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Message started by esbee on Jun 21st, 2017, 8:12am

Title: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by esbee on Jun 21st, 2017, 8:12am

The Eiffel Benders    [smiley=pepper.gif]----           Lamar County Recumbent Club

Recumbent Rally--- Ride and Demo---Date:  Friday- July 14th

Try out different kinds of recumbents.  Experts from Easy Street Easy Street Recumbents from Austin will be on hand to answer your questions.

Demo at 9 am---Under the pavilion at Love Civic Center Paris TX

Ride at 10 am ---on the Trail de Paris

( goal:  to Blossom and back, but go your own speed and as far as you are able)

Note---Ride is unsupported, bring your own water, etc.

also in paris that weekend---hot air balloons at 5 and tour de paris bike ride early Saturday which goes all over the back roads of paris for many miles and miles...entry fee BUT  If you still want to ride there is  the short ride on the trail as part of the tour de paris, no charge and it will be supported with water and cookies, etc.




Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by Action Lad on Jun 21st, 2017, 10:22am


esbee wrote:
The Eiffel Benders    [smiley=pepper.gif]----           Lamar County Recumbent Club

Recumbent Rally--- Ride and Demo---Date:  Friday- July 14th

Hmm, French Independence Day.
cute.

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Jun 21st, 2017, 3:45pm

Plan on seeing Dave and I there!  He may not be in ride condition due to an upcoming surgery, but I know he wants to check out any trikes that ESR bring to the event!  I'll bring my Encore.

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Jun 21st, 2017, 3:46pm

Now we need an official club jersey!

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by jrob_bent on Jun 21st, 2017, 4:22pm

I hope to be there for at least part of it.

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by MrWizard on Jun 25th, 2017, 9:06am

I found this route https://ridewithgps.com/routes/10001505

It looks like its not bad,  I emailed the author and asked when the last time it was ridden but I've not gotten a reply yet.



jrob_bent wrote:
I hope to be there for at least part of it.


Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by esbee on Jun 25th, 2017, 10:05pm

official club jersey is a great idea---I am working on a logo image!
susan [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by gerrym on Jun 28th, 2017, 8:49pm

Looks like the unpaved sections of the trail between Reno and Blossom will have the blacktop installed in time for the rally. I biked to the end of the Reno trail and blacktop had been added as far as I could see. The blacktop has not been compressed yet and is too soft to ride on for now.

It will be 9 miles of paved trail from the  Love Civic Center to the end of the Blossom trail. 18 miles round trip.

Gerry

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by esbee on Jun 30th, 2017, 7:35pm

the trail also goes in the opposite direction...all paved/concrete to the police dept -about 3 miles there and back?
susan

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by jrob_bent on Jul 6th, 2017, 12:54pm

MrWzard, are you still thinking about going to this ally and ride?

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by MrWizard on Jul 6th, 2017, 9:09pm

Yessir ..   Probably can't make a decision of driving or riding until I know how my work will get organized ..  Wednesday should be the drop dead date and I'll have a plan



jrob_bent wrote:
MrWzard, are you still thinking about going to this ally and ride?


Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by jrob_bent on Jul 6th, 2017, 10:08pm

I will see you there. I can't make up my mind up to ride or drive. It is going to be hot, for me anyways. Maybe just put it on the trailer and drive there. I will make up my mind for sure Wednesday. If I ride there, I'll leave around 3 am Thursday to try and beat most of the heat.

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by jrob_bent on Jul 13th, 2017, 12:08pm

Too hot for me to ride, so I am loaded up and driving in the morning to Paris. I hope they have a lot of watermelon! Lol.

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Jul 14th, 2017, 6:54am

See everyone at the Civic Center in a couple hours!  

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Jul 14th, 2017, 2:24pm

Had a great time!  Thank you Susan and the folks from Easy Street!

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by MrWizard on Jul 14th, 2017, 8:05pm

Wish I could have been there .. work and problems related to life got in the way ..  Send pictures!


Monkeywrangler22 wrote:
Had a great time!  Thank you Susan and the folks from Easy Street!


Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by Monkeywrangler22 on Jul 14th, 2017, 8:27pm

I wish I had taken pictures!  It just didn't occur to me.

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by jrob_bent on Jul 15th, 2017, 9:21am

Had a great time yesterday in Paris. Met a lot of nice people, ate watermelon, and did a little riding. I can't remember all the names, but I do remember Tom, 3 Tom's actually, GerryM, Dave, Vicki, Larry, Rich, and Lisa. I met more nice people, just can't remember there names with this limited capacity brain of mine. Tom Nuchols, 81 years young, was my riding partner. He says he use to post here on rbent, but can't seem to anymore.

Thanks goes out to Easy Street Recumbents for helping put this on, and for coming such a long ways to do it. Kudos for that.

Got a picture of the corovelo in front of the Eiffel Tower. I am going to have to line the rail around my trailer with soft foam to keep the tape on the corovelo from being rubbed off on these fine chip seal roads with the nice, deep potholes in TX and LA. I saw the rear of my trailer go airborne in my rear view mirror several times yesterday. When I got to Shreveport, LA, it was like riding a very rough washboard.

Title: Re: The Eiffel Benders ride in paris tx
Post by esbee on Jul 22nd, 2017, 8:37am

last week we had an amazing time at the recumbent rally in paris tx. [smiley=pepper.gif] thanks to all who attended. I met a lot of nice new bent people. Several made the ride on the trail de paris  from as far away as Louisiana.   Some people also rode the next day in the tour de paris. Mike and Rebecca were a joy to host. Many signed up for the club. Lots of people tried out different kinds of bents. I bought a Rover and Mike adjusted my husband's sun trike seating so it would be more comfy to him and not hurt his belly when he pedals.   [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]  

don't forget you can keep up with the Eiffel benders on fb.

susan in paris de texas

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