Partridge Pedal Party, Saturday. October 17th in Partridge, KS. Several of the Coasters attended last year and had a good time.

Click here for schedule, and more info.

The Broadview Hotel is a Wichita landmark and as we learned last night, an interesting and colorful part of Wichita's history. Thank you to Trisha (aka The Flapper) for last nights tour for the Thursday night bike bunch. It was both informative and entertaining.
Please support this grand old hotel in anyway you can whether it be purchasing a drink at the bar or a room for the night. We wish the Broadview good luck in it's future historic renovations.
I didn't get any decent photos last night but here's what I did take. If you have any photo's you'd like to share please send them to me.

Broadview Hotel website.

KAKE report I found on the hotel...

Douglas Design District plans for East Douglas street include bike lanes.
From Kansas.com...

Here's what they'd like to do:

Install historic street lighting along Douglas from Washington to Oliver and bury overhead utility lines.

Paint on-street bike paths.

Replace sidewalks where they're in rough shape.

Add bike racks, trash cans, bus shelters, benches and historical markers.

Reduce the speed limit from 35 mph to 30 mph from Washington to Rutan (just east of Hillside).

Put elevated medians in the street from Washington to Hydraulic.

Full article here.

3rd Annual twenty Inch Night at the Pub Pedal.

Vintage muscle bike, old school bmx, custom, lowrider, your kids bike, it doesn't matter. Ride something with 20 inch wheels or less.

Past 20" nights.

Eye Kandy Pin Up is hosting "I Love My Bike" Thursday, September 17th and we (The Coasters) are their special guests. Meet at the Shamrock as usual and then ride over to meet the Eye Kandy Krew and tour the studio. For a special price of $20 you can get your photo professionally taken with your bike and your choice of their props. You'll receive a disc of photos you can walk away with that night! You can use these for anything from your new Myspace or Facebook picture to a family album addition or even take to Wal-mart, Wal-Greens etc... to have printed.

Enter to win 1 of 2 free photo shoots being given away!
Must be present to win. Photo of you and your bike will be taken during this event.
To enter the drawing click here to send an e-mail to randy@locojoe.com and put your full name in the message body. That's it!

KSN.com story on bicycle licenses...

The city says a license helps protect a bike if it’s lost or stolen, helps with identification if a rider is in an accident and provides money for new bike trails and maintenance.

And if a rider is caught without one of the yellow tags, they could be out more than the license itself costs. Instead of paying just $7.50, they would pay a $10 ticket plus $66 in court costs – an expense Davenport and Severson would like to avoid.

Read the entire story here.