Bikes and Baguettes Ride

A good sized group showed up at Trinity Bicycles this morning for Bike Friendly Fort Worth's Bikes and Baguettes ride. Todays destination was H.E.B. Central Market (think Whole Foods). I've got lots of pictures from the ride so I'll keep this short. We all had a great time.

I was riding to the shop this morning when out of nowhere, Shriners!!!

Does anybody else remember this old Dead Kennedys album cover?

The Fairmount Neighborhood had a small parade this morning celebrating the Fairmount Tour of Homes.

Everyone milled around visiting and checking out Trinity Bicycles before the ride. They are now officially open for business.

Awesome painting by Fort Worth artist Carola Locke. The guy in the painting is Carola's husband Micah. This morning I learned that Micah's blog is Bicycling in a world Built for Cars, which I mentioned in my last post.

Steel framed Colnago Masterlight with updated wheels and fork. I really, really wanted one of these when they first hit the scene.

Unfortunately one of the group experienced a mechanical problem that couldn't be fixed at the scene.

The group arrives at Central Market. It took a little while to figure out where to lock the bikes.

After lunch and some shopping, we gathered up and prepared to roll out.

Bike Friendly Fort Worth's ride to Prairie Fest

Trinity Bicycles was the launch pad for the first official Bike Friendly Fort Worth (BFFW) group ride. The destination was Prairie Fest, which according to their web page is "A festival to celebrate our connection to the natural world through music, art, dance, environmental stewardship, and wildflower tours."

We rode away from the shop about 10:30 AM with a good natured group of about thirty riders. The morning was beautiful if a bit windy.

We took a short break to regroup.

And another short break at the top of a climb.

Ray and Rose

We arrived at the festival and went looking for the bike corral.

Secure bike parking courtesy of the Boy Scouts. I'm glad these bike corrals are catching on.

BFFWers checking out the box of bees and chatting with a beekeeper at the Batsmith Creek Beeyard display. By the way, these guys will remove swarms from your property.

Cool!

This Rivendell Roadeo didn't belong to anyone in our group. I haven't seen too many Rivendells in Fort Worth.

Me and Paul (aka Twister) ended up leaving early. We stopped at Risky's BBQ downtown and grabbed a bite to eat before heading back home.