Three days of Friday fun in the sun, presented by Bike Friday's Customer Evangelist Lynette Chiang, (aka Galfromdownunder), Bike Walk Northwest Georgia and the Bike Friday Club of Atlanta.
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Sat June 20 - ROME, GA - sponsored by Bike Walk Northwest Georgia | DOWNLOAD BWNWG poster
1:00 p.m. – Cave Spring Ride – (downtown Rome) – ALL CYCLISTS WELCOME
Location - Bridgepoint Plaza at the corner of Broad Street and E. 1st Ave in downtown Rome
Join The Galfromdownunder for a 40 mile ride to historic Cave Spring. In addition to the natural spring in Rolander Park, the ride will include Bob Moore Bridge, Nature Conservancy's Black's Bluff preserve and Myrtle Hill where Ellen Axon Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson is buried. For more information, email WHMoll@aol.com or call 706-859-7726.
7pm: 16,000 Feet on a Friday – Film, Lecture, Q&A. DONATION to the Ocopa Orphanage appreciated.
Location - Austin Moses Room in the Sheffield Thompson Building, Shorter College, Rome.
In October 2004 author and bicycle traveler Lynette Chiang (The Galfromdownunder) biked the World's Highest Paved Road with 6x Race Across America legend Lon Haldeman on a Bike Friday travel bicycle. This 500-mile, 12-day expedition followed the barren hills of Lima over the 16,000 foot Ticlo mountain pass, descending into spectacular terraced valleys to reach Satipo, a remote, inland jungle town. Local police proclaimed the group as the first 'gringos' to reach there by bicycle. Lynette shot a 45-minute DVD video of this journey one-handedly, using a simple Canon ELPH digital camera tucked into her jersey pocket.For more information, email WHMoll@aol.com or call 706-859-7726. More about the movie
SUNDAY JUNE 21 - ATLANTA, GA
10:00 a.m – Ansley Midtown Ride – (Ansley Mall) - ALL CYCLISTS WELCOME
Join the Galfromdownunder for a 17 mile tour of midtown, encompassing Virginia Highlands, Emory, Candler Park, Inman Park, Old Fourth Ward, and Little Five Points. No ride if raining. Meet in Monroe Drive side of the parking lot of Ansley Mall, intersection of Piedmont Rd. and Monroe Dr. Meet at a nearby coffeehouse after the ride. For more information, email rcampag@yahoo.com or call 404-316-6432.
3:00 p.m. - ROUTE 66 BY BICYCLE: PEDALING THE MOTHER ROAD - Film, Lecture, Q&A, Refreshments.
Location R.E.I., 1800 Northeast Expy NE Atlanta, GA 30329. (404) 633-6508
Author, world bicycle traveler and handlebar videographer Lynette Chiang (The Galfromdownunder) presents excerpts from her 45 min documentary of a bicycle expedition along the 'forgotten highway', led by Race Across America legend and fan of Route 66, Lon Haldeman. Ride along the original alignments through 8 states over 29 days, experiencing the people, places and chocolate malt milkshakes that made this highway great. More about the movie
6:00 p.m. - SEE THE REAL CUBA AND AVOID A $55,000 FINE: - Slideshow, Lecture, Q&A. Dinner out afterwards.
Sorella Cycling Club www.sorellacycling.com – Members only. RSVP requested.With Cuba off limits to Americans and large fines served to some defiant travelers, many have given up on seeing the 'buena vista' of this controversial Caribbean isle. The Galfromdownunder presents a slideshow and talk based on her book, The Handsomest Man in Cuba, an apolitical, no-bucket-baths spared tale of what it is like to eat, drink and be cautiously merry among ordinary Cubans. Hailed by Australian critics as 'one of the best on-the-road travel books of this generation', the USA edition won a Silver Award for Travel Essays in Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year 2004 and was favorably reviewed in the New York Times.
MONDAY JUNE 22 - PEACHTREE CITY, GA
7:30 am – Yoga for Cyclists. Meet the Galfromdownunder at Lake Peachtree at the Picnic Park below the library for an hour of yoga geared towards us cyclists! Bring yoga mat and a towel to go under the mat on the grass. Location – Willow Bend Road, followed by ...
8:45 am – Bike Friday Club of Atlanta social bike ride
on the Peachtree City scenic, wooded, multi-use paved trails
12:00 noon - Route66 by Bicycle: Lunch & Learn – Film, Lecture, Q&A
Bring a brown bag lunch and learn about the making of Route 66 by Bicycle - and how easy it is to make your own <a handlebar movies. Location – Bridge Community Center (www.thebridge-cc.org) 225 Willowbend Road, Peachtree City.
See Sunday June 21 for description of the presentation.
For more information, email bcarlton@sprynet.com
6:30 pm – 16,000 Feet on a Friday - Film, Lecture, Q&A
Bike Center, 1801 Georgian Park, Peachtree City
See Saturday June 20 7pm for description of the presentation.
Meet afterwards at Taco Mac for brew, food and sharing adventure stories.
A small number of DVDs and the Gal's original Traffic Cone Bag will be available for sale.
Support your local bookstore - buy The Handsomest Man in Cuba and bring it along to be signed.
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