Relaxed bicycle cruise group

[Gryphonn]

Thanks for the speedy reply Click. No, I don't build kustom bicycles for a living, just a hobby. I've been building, customizing and restoring cars/motorcycles for about 25+ years and just started building bicycles a couple of years ago after seeing some of the creations on www.chopperbicycle.net/forums. In the last 'Bicycle Build-off' one of my bikes placed out of the top 3 but in the top 10, up against 50 entries from around the world, it's huge in Holland and Europe. Healthier and much cheaper than building custom motorcycles to be sure!

What's a kustom cruiser you ask? Not everybody's cup of tea, but it's fun to get creative and push the boundries...



I've asked around the bike shops and googled without finding anyone except the nanaimo mountain bike club, but I already have group of buddies to go downhilling with. There are a lot of bicycles sold in stores here, it'd be nice to get 5-50 people together on a sunny weekend afternoon or weekday evening for about an hour or so, couple of times a month/weekly, just for fun and to meet new people. Depending on who's interested, the time/distance/difficulty could be adjusted for those with young(ish) children, I'm not necessarily looking to start a group for pub cruises (although not out of the question occasionally). I was thinking something like: meet at Maffeo Sutton Park, ride along the seawall, up and through Bowen park, back through downtown, stop at Timmies for coffee and chat, then down to the start point, or perhaps half to full length of the Parkway Trail, picnic reststop (or the Black Bear Pub) and back, etc. You could check back here and/or send me your e-mail and I will drop you a line if anything develops.

Alan