The Benefit went very well. The volume of people attending was good, and the industry presence was strong. We may have surprised many people by showing up with almost $1500 worth of bikes as donations. Diamondback threw down a ’07 Response Sport, Marin a ’06 Bobcat Trail and Sport Chalet covered a ’06 Iron Horse Warrior SC Dual Suspension!
Many of the attendees showed up in the appropriate St Patrick’s day theme, as you can tell by Tony’s appearance. (That's not his beard, it's attached to the edge of his brace.) He is doing OK, he can walk and do most things. He had complained at the event of some tingling in his fingers, which came and went so he is definitely NOT fully recovered. He walked around and talked with everyone, but in the afternoon the heat took it’s toll and he had to go. We all were tired after today!
A total of $3,500 was raised through this event. Our vendors were credited during the raffle, and the winners were all very happy. The winners of the Iron Horse and the Marin bikes were rolling around looking at each other, and a after a little discussion they traded bikes! (Warrior SC for a Bobcat Trail) After everything else, it was very cool to see cooperation like that among good people. BTW- green beer did not affect the deal!
Another write up- http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-talk/5133-broken-man-ride-you-should-have-been-there.html
Ride Report -
When you get bike people together a ride is sure to get started. This one was planned ahead of time, and everyone was familiar with it. Well, everyone but us. We formed a small Sport Chalet group and stuck together. The ride covered about eight miles with about 1,400 ft of climbing. (See http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=1 for details) Pretty much you climbed for five miles, fell down a mine shaft for a mile, and then turned right and coasted back to the start. The ride started at 11am, and the day got HOT out on the trail. Fast people do it in under an hour, we took longer than that. And longer than that, and a little longer. It would have helped to not turn LEFT at the road at the end, and add another few miles and more climbing. No one got seriously hurt, new people got a lot of experience and we all finished as friends. Very tired friends.
A total of $3,500 was raised through this event. Our vendors were credited during the raffle, and the winners were all very happy. The winners of the Iron Horse and the Marin bikes were rolling around looking at each other, and a after a little discussion they traded bikes! (Warrior SC for a Bobcat Trail) After everything else, it was very cool to see cooperation like that among good people. BTW- green beer did not affect the deal!
Another write up- http://www.socaltrailriders.org/forum/trail-talk/5133-broken-man-ride-you-should-have-been-there.html
Ride Report -
When you get bike people together a ride is sure to get started. This one was planned ahead of time, and everyone was familiar with it. Well, everyone but us. We formed a small Sport Chalet group and stuck together. The ride covered about eight miles with about 1,400 ft of climbing. (See http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=1 for details) Pretty much you climbed for five miles, fell down a mine shaft for a mile, and then turned right and coasted back to the start. The ride started at 11am, and the day got HOT out on the trail. Fast people do it in under an hour, we took longer than that. And longer than that, and a little longer. It would have helped to not turn LEFT at the road at the end, and add another few miles and more climbing. No one got seriously hurt, new people got a lot of experience and we all finished as friends. Very tired friends.
Additional Pics- 1. Going up the pavement as a group, yes it is this steep!
2. Me at the Gate with Wayne looking grim behind me. The non-Sport Chalet riders jetted away from this point.
3. Mike Dartt very happy. He was the champion today, riding in the back and never letting the slow ones go alone. That takes "inner strength", and he did it well.
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