On June 24, PedalHouston had their first Thursday Night Social Pub Crawl. I just want to personally thank everyone who showed up. It was interesting to hear how people had heard about the event and the feedback on the event as well. It is great to see this social experiment work.
Patrons meeting up at the Heights Bike Trail in front of Sawyer Heights Lofts
More after the jump…
We had 20 people show up for the event and that well exceeded expectations and a great group to start off with. Definitely got to hand out a couple t-shirts that I hope to see people wear around the city!! But it was also great to see such a diverse group of people all somehow social and connect with each other.
More people showing up before the event
What is great is that some people would have never found these bike trails or the bars that we hit along the ride. It is social. If people like it, hopefully they will bring more friends out with them on the next one and it helps promote local businesses also. If you’re a local business that want us to come your way, let PedalHouston know!
Socializing soaking wet at Onion Creek Cafe after riding from the Shiloh Club in the rain
The ride was safe, it was controlled but in no way was it not fun. It was relaxed and it is just a matter of looking out for each other to get from point A to point B. Or in our case from Bar A to Bar B. There were a lot of happy faces and everyone made some new friends. Let’s hope this is just the beginning of some great things for the bike community in Houston. If you’re interested in another one, let’s do it! Got any ideas for other types of rides? Leave a comment. Til then, keep riding!
One more plug: BIG UPS to FATMANONABIKE.COM! Thanks for the awesome review and hope to see you on the next one!
I know its a bit premature, but I would be interested in organizing a bike scramble during Artcrawl Houston in November. I was involved in the scramble for Fotofest. Maybe we can do something in conjunction with Fotofest.
That sounds like a fun idea, Arnold. Shoot me an e-mail at contact@pedalhouston.com and let’s see what we can come up with.
-Mike
Thanks again for putting the ride together, Mike. Let’s do it again soon.
moved to humble from austin at the end of last year. i miss the big group rides dearly and work too late to ever make it out to CM on a friday. would really like to make it out to a ride in town like this. looks like a lot of fun. hope there is another one soon.