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"I CANT' BELIEVE HOW THOSE LITTLE
BIKES GO!" - one of most often heard comments in the slipstream of a BF
paceline in Cycle Oregon 2003. Over 77 BF owners from all over the
world converged on the 7-day event which averaged 65-85 miles a day.
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The neat
Cycle Oregon Logo made into a bike rack in Joseph.
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Before
departure, 18 BF owners landed in Eugene for a factory tour and lunch
ride. Gaylynn test rides a foldable fairing for her Sat R Day.
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Hanz,
Gretta and Lisa Scholz at the pre-Cycle Oregon lunch ride on a bike
path through some of Eugene's wetlands. |
*Yawn* Crack o' dawn, the 18
customers and 9 staff board the special bus to Baker City, 8 hours
away. All bikes went into TravelBags and were stowed under the bus...
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| Beverly
Anderson from Minnesota, 70 years young, has traveled far and wide on
her Bike Friday and 65-85 miles a day are gonna be a cinch! Vicki
Helfenstein agrees,
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The
five Sat R Day owners all the way from Japan: Hiroki Ono, Kuniko
Sonoyama, Mori Hitoshi, Maki Watanabe and Ken Kyobashi.
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Wave... little do they know what
a long haul it is to get out east ... |
At a
coffee stop, the Scholz Bros hear no evil, smell no evil, see no evil.
The Three Sisters hover in the distance. |
First
night in Baker City, Sat R Day owner Tom Saville arrived early to snag
us a campsite. AirGlide owner John Chamberlain seen rushing to his tent
to close a deal by cellphone.
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"Hmm, a long, long time ago..."
Alan admires Reid Hansen's classic diamond frame New World Tourist.
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Ian Scholz and the
www.bikerev.com team telax inside their their enviable ripstop nylon
mansion ...'built for comfort not speed'. |
Michel
Braud, Steve Smith, Don Fannon and John Chamberlain compare tent flys.
Tom Saville's camera and tripod set up to capture Mars.
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Jerry Norquist, Exec Director of
Cycle Oregon and all-round great guy organized the whole shebang. The
BF Homecoming @ CO was his idea - he's got a Pocket Rocket Pro.
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These
washstands unintentionally matched different bodies with different
heads. I was waiting for the head of the girl with the pony tail to
line up with the body of a big hairy guy ... |
