The Best Way to Get to Bumbershoot

We recently spent three days in the shadow of the Space Needle supporting One Reel and in their effort to get more people to ride to the event. Parking for Bumbershoot has always been a problem so for two years now we've supported the bike parking. We watch over the hundreds of bikes that people leave in the bike corral. While we're technically not responsible for the bikes just being there lends a bit of security to the area. We also bring our tools and make small repairs to make sure that people can make it home from the event. We fixed a few flat tires, adjusted a few derailleurs and tightened up some brakes. There was plenty of work to be done, and no way to do it all. I was amazed to see the variety of bikes that people had. Everything from titanium Lightspeeds to thirty year old Peugeots.

This is the second year that we've worked with One Reel and the second event of the year. Here's to hoping that more events and event organizers see the benefit of providing bike parking. If nothing else, people love it. When we told people that the parking was free and that we'd be there until 11pm hanging out the response was always positive. Lot's of smiles, a few fist pumps, many utterances of "sweet!", "Awesome!", "You guys rock!" and other positive comments.

Many thanks to all the staff that came out to help with the event.

Bumbershootin It

Along with title sponsors Clif Bar and Camelbak we sponsored the Bike Corral at Bumbershoot this year. With room for 500 bikes the bike corral was a huge success. Each day the corral filled up with all kinds of bikes and all kinds of riders who were very appreciative of the service. This is the first year that One Reel, the organization that puts Bumbershoot together, has done the bike corral and I don't think it will be the last.

We set up at the Broad street entrance and were there to help secure the area and help people out with fixes if they needed them. We pumped up a few tires, trued a few wheels and adjusted some shifting. But mostly we just talked bikes with folks.

This is Dan and Tony. They came out on Sunday to help out. Good fun was had by all. Thanks to Dan, Tony, Justin, Glen, John, Wayne, John Y, Garet, Rebecca, Jim, Kailey, Julian, Mary, Heather and David for coming out and helping. We couldn't have done it without you!

Mary and Heather took some time to chat with the local Law enforcement. But for the most part they stayed out of trouble.

Below is a little slide show of some of the great old bikes that people rode to the event. Cool stuff.

In the short video below Tony knew that he was having his picture taken but just before the footage below he decided that he should wave at the camera. This is the result...