Here is some information about upcoming events from Easy Street Recumbents for anyone interested:
EASY STREET'S Upcoming Events:
For more information about any of these events, please contact Rebecca who is either available by phone (512-789-4118) or email (culture@easystreetrecumbents.com).
Tuesday, September 27 - VALOR GAMES SOUTHWEST in San Antonio
The Valor Games Southwest is a multi-sport event taking place September 26 -29. The goal is to provide an adaptive sports competition to veterans and service members with a physical disability. San Antonio Sports will be hosting this event for the fourth consecutive year, in partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and Texas Regional Paralympic Sports, a regional Paralympic sport program under United States Olympic Committee.
Mike will once more be wrenching for the cycling event competitors. I have spoken with the organizers and they would just love to have anybody who wants to show up to support these determined athletes.
Website:
http://www.sanantoniosports.org/valorgames/ Address for the cycling competition: The Alamodome, 100 Montana St., San Antonio 78210
Opening Ceremony on Sept. 27: 8:15 a.m.
Time of the cycling competitions: Sept. 27, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, October 8 - WACO WILD WEST 100 RIDE
The word is out and Easy Street is going to introduce our Hospitality Tent to support recumbent society. Refreshments will be provided and we plan to bring a grill. Billed as "the sweetest ride in Texas," according to all reports, this is a very fun ride and we plan to make it MORE fun!
Fun is our vision.
Let me know you will be there, so I can tell you about being a part of Team Easy Street and so we can plan refreshments accordingly ... and, we want to be looking for you. The plan is to stay until the last Easy Street rider is in.
Website:
http://wacowildwest100.com/ Address: Austin Ave. and Third St. (south side of Convention Center), Waco
Ride starts: 8:00 a.m.
Sunday, October 23 - GEARS for the YEARS Inaugural Event
Family Eldercare is hosting this new event to help fund their many useful programs. They have contacted us as a local business that has products and services useful to their clientele and -- we are enthusiastic! We will be there with trikes on exhibit. It sounds like a very well-organized and supported ride AND, I was told there will be a prize for the team with the most members -- let's go after that one! When you register, be sure to put Team Easy Street under your team name.
Website:
https://www.familyeldercare.org/events/item/198-gears-for-the-years.html Address: Dell Diamond, 3400 E. Palm Valley, Round Rock 78665
Ride starts: 7:30 a.m.
October 26-27 - Operation Comfort Bicycling Camp
Mike (and Rebecca) go to San Antonio to be a part of this event. Mike has been invited to present at the event co-hosted by Operation Comfort and Adaptive Adventures as the "recumbent expert." It will happen at the VA
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EASY STREET TURNS 20 YEARS OLD IN NOVEMBER!!
We are celebrating all month! We will host an event in each of our largest markets with a ride that includes a social event. There will be special "20-year" swag and we are looking forward to celebrating with ALL of y'all! If any of you are available to help with any of these parties, let me know. It will all be very casual and fun.
In summary, this is what plans look like at this time:
Nov. 5 - Celebrate Houston!
THE WALLIS RIDE -- We will be there with the Hospitality Tent and party stuff ... come join us! It's another opportunity to support our veterans and their caregivers.
Registration fee is $35/person up until October 1st. Once again, let us know once you are registered so we can plan refreshments accordingly.
Website: http://wallisride.com/
Nov. 12 - Celebrate San Antonio!
We will be riding with OPERATION COMFORT, an excellent organization that "...provides support to our Service Members who have been wounded in Afghanistan or Iraq and are receiving treatment at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC) and Audie Murphy VA Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Wounded Service Members from all over the United States recover in San Antonio." We have worked with these soldiers over the years, providing recumbent trikes as well as adaptive customization when called for.
Details about this event will follow. We will be joining up with a group of their wounded warriors for a morning ride that ends up at the Blue Star Brewery.
Website to find out more about this organization: http://operationcomfort.org/
Nov. 19 - Celebrate Dallas/Ft. Worth!
Micah, who is from Ft. Worth and who is working with our customers from the DFW area and his homies, will be hosting this event. We should have a great time. We're workin on it -- details will follow!
Nov. 25 - Celebrate Austin!
We are going to host an afternoon ride with a picnic to follow. We're workin on this one too!
HOT Dates: FEBRUARY 24-26, 2017
Save those dates!
We will be getting the HOT website and FaceBook page updated with registration information and all that.
What to expect:
Socializing and getting to know others in the recumbent community!
Meet old friends, make new friends, find people to ride with, find out about rides others have done that you might want to do. We are a friendly, fun-loving, inclusive group. There will be eating, learning, riding, and FUN!
Activities will include, but are not limited to:
'Bent University - A variety of workshops and presentations on various interesting subjects, including but not limited to:
* Maintenance & Repair 101 (separate for men and women)
* Touring on Your 'Bent
* Bike with Mike (urban riding: how to do it, how to survive it!)
A Recumbent Rodeo
Don't even get me started! If you haven't done it, well ... just get ready for a blend of Texas and recumbent-riding that's pretty entertaining!
A Community Ride
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