new Inflation Station was going. Coletha and Diana stopped by also.
Lori flying her kite:
Robert and Dennis getting ready to leave for the day. All equipment: tents, tools, tables, bike stands, etc are carried in the trailer and towed behind Rad e-bikes. It is a heavy load.
Robert and Pierson then rode back to the Jibe office for storage.
Jibe invited all the SABA mechanics and intake personnel to a get-together at
Excellent appetizers and many choices of beer. Anya from Jibe:
Mechanics and plus ones, Mellissa from Jibe in green sweater:
Winter is a bit of a break. Bike Doc returns to N Natomas in March. Fun evening. Thank you Jibe.
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