Patti
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Just got back from a busy HOT Rally weekend in Austin. We were fortunate that the weather held and, although it was a little chilly in the morning hours, the temps were overall pretty comfortable, the winds reasonably calm and the sun felt very nice. The event had a very nice turnout with Chonk from Terra Trike as our special guest speaker. He and Luke, one of their sales reps, brought along a new trike to allow folks to test ride. Promised to not post any photos but it is a burly, off road trike for folks who want to take their triking to more adventurous locations than streets and pathways. Saturday's rides were very well attended and came off with only one casualty - a trike endo on the scenic ride that required stitches for the rider. A true trooper, she declined treatment until after she finished the ride. The rodeo on Sunday came complete with clowns, a cow, and the local news. RBENT's own Urbinrider brought home the trophy for his spectacular barrel racing skills in the bike division. Mike Russell, from the Denton area cleaned up, collecting all three trophies in the trike divisions. I don't know if Mike is an RBENT member but he definitely needs to be. Additionally, RBENT members did very well with door prizes, bringing home several very nice items including rechargeable headlights, full tire sets, helmets, and other assorted bike bling. Some folks came home with a little extra bling- Hubzone acquired a new Musashi and my own dear husband acquired a very gently used Expedition. If anyone knows of someone who would like an inexpensive starter trike, his TW Bent is now being spruced up at Easy Street and will be for sale shortly. For those of you that couldn't make it this year, we were very much missed and we hope to see you all next year.
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