Tophat Bike Ride, April 28, 2001

The Tophat Bike Ride has been around for years, and is truly one of the best rides you could ever attend.

People warming up before the ride Ride Signup

Bob and I arrived to see people everywhere! This is one big event!

lots of riders Bob ready to get started.

Getting ready to start climbing those rolling hills, the route was not as bad this year.

Steve ready to go! (I hope my wife didn't go into labor!) Rest stop, lots of questions about bents, had to get out of there while we could.

Rest stop, always a lot of questions about bents.

The rest stop

The rest stop was at a parking lot. The friendly folks running the rest stop did a great job on the food.

This man built the long wheel base bike on the far left.

A gathering of the "bents" at the end of the ride.

Bikes loaded and we're ready for lunch!

The closest bent is a home build, a very nice job.

Bottom Line:

This was a fun ride with nice people and good food. There were hills, and I got up to 43 m.p.h. on one downhill. This is a good ride. The Tophat has been around a long time, these people really have it together. Give this ride a chance you won't be disappointed We enjoyed the ride and will be back next year!

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