BikeDay – GEARs

Lots of last minute organization going on by volunteers to get this years Blackberry bRamble ready for another great event this Sunday! If you haven’t registered yet you only have a few more hours today to do before the price goes up and you have to wait in longer lines Sunday morning to sign up. Register NOW.

Wanted to share information about a lot of other great things going on around the rides. From camping and dinner the night before to breakfast on Sunday morning and great music and events after the rides.

It’s going to be a GREAT weekend!!

BED, BUFFET, BREAKFAST, & BIKE at the Blackberry bRamble Bundle

Are you riding in the Blackbery bRamble? Do you need camping, dinner and breakfast before the big Ride? Just wanna hang out at a bike-centric event Saturday or Sunday? Then sign up for all three events under the bRamble Bundle for just $20 (Course # 100871). Want to sign up separately for different option?! You can do that too:

bRamble Camping: Are you riding in the Blackberry bRamble and want to be the first on the ride? They pick a camping spot at Amazon Center and enjoy the night skies before hitting the road in the morning.August 4 & 5 , 5:30pm – 8:30 am $6.00 (Course #100872)

bRamble Dinner: Join other bRamble riders for dinner before the big ride. Pasta dinner includes pasta, salad, breadstick, dessert and drink. Share your stories on the patio with others. BREW available extra cost. August 4 5:30-7:30pm Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard St. $10.00 per person. Family dinner meal deal – Family of 4 – dinner = $25.00 – $3 for extra children (Course # 100873)

bRamble Breakfast: Get your bRamble breakfast before the big ride. Pancakes, bacon, fresh fruit and OJ will get your energy up. August 5th , 6:30am- 8:30am Amazon Center, 2700 Hilyard $6.00 adult $3.00 child up to 12 years of age $15 family of 4 $2.00 for extra children (Course # 100874)

To register for any of the events or for more information call Hilyard Community Center, 541-682-5311. Tell them you want to register for the Blackberry bRamble adaptive recreation events on Saturday and Sunday. All proceeds from these events help support the adaptive biking program through the city of Eugene’s Adaptive Recreation program.

Then on Sunday, right after the ride, join us for the Blackberry bRamble Bike Celebration

When you roll in after your ride you can park at the CAT Valet Bike Parking area and head over to get your Blackberry Pie and Ice Cream reward. Find a nice spot in the grass and take a break before checking out the rest of the event. Some of the things to do at the celebration include:

Register your bike with the Eugene Police
Have a beer in the Ninkasi/Oakshire beer garden
Pedal the Music!!
Sample great local food
Compete in a “flat fix competition”
Try the Disciples of Dirt obstacle course
Take the Paperboy/girl Challenge
Decorate your helmet
Cool off with a swim at Amazon Pool for only $1.
Get your Blackberry bRamble T-Shirt
Visit all the booths and with other cyclists and community members

The hub of the event is the Pedal Powered Music Stage which will have competitions, announcements, and some GREAT performers including Grey Matter Jugglers at 12:30, Stephan Nance at 1:30 and headliner Marv Ellis performing at 3pm!

We’ll see you on Sunday!

The GEARs table was hopping at Bike Day with the main focus being the Flat Tire Fix-Off. Folks stopped by to see how fast they could change a flat. The top three finishers took the stage at the end of the day and to make it more exciting they competed blind folded!
Paul (GEARs President) stomped the competition by changing the flat in just over 2 minutes. David Roth, from the City of Eugene Transportation Planning department came in second, and Andrew from Paul’s Bicycle Way of Life came in third.
There were a lot more great events and items to wrap-up but for now I’ll pass on some links to some photos and videos from various Bike Day participants and also pass on the word that a Meet in the Street meeting is happening tonight.

Flickr set of Bike Day from Katura
and
YouTube videos of Bike Day from Katura

Here’s the latest from Heidi on MITS:

Meet in the Street is moving along in it’s organization. We have a
date (10/4), a time (8 am -2 pm), a route, and a nearly complete
budget (about $20k), an approved parks permit, dialogue with the
university, outreach to the Whiteaker neighborhood, and more.

We’ll meet on Monday evening to finalize some more details and move
the event organizing along. Hot topic is the deadline to meet
sponsorship application with Point2Point. And discuss the event
theme…how do folks feel about Makin a Splash (in case it’s rainy
that day)? Of course we’d like it to be hugely successful. 🙂

Please come help! Monday evening (6/15) at Keystone Cafe from 7-8
pm…we’d love to see you there.

Thanks!
Heidi