Randy & Nova's Bicycle Scrapbook - Entries from June 2011

Wednesday, June 29. 2011

American Rat Rod v2

Two years ago I hurriedly built up this Schwinn American for our Patriotic Ride but wasn't real pleased with it. A couple days ago I went and got the frame out of storage to hurriedly build it up again for this year's Patriotic ride. I repainted the frame in a darker, flat blue. Put on different bars that I painted off white. Reupholstered some leopard grips with red material. Put on a different seat and made the tank plate. To quote myself from last time "I'd like to have done more but ran out of time. Maybe next year." More photos here.

Posted by Randy in Bicycle Gallery at 20:54 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

Defined tags for this entry: cruiser, custom, holiday, rat rod, schwinn, tank

Saturday, June 25. 2011

Today's Hot Ride

Today we rode 31 miles of path in the big city (Watson Park to 21st N & 119th E). About halfway into the ride we decided to stop for lunch and a big, ice cold beer despite the fact that it was 10:45am. After our early lunch we continued on our way, stopping at a Volkswagen show in the park. Along the Arkansas River we spotted big carp, turtles, fisherman, swimmers and the renovation work on the historic Broadview Hotel and the construction of the new dam. We encountered a lot of people on the path in the morning but come afternoon there were next to none. On the way home we spotted signs displaying a temperature of over 100 degrees (°F).

VW show...

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Defined tags for this entry: river, wichita bike path

Friday, June 24. 2011

20 Inch Night

Last night I participated in our groups 5th annual 20 Inch Night where you are encouraged to ride a bike with 20" wheels or smaller. This ride gives those of us who have smaller bikes in our collections an excuse to get them out and ride them. Others have built special bikes for the occasion or went on the hunt for one just for this night. Out of the 3 I have, I chose to ride the Cat In The Hat bike. The bike fits me pretty good and is fun to ride. The seat gets a little old after a while though. A couple of years ago Nova bought a bike just for the occasion but she didn't participate this year.
Photos I took can be viewed here.

Video...

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Defined tags for this entry: 20 inch, coasters, event, muscle bike, video

Sunday, June 19. 2011

Fathers Day

We started out the day by taking my 77 year old Dad on a bike ride. He jogs regularly and is in good shape but only rides a bike a couple times a year. We went to our local rail-to-trail the Prairie Sunset , riding it out and back and then some for a total of 17.5 miles. Along the way we spotted a fox, a deer, rabbits, a snake and a Oriole among other birds.

This evening we went to my parents for dinner and stuffed ourselves on Mom's chicken and noodles. My Daughter got me this shirt for Fathers Day.

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Defined tags for this entry: family, holiday, prairie sunset trail, rail-to-trail, ride

Saturday, June 18. 2011

Bike Ride And Bike Give-Away

Today the 6 of us (Nova, myself, our Daughter and 3 Grandkids) and some of our bike club rode a bike path in the big city stopping by an event that was giving away bikes to neighborhood residents. Some really nice old Schwinns were being given away to young kids who probably wont appreciate the "old" part.
This was Scooch's longest ride yet and she rode really well especially considering she was on a 16" wheeled bike. Stopping is her weak point but thankfully Grandma was alert and has quick reflexes.

Video...

Here are 2 Schwinns that were given away. The kids don't look thrilled but it could just be they are puzzled as to my excitement over their new bikes and why I wanted to take their photos.

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Defined tags for this entry: event, ride, schwinn, video

Bicycle Art

A couple of items we purchased at last weekends art festival.

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Defined tags for this entry: memorabilia

Friday, June 17. 2011

Swamp Rabbit Trail Video

Was cleaning up my hard drive and found some video clips from our ride last Fall on the Swamp Rabbit Trail in South Carolina. I guess I never edited and posted these so here it is now.

Posted by Randy in Biking Adventures at 22:47 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)
Defined tags for this entry: paved, rail-to-trail, south carolina, video

Monday, June 13. 2011

Smoky Hill River Festival

Our bike club was asked to put on a display at the Smoky Hill River Festival in Salina, KS which is a 3 day music and art festival held this past weekend. I couldn't make it all 3 days as I had to work and had this event going on in town. My parents graciously agreed to haul my bikes to the festival for set up and then we went on the last day. It is a really nice event and our bike group did a great job of setting up and managing our display.

My photos from the festival here.

Video...

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Defined tags for this entry: coasters, festival, show, video

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