Monday, September 8, 2008

'Spokefest' A Huge Success

The first annual 'Spokefest' this weekend was a huge success and 'beyond all expectations,' according to organizers.

About 1,200 bicyclists showed up Sunday morning for the event. That's over 500 more than had pre-registered in advance of the bike ride. Here are the numbers

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Spokesman set up a great little slide show of SpokeFest pix. See http://www.spokesmanreview.com/media/slides/?k=spokefest.
--barb
www.biketoworkbarb.blogspot.com

SRTC Staff said...

Thanks Barb! I posted a link in one of the more recent posts to the slide show too. The pictures are great!


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