Last year over 600 people attended this free event. By the look of the bike valet, I image there were at least that many this year.
There were some really good causes that had booths. Take Wishes for Wheels as an example. They pick a few Denver kindergarten classes. At the end of the year every kid in that class gets a bike and a helmet. In May they handed out 450 bikes. They are always happy to receive donations and volunteers to help assemble the bikes they get.
Another really cool one was the Clif Bar 2 Mile Challenge. They have three non-profits that will win award money. They ask people who bike, hike, walk, etc., to pick one and log the miles they go. The organization that has the most miles wins $50,000. We picked "Trips for Kids", an organization that gives bikes to kids and takes them on a ride. You can log on a clock your miles, too.
And of course, we are always thrilled to see the guys fro Yellow Designs perform!
This guy was stumping for riders to join in on the July 10th Big Wheel Rally in Boulder. He was a hoot, especially when he did the big BMX jump on his Green Machine.
There were lots of other things going on like free pizza, burritos, beer and wine. Salvagetti's bike shop hosted a fun game. They set up cones and prizes. The player took an old beat up bike with no tube or tire on the back and tried to push it the farthest or hit/run over one of the prizes. It sounds weird, but it was a lot of fun. Ethan won a box of Clif Builder Bars (very yum) and a $10 Happy Coffee gift certificate.
There was a company making shirts for donations. It was fun to watch him make it while you waited. We donated some cash and Ellie got a shirt that says:
There were some really fun bikes, many of them from the Denver Cruisers club:
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