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06-30-09, 08:33 PM
It's that time of year again. In some cities and towns, bicyclists have been invited (or permitted) to participate in their Independence Day parades. In some cases, they may be people from all walks of life.
Some cyclists enjoy the participation factor. Other cyclists belonged to organized clubs who also understood there was some discipline involving such events. Lastly there are other bicyclists who share both.
I once lived in a small town which had about 3000 people in it. It had an Independence Day parade that was somewhat homespun and didn't have a bicycling unit. On the town's bicentenial, the parade marshal approached me and asked if I wanted to start one. Word had gotten around about my bicycling exploits and adventures, and that I had recently overcome great odds in spite of my visual and other disabilities. As the section grew in later years, I asked a fellow member of the same bicycle club I belonged to who also lived nearby to ride with me. This was to help keep the bicyclists behind us from passing and creating disorder. Impressed with our being decked out in identical bicycling club outfits and with bicycles equipped with strobe lights, the parade marshal had us lead the bicycle unit this way. It works.
I don't live in that town anymore but my family does. I continue to lead the bicycle unit each Independence Day. The bicycle club I belong to also (Bicycle Coalition of Maine) has its own events, some of them are that aren't on Independence Day.
HAVE YOU RIDDEN IN PARADES? DISCUSS.
HAVE YOU RIDDEN IN PARADES IN AN ORGANIZED BICYCLING UNIT? DISCUSS.
Some cyclists enjoy the participation factor. Other cyclists belonged to organized clubs who also understood there was some discipline involving such events. Lastly there are other bicyclists who share both.
I once lived in a small town which had about 3000 people in it. It had an Independence Day parade that was somewhat homespun and didn't have a bicycling unit. On the town's bicentenial, the parade marshal approached me and asked if I wanted to start one. Word had gotten around about my bicycling exploits and adventures, and that I had recently overcome great odds in spite of my visual and other disabilities. As the section grew in later years, I asked a fellow member of the same bicycle club I belonged to who also lived nearby to ride with me. This was to help keep the bicyclists behind us from passing and creating disorder. Impressed with our being decked out in identical bicycling club outfits and with bicycles equipped with strobe lights, the parade marshal had us lead the bicycle unit this way. It works.
I don't live in that town anymore but my family does. I continue to lead the bicycle unit each Independence Day. The bicycle club I belong to also (Bicycle Coalition of Maine) has its own events, some of them are that aren't on Independence Day.
HAVE YOU RIDDEN IN PARADES? DISCUSS.
HAVE YOU RIDDEN IN PARADES IN AN ORGANIZED BICYCLING UNIT? DISCUSS.