Police lined up, waiting to guide today's Ride the Road Tour. Aside from a little crash between police bikes, this year's Ride the Road Tour went pretty well.
This was the second Ride the Road Tour that I volunteered for. Unlike the first one, where I got lost and went the wrong way, I actually rode this one. In fact, I had the opportunity to ride a tandem bike!
This year I volunteered my photography skills and met a fellow who was selling his parents' tandem bike. His father was concerned about dumping his wife accidentally, so they decided to get separate bikes. After racing after the North Spoke group, tandem riding seemed like a great idea.
Actually, it was probably a good thing that I wasn't in front of the pack. As the group neared 8th Street and 11th Avenue SW two of the motorcycle escorts crashed into each other. I didn't see the crash, but I saw one bike slide across the lane towards the cyclists. No cyclists were hit, but one was pretty shook up at how close she was to getting hit.
Here's a piece that CBC did on the crash:
I took a bunch of photos and sent them on to the organizers of the road trip. Since I was doing this for them as a volunteer, I don't know if I can post them to my Flickr account. I'll have to ask, I guess.
Still it was a great day. Tomorrow, or maybe Tuesday, my body will remind me how great it was.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
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