Fleetwood’s Kit Kat

Regulators....."Saddle Up"

After an unseasonably cold week and a rainout of our first Friday night ride, the sun popped out today and it warmed up to almost 70 degrees.  We saw lots of new faces and actually ran out of bikes for our free group ride.  Just goes to show you that a little press goes a long way.  I want to thank Brittany Edwards from the Daily Candy for discovering our store.  I’d also like to thank Dan Koller from the Park Cities People for running a feature on us as well as Ann Pinson and Nancy Adams from the Dallas Morning News for taking care of business on Page 6 of the DMN Friday guide.  We really appreciate each one of you for taking the time and supporting our cause!  As anyone reading this blog knows, we live in a fabulous city, but, we are behind the curve from most great cities when it comes to outdoor recreation.

We had 42 riders today and it was pretty awesome to see all of those stylish cruisers all together at one time.  I’m already looking forward to next weekend and want to remind all that Friday night at 8 pm is on like donkey kong, as long as the weather permits!

I met with the folks at “Friends of the Katy Trail” this week.  Good people (Eric Van Steenburg and Betsey).  It was interesting to hear how the Katy Trail is funded and what the future plans are.  Very exciting.  Most people don’t realize it, but, most of the upkeep, security, and expansion is funded by private donations from people like you and me who use the Trail.  We need to support the Katy Trail during these tougher economic times.  I hope that all of our riders, readers, and shop customers will consider signing up as a “Friend” and member of this organization.  You can be a member for only $50 and your contribution is tax deductible.  We are going to set up a link on our site to take you to their website (coming soon) to make things easy on you.  We hope to build a partnership with them in order to help expand  the Katy Trail and continue to make the necessary improvements required to keep this one of the true Recreational gems of our city.

I hope everyone enjoyed the ride as much as I did and I hope you all can come back soon.  We have some more incredible bikes on order so please tell your friends. Have a great week and stop by and say hi to me, Susie, Harvey, and, of course our world renowned mascot, Deville.

often imitated but never duplicated.....DeVille!

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