The mysteriously-named Anonymous left the following comment yesterday afternoon at my post on Riders of Rohan; rather than distill it into a colorless announcement, I thought I'd post it in full here. And a query: The Wichita Bike Collective? Googling turned up nothing. I hope someone will e-mail me or leave more information in comments.
So Friday the 31st Riders of Rohan will be hosting a spoooky critical mass ride, costumes highly encouraged. There will be tomfoolery, shenanigans, and of course, lots of candy. We will be meeting in the Delano roundabout around 6, try to ride out by 7. Don't miss it!
But SATURDAY, the fun continues! The Wichita Bike Collective will be holding the first annual Halloween Bike Social, probably in Riverside Park. There will be bbq, bike races, bike polo, sweet jamz, probably whiskey (kevin ware will be in town, after all), and various other forms of bike related mayhem. Also, for anyone planning on being badass enough to ride through the winter (seriously, let's do it) I will be sharing some tips I got from some kids in Fargo in a winter riding workshop after the festivities.
Of course, there is no charge but the WBC will be accepting (read: pleading for) donations to help offset the costs of the event (food, mainly. also party streamers) AND to help fund the opening of our community bike shop! Also, donations need not be monetary! Bring your old bikes! parts! Tools! cupcakes!
I'd like to have live music but I don't really wanna deal with logistics of power, noise etc of full bands, so I'm just gonna encourage acoustic guitars (no djembes! or bongos!) and if anyone wants to take "the stage" (i.e. picnic table) and play a set or so, AWESOME
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I'm seriously beginning to wish I hadn't already made plans for Halloween. In Phoenix. This sounds like a blast!
Wichita Critical Mass doesn't appear to have a regular web site, but they do have a Facebook group...
John B.,
I'm a fellow biking academic and putting together a collection of essays on cycling. If interested in being a part of this project, email me at mike.austin@eku.edu.
Thanks to all of you for commenting.
Tri, I agree with you. My only problem is that I'd really want to dress the part of a Rider of Rohan . . .
Randy, thanks for the heads-up. I'll post a link to them on the blog.
Mike, thanks for the visit and the invite. An e-mail is on its way to you.
Hey, not sure how to email you directly so this'll have to do! I wrote that little announcement, but it must've been one of my RoR minions who sent it to you :) At this point we're kinda shifting the focus to Halloween night and having a big bike scavenger hunt. There's flyers and info on our myspace, which you have so kindly linked.
I think we're still gonna do the Saturday bbq but throwing this all together so last minute, the hunt is gonna take up most of my planning time.
As for the "WBC"... it doesn't technically exist. YET! It's very much in the infancy stages, but we're gathering support and momentum, aiming to have a shop space fully functioning by the springtime and also doing advocacy /safety/awareness work. We should have a website up soon if you care to lend your magical linking powers! My email is mtjames at cox dot net if you want to know more!
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