Sunday, June 1, 2008

TANDEM RIDES BEGIN

John, Amanda and I volunteered with Campfire USA today to pilot a few of the their older athletes around the bike trails of Longview Lake. We got to put the first miles on the new tandems that were purchased recently from Precision Tandem of KC (913.962.8866). Much thanks to them as they gave a hefty discount for the Campfire USA and we were able to buy five brand new KHS tandems for under $5000. Sweet rides for sure. It was John and Amanda's first time volunteering and they had a blast! It was really nice to make it all the way out and back without something major messing up with the bikes, something we always have struggled with on our past rides with our old bikes. Riders included John, Amanda, Dan Jackson and I. Stokers were Casey, Chris, Bryan and Kansas City's Campfire USA director, Andrea. Dan's son Corey rode solo.

A funny side story....I gave Corey a Gu pack during one of our rest stops and he offered to tow us all back since he had so much energy to burn after eating it.

Anyway....here are some photos of the group and three of the new bikes.


1 comment:

Lisa Jones said...

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