Good night

The Ride-In movie was a great success. Check out the photos posted above on a flicker stream. Send your photos to info@bikeology.ca if you want them on this site. The only real glitch, I think, was that I forgot to point out where the port-a-potty was.

It was great to have Jesse, one of our most dependable star bicycle trailer hauler, performing on stage with his family. His band, the Cunningham Family, was a good match for a mellow evening in the park. Next time I’ll request that they play some of their Métis stuff – they didn’t ’cause they had played for Aboriginal Day earlier.

Doug Hoyer was incredible – and was graciously not put out at all that he had to play in the dark. I had told our great sound guy Bill Karly that we wouldn’t need lights.

The give-away blinky lights and patch kits from the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters (EBC) set out on the information table went like hot cakes. Also fun, the wrenches holding down the propaganda were used a number of times for bike fixing.

Attendance. I’m thinking we had 100 + people. Andy counted 70 before the first band started. We had a number of blinky light parades of cyclists swoosh in after that. Beautiful site against the backdrop of the downtown skyline.

Reading the writing competition’s finalist entries was a perfect addition to the evening. The audience looked please to participate in judging the entries. Great idea, Robert. Writing as a community builder has definitely been established  as a staple for Bike Month. Prizes for the three finalists included a penny-farthing pizza cutter from EBC, a Park Tool mechanical guide from Cranky’s bike shop, a hep cycling t-shirt from Velocity, a chain cleaner system and oil from Western Cycle and and autographed “the Bicycle Book: Wit Wisdom and Wanderings” book edited by Jim Joyce. Thanks so much to all our generous prize donators! 

To all the people who put the night together, thanks for the cooperative effort. I’ve forgiven you all for not dressing up in ’80s garb. Warning – I now have a taste for pulling an 8′ long and 4′ wide trailer in a Cindy Lauper skirt.