Desert Spokes

Bicycle Festival Event Schedule

Saturday September 26/09

Farmer's Market Wrap Up will run all morning

• 8am. - 10am
  • Rotary Pancake Breakfast
• 9am. - 11am
  • Kid's Bicycle Rodeo- Entry fee is a non perishable food item Children need to have a serviceable bicycle and helmet.
• 11:30am
  • Junk Bike Parade- Entry fee is a non perishable food item.  If your bicycle has 2 wheels that roll- You are in!! prizes and medals awarded for: Best in show, Junkiest Bike, Best Costume
• 1:30pm
  • Slow Bike Race- Entry fee is a non perishable food item. prizes and medals awarded for Top Adult and Kids
• 2pm
  • Dual Track Skills Event- Entry fee is a non perishable food item. Prizes and medals awarded for  Open class- 16 and over, Junior class- 12-15, kids class- 11 and under.
• 3pm
  • Cruiser Bike Raffle Draw

One of our fund raising drives for the bicycle festival is a cruiser bike draw with tickets going for two dollars each and there are only a thousand being printed. So get yours quick because sales will end September 15/09. The draw will take place at the festival on Saturday afternoon and the winner will get their choice of either the Men's or Ladies version of the Norco Sekine.

I have been threatening to ride from CC. to Ashcroft over the pipe line through Schalles ranch and Desert Hills farm for a long time and since Neil had just finished an Ashcroft return ride before opening the shop this morning I thought hey it is Canada Day. So I threw on my CCCP hammer & sickle decked jersey, a hydration pack and headed out about 12:30 pm.

Yes I know the updates are more helpful when they happen every month but that would require several more hours in the day, 24 just does not cut it. Some of the things that have been going on in the last little while are that we volunteered some time to the Graffiti Days with the drive in. Thank you to everyone that helped out and we also set up a table at the show and shine to let people know that there is a bike club. The Village of Cache Creek grant writer contacted Neil to supply more info on Bike society objectives to add into the funding request for the skills park and hopefully some trail building within Cache Creek. The Bike Festival is slowly moving ahead and I have obtained approval from all the businesses affected by the street closure. More news to come.