May Day Ride, Sunday May 1st!

I'm not really sure what May Day is a celebration of (workers rights mayhaps?) but hey what better way to celebrate it than a sweet ride with the Asheville Pedal Punks. Come join us for a leisurely 10-ish mile ride with your friends and neighbors. The ride meets at 4:00 pm and rides out at 4:15. We'll end up at the Bywater for a post ride drink. Looks like the weather is going to cooperate so come loaded for fun. A quick thanks to Timm Gamgee who made us some sweet buttons. Also be sure to pick up a T-shirt from the link at the bottom of the page. Also good job to all of you who competed in the Bad Egg Alley Cat last weekend. If you're looking for some fun shtuff this weekend check out the Big Love Fest downtown, as AOB will be out with their bike corral so you don't have to park your car and there'll be some amazing artists including the amazing Asheville Pedal Punks rider Jo Doyle! If you're new to the ride or just bike-curious I encourage you to join us here at 4:00 pm on Sunday.

T-Shirts!

If you scroll down to the bottom of the page you'll see our Zazzle Store, click on the link and you can get yourself a sweet Pedal Punks T-shirt, Performance top, or Ladies T. Let me know if you have any problems w/ the store, feedback is appreciated.

Also coming up next weekend is the Bad Egg Alley Cat, check it out here on Facebook. Should be a great time. see ya soon punks!


Peace!


Cullen.

Sunday Ride

It's that time again for another exciting Sunday ride with your favorite bicycle club. We'll meet on Sunday afternoon at the usual spot at the corner of Mount Clare Ave. and Hillside St. in N. Asheville. Meet up is at 4:00 and we'll roll out at 4:15. Make sure you sign in when you come and introduce yourself, after all it's a social ride. We'll take in a bit of Montford, a bit of downtown, some of West Asheville, a dab of the greenway system and end up at everybody's favorite watering hole, The Bywater. Last week was our biggest ride ever with 15 starters and with your help we can only grow. Have a great week and we'll see ya out on Sunday!

April Foolish Sunday Ride

Sunday's ride will meet @ 3:45 and begin @ 4:00 pm sharp at our usual meeting place at the corner of Mount Clare Ave. and Hillside Street in N. Asheville. April Foolish attire encouraged. We'll be lead by the wonder, beautiful, amazing, fantastic Karen Into as she welcomes another year onto her life. It will be a low pressure social ride with plenty of chances to catch up, catch your breath, catch the views, or catch up with your friends and neighbors. The weather seems like it's finally going to cooperate on Sunday so prepare for sun but bring sweater just in case. Also there will be a prize giveaway of something fabulous. I have a sneaking suspicion that we may have to start getting permits for this soon. Keep it up Punks!

Peace,

Cullen

Happy Birthday Karen!!!

P.S. a begrudging thanks to whomever of you Punks nominated me for a community service award, if this is community service then awesome.

April Foolish Ride Sunday April 3rd!

Our next ride will be on Sunday April 3rd at 4:00 pm. Pedal Punks veteran Karen Into will be leading the ride, as it is her, umm, 22nd birthday. We'll be meeting at the usual spot and will enjoy a leisurely 10-ish mile ride. Come as you are or as April Foolish as you like costumes encouraged! As always please wear a helmet and a light if possible. Here's a link to an incredibly cheap but effective LED bike light.

See ya there.

Peace

Cullen

neat graphic from Milledgeville, GA bicycling club

Returning to our Regularly Scheduled Program

Pedal Punks resumes it's regularly scheduled rides this week. Ride on Sunday beginning at 4:30. Meet at the usual spot. This week we'll meet a little later and take advantage of the amazing weather.

I also want to address some issues of group size. We had a phenomenal group last week and since our group has grown I'm having to learn to manage riding with a bigger group of people with different levels of skill (all of which we welcome). What I'd like to offer this week is a pre-ride talk about our route and possible drop-out points if anyone is feeling like they would like to hit the Bywater earlier. I don't want to lose people on the ride either so I want to make it clear that we will wait at certain points along the ride, especially after the gentle yet challenging climb into West Asheville. Another issue I'd like to discuss is riding safety. When we are on busier roads, lets try to stay single file, especially on Riverside and Haywood. This will ensure the safety of the group by giving ample space to other road users.

Hope to see you out this Sunday

Peace

Cullen

Sunday Ride March 13th

 

No these aren't the Pedal Punks yet, but if you come out on Sunday it could be. Sunday's ride will be a little bit different than last time as we will be giving away a prize or two and we will have a slight route change. We will meet at the corner of Mount Clare Ave. and Hillside St. as usual at 4:00 pm. We'll leave at 4:10 sharp. To win the prize this week you need to bring the best joke you've got and we'll do a little stand-up session at The Bywater. Hope to see you out. The weather is going to be beautiful.

Peace

Cullen