This past weekend we went to Wildwood for their bike week, Roar to the Shore. We worried they may cancel it since Tropical Storm Hanna was moving in on us, but it went on as planned. Some days were wetter than others, but we had a good time.
James and Joseph rode their bikes down earlier on Friday and we met up with them just in time for the rain to start.
With Hanna in town, it rained off and on most of Saturday. It really downpoured from about 3pm until around 8pm. Earlier in the afternoon we went over to the Wildwood Convention Center to see the Pro Bike Builder Show. There were a lot of really cool bikes there. It did look like a lot of builders may have bailed out due to the storm.
This picture is of Arlen Ness. Apparently he is a bigshot in the custom bike world. James knew who he was right away. I am lucky that I remember his name! LOL
Just before the worst of the storm, we took a ride down to the beach to see what the ocean looked like. The waves don't look to bad in this picture, but they were pretty big. (I have no idea who that little girl is - our girls were with my parents).
On Saturday night it cleared up enough that we were able to get out for a bit and go up on the boardwalk.
Sunday turned out to be a gorgeous day and the bikes were out in full force. Here is a very small sampling. This was a parking lot closest to the convention center. The streets were completely lined with bikes as well. If you had been able to look past the parking lot and onto the streets you would have been able to see bikes all up and down both sides of all of the surrounding streets. This was quite a site to see!
On Sunday there was a charity event where thousands of bikes rode on the boardwalk. Here are James (in front) and Joseph riding in the event on the boardwalk. It doesn't look boardwalk-y (lol) because we were in front of the convention center and it is all concrete right there.
James and Joseph rode their bikes down earlier on Friday and we met up with them just in time for the rain to start.
With Hanna in town, it rained off and on most of Saturday. It really downpoured from about 3pm until around 8pm. Earlier in the afternoon we went over to the Wildwood Convention Center to see the Pro Bike Builder Show. There were a lot of really cool bikes there. It did look like a lot of builders may have bailed out due to the storm.
This picture is of Arlen Ness. Apparently he is a bigshot in the custom bike world. James knew who he was right away. I am lucky that I remember his name! LOL
Just before the worst of the storm, we took a ride down to the beach to see what the ocean looked like. The waves don't look to bad in this picture, but they were pretty big. (I have no idea who that little girl is - our girls were with my parents).
On Saturday night it cleared up enough that we were able to get out for a bit and go up on the boardwalk.
Sunday turned out to be a gorgeous day and the bikes were out in full force. Here is a very small sampling. This was a parking lot closest to the convention center. The streets were completely lined with bikes as well. If you had been able to look past the parking lot and onto the streets you would have been able to see bikes all up and down both sides of all of the surrounding streets. This was quite a site to see!
On Sunday there was a charity event where thousands of bikes rode on the boardwalk. Here are James (in front) and Joseph riding in the event on the boardwalk. It doesn't look boardwalk-y (lol) because we were in front of the convention center and it is all concrete right there.
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