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Wow what a great day! I think it's safe to say this was our biggest turnout yet. It's so hard to get an idea of how many people showed up but I know we went through a lot more food and water than in past years. Many new people and new bikes. I estimate close to 300 bikes. There were a little over 100 bikes entered in the People's Choice competition alone. The weather cooperated and was in the upper 80s with a nice breeze. The reigning Skid Row champ was defeated. A large parade ride and from what I hear I was fortunate to be in the front (can Harpo see into the future? Listen for him in the video).
If you attended please leave a comment. If you have photos you would like to share please let me know. Thanks for coming! I hope everyone had a great time.

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Winners...
Skid Row contest:
First a correction. We had announced Matt as the 1st place winner but it was actually Tyler.
1st place: Tyler M. 218.3
2nd place: Matt 209.2 feet
3rd place: Derick 199.7
I must add that is was so cool to see a custom made skid bike even though it didn't win.

Lowride Limbo: Scott and Morgan (siblings and last year's 1st & 2nd place) tied for 1st.

Peoples Choice Kustom: Randy French with his yellow, monster rear tired chopper.
Peoples Choice Classic: Steve Stang with his Schwinn
Grillmaster's Choice - Ratrod: Paul Riley and his 1948 Colson.

Raffle bike winner: I didn't get the name.
Congrats to all the raffle prize winners. "There's nothing sexier than a woman with new tires."

Thank yous...
Sponsors: Tom Sawyer Bicycle Shop, AtomicZombie.com, Bill at Accent Mobile Music, ButterflysGiftShop.net and Kickstand magazine.

Volunteers: My Parents and Nova for their hard work before, during and after the fest. Grillmaster Mitch for the excellent lunch and the new Ratrod trophy. Erick for a fine job of informing us and entertaining us as MC, Christine this year's prize lady, Daron for his exhausting work giving rides on the Conference Bike, Paul for his help with the Skid Contest, Lora for being a Lovely Limbo Lady, Kris & Morgan for their help with the People's Choice. Bicycle Randy & Dave for their donations. Anyone else who stepped up when help was needed.

Also thanks to those who donated to the Kyle Hicks fund and those who made the journey from far away places to attend.

Photos & Videos...
4 pages of our photos here.
River City Cyclist has photos and a video here.
Cody's photo slide show.
EZ-Dave's photos.
Ratafied911's video.
Cody's photos here.

Enjoy my expert, colorful, skid and limbo commentary...

The Bike MS Facebook page has posted photos of their Autumn Classic ride. Click here to view the photo album and look for the Coaster's rest stop on pages 2 & 12.

Before leaving the Shamrock we drew names from Larry's hat to determine the first winner of two that would receive a free photo shoot from Eye Kandy Pin-Up studio. Nova's name was drawn and we headed down to the studio. At the studio Dan's name was drawn for the other free shoot. Erick was coerced in to having his photo taken too. While these 3 had their pictures taken the rest of us ate snacks, ogled over the pin ups portfolio and checked out Aleycia's air brush work. It was a nice time and those that had their photos taken had fun with it.


Photos by the Eye Kandy Krew. Erick's photo edited by himself.

Thanks to the Eye Kandy Krew for having us. Be sure to consider Eye Kandy Pin-Up studio and their fun, vintage style photography for your next portrait. More photos from the evening here.

Note: Nova was pleased with her photos but wouldn't share.

Over the weekend the Coasters managed a sag (rest) stop in Douglas, KS for cyclists riding in the MS Autumn Classic raising money for Multiple Sclerosis. We displayed our antique and custom bicycles for the riders to check out as they took a break and fueled up on fruit, Gatorade and water.
Kudos to those who raised money and rode and to the Coasters (Lisa, Erick, Nova, Bernie and Steve) who volunteered.

Photos from the 2 days here.