Dining Out Night at Passion Trail Bikes

Ahhh, welcome to SUMMER! Here’s the latest news on the trail, for June 22, 2010.

1. Wednesday Wrides: Ride and Dine, 6:30pm
2. Ales and Trails!
3. Closed July 4th for Independence Day Riding
4. Female Friday: July 2, 6:30pm


1. Wednesday Wrides: Ride and Dine, 6:30pm
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Sunset is at 8:35PM this Wednesday 06/23/2010. Twilight ends and near-darkness falls right around 9:20pm.

This week we are doing an experiment: restaurant dining after the Wride. Think of it as giving the PTB cleaning crew the night off.

In our continued effort to reduce the workload associated with hosting a party for 50-odd unruly mountain bikers every week, we are trying an experiment this week to see if you might enjoy heading out to one of the many find local restaurants after the ride.

We’ve posted up on our blog with some of the nearby places that we personally regularly patronize for dinner out after a hard day’s work at the shop. These are all places we’ve eaten at multiple times and keep going back because the food is good or excellent, the service is good, and we tend to eat late and still get a good experience. Please hit up the blog and post a comment to add your favorite eateries.

After the ride we will encourage you to announce where you are going and encourage others to join you. Note the lounge taps will only be open for a short while after the ride, and no, we aren’t offering for you to hang out in the lounge with takeout, because we’re going out to eat too!

Oh, and about the ride: The theme this week is “Introduce yourself!” We hope you will take the opportunity to learn the names of at least two riders who you keep running into but have lost the nerve to ask them their name, because you know, you know them, right? Name tags provided for the unruly.

Charles’ video of himself riding the car, onehanded
Click here to view a collection of videos from Do-Over Day, in case the video above doesn’t display in your email client

P. L. E. A. S. E. . . . P. U. T. . . . L. I. G. H. T. S. . . . O. N ! ! ! !

Please remember to put a light on your handlebar and have a blinky ready for the ride back to the shop! CA vehicle code requires it. Don’t get caught out on the streets in the dark! Also, a reminder that we need to be super conscientious about stopping at stop signs and lights, yielding to pedestrians, and operating our bikes predictably and responsibly while on the roads and trails. Let’s be safe and kind out there.

For all the details about what makes each group listed below unique, please refer to this webpage. If your questions aren’t answered there, you can also email us for info at info@passiontrailbikes.com.

All rides start pedaling from the shop: Passion Trail Bikes, 415 Old County Road, Belmont, CA 94002 650-620-9798.

The FRISKY rides will go out at 6:15 PM.
The REGULAR rides will go out at 6:30 PM.
The WHITE SOCKS ride will go out at 6:35 PM.
The FBG or Fat Bottomed Girl ride will go out at 6:35 PM.
The STRAGGLERS ride may form and start chasing around 6:45 PM.
For future planning, we have the upcoming start times each week for the first wave of the REGULAR ride posted on our Community Calendar

Note we may not have leaders for each ride but usually someone knows their way around. All groups will meet back here at Passion Trail Bikes right around dark for the usual story telling & beverage enjoyment. We will have stuff to eat plus chips and fatty snacks and EANABS to pair up with the Devil’s Canyon Brewery’s Full Boar Scotch Ale, Silicon Blonde Ale, and Little Devil Root Beer. We will hang out until about 10pm, so come on down, even if you can’t make the ride! Passion Parties are better with YOU in the mix!

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2. Ales and Trails! June 26th IMBA-California Benefit Party
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Tickets on sale now! Ales and Trails is the BEST way to support IMBA-California! Patty will be leading an FBG ride if you want to bring a novice rider, there will be a fun, low pressure, easy ride available for newbies! Other rides offered:

9:15am – Endurance Ride led by Marin Bikes Pro Rider Yuri Hauswald
9:30am – Advanced Women’s Ride led by Team Lost Coast Pro Rider Maureen Kunz
9:45am – Intermediate Ride led by Pro Rider (6x winner Leadville 100) Dave Wiens
10:00am – Beginner clinic led by REI Outdoor School
10:00am – Advanced Ride led by Team Lost Coast Pro Rider Brian Astell
10:15am – Intermediate Women’s Ride led by Abbie Durkee
10:30am – Intermediate Ride led by Team Lost Coast Pro Rider Emma Worldpeace
10:30am – Family Ride Led by Edward Hayden
10:45am – FBG Ride led by Patty Ciesla
11:00am – Intermediate Ride led by TBD
11:15am – Single Speed Ride led by Scott McCulloch
11:30am – Beginner clinic led by REI Outdoor School

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3. Closed July 4th for Independence Day Riding
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Yo. We are going riding on the 4th of July. Get your shopping done a day early!

Add a little patriot color to your next frame build!

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4. Female Friday: July 2, 6:30pm

Save the date. We will be having our famous Female Friday Fandango on July 2nd. Shane and Jay are doing food. Patty will be leading a beginner-friendly coaching ride, so make sure you encourage all your female newbies to join the fun, there will be lots of loving support for riders of all abilities!

Women Wriders gather at a Female Friday Fandango, ready to shred

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Read back issues of the Passion Trail Bikes Community e-Newsletter on our website.

To contact us, email us at info@passiontrailbikes.com, or call the shop at 650-620-9798.

Happy Trails, from the PTB crew
Charles, Patty, John, Bret, Sterling, Pancho, Will, Derek, Matt, Peter, and Reba