What a FANTASTIC couple of days in Nashville !!
Thank you to EVERYBODY who came from many long distances to make this a memorable Event and very likely this IS the 1st ANNUAL Event
Many new friendships made with an awesome group of folks!
I thought that I'd share a few more interesting notes:
An organization called "RIDE NASHVILLE" was having a very Large Event called "Tour De Nashville" on the same Greenway Trail, and they were Very Kind to allow us to "Crash their Party" at a place called Morgan Park. At this park they were having a Huge outdoor party that was basically the "wrap-up celebration" to their ride of about 40 miles, or so...... ( Held this same Saturday every year )
At Morgan Park there were Food Trucks, Beer & Spirits Tents and trailers, specialty retailers with Kiosks, and a Stage with bands playing!!
We really LUCKED-OUT to have such a nice Mid-Ride break with this big crowd!! They were ALL digging our Vintage Rides !!
We had right at 40 participants in our Vintage Ride! What a Great turn-out for this 1st Gathering.........
When all of our bikes were lined up ( Pre-ride) I thought I'd take a count of the Variety of "Head Badges" to report to this forum.......
Here you go: Schwinn (8) -- Shelby (3) -- JC Higgins (3) -- Raleigh (2) -- Roadmaster (2) -- Western Flyer (2) -- Firestone (1) -- Goodyear (1) --
AMC (1) -- Murray (1) -- Evans Colson (1) -- Packard (1) -- Admiral (1) -- Standard (Miami) (1) -- Elgin (1) -- Liberty (1) -- Dayton (1) --
Trojan (1) -- Mead (1) -- Iver Johnson (1) -- Guaranty (1) -- Swarthmore (1) -- Monark (1)
The Weather turned out just FINE ! (although a BIT HOT:eek -- NO rain or storms like the Weather "Forecasters"?? were predicting all week .......
Many thanks to the 2 Clubs: Gateway Coasters (Rob-Rollfaster) & Hurricane Coasters (Don-Schwinndoggy) for brainstorming this event!
And a special "Tip-'o-the-Hat" Thanks to Shawn (Freqman1) who scoped-out the Greenway Trail and the secure/convenient parking for us all ......
Just a super-fine combined effort, from so many folks, made this a fantastic couple of days! CHEERS!! CCR Dave
Thank you to EVERYBODY who came from many long distances to make this a memorable Event and very likely this IS the 1st ANNUAL Event
Many new friendships made with an awesome group of folks!
I thought that I'd share a few more interesting notes:
An organization called "RIDE NASHVILLE" was having a very Large Event called "Tour De Nashville" on the same Greenway Trail, and they were Very Kind to allow us to "Crash their Party" at a place called Morgan Park. At this park they were having a Huge outdoor party that was basically the "wrap-up celebration" to their ride of about 40 miles, or so...... ( Held this same Saturday every year )
At Morgan Park there were Food Trucks, Beer & Spirits Tents and trailers, specialty retailers with Kiosks, and a Stage with bands playing!!
We really LUCKED-OUT to have such a nice Mid-Ride break with this big crowd!! They were ALL digging our Vintage Rides !!
We had right at 40 participants in our Vintage Ride! What a Great turn-out for this 1st Gathering.........
When all of our bikes were lined up ( Pre-ride) I thought I'd take a count of the Variety of "Head Badges" to report to this forum.......
Here you go: Schwinn (8) -- Shelby (3) -- JC Higgins (3) -- Raleigh (2) -- Roadmaster (2) -- Western Flyer (2) -- Firestone (1) -- Goodyear (1) --
AMC (1) -- Murray (1) -- Evans Colson (1) -- Packard (1) -- Admiral (1) -- Standard (Miami) (1) -- Elgin (1) -- Liberty (1) -- Dayton (1) --
Trojan (1) -- Mead (1) -- Iver Johnson (1) -- Guaranty (1) -- Swarthmore (1) -- Monark (1)
The Weather turned out just FINE ! (although a BIT HOT:eek
-- NO rain or storms like the Weather "Forecasters"?? were predicting all week .......Many thanks to the 2 Clubs: Gateway Coasters (Rob-Rollfaster) & Hurricane Coasters (Don-Schwinndoggy) for brainstorming this event!
And a special "Tip-'o-the-Hat" Thanks to Shawn (Freqman1) who scoped-out the Greenway Trail and the secure/convenient parking for us all ......
Just a super-fine combined effort, from so many folks, made this a fantastic couple of days! CHEERS!!
CCR Dave
