Photos by David Hall

The weather gods cooperated with the patron saints of bicycling, causing the sun to shine beneficently down on the hordes of enthusiastic bicyclists of all ages who enjoyed BikeFest events on Saturday, April 18.

New bicycle bike rack sculpture near the Co-op's front door.

We ate delicious hot pancakes for breakfast cooked by Latah Trail volunteers, gathered treasures on the bicycle booty hunt, got our bikes tuned up for spring, sold bikes, swapped bikes, gave away bikes, bought new and used bikes, compared bikes, celebrated the installation of the Co-op’s new bike racks with music and chocolate cake, signed up for free bike maintenances classes, and basked in the sun.

The Moscow Volunteer Peace Band helped us celebrate BikeFest.

Such a fabulous event required the help of a bunch of people. Thanks to the Latah Trail volunteers (Nora Locken, David and Nancy Nelson, Aimee Shipman, and Margaret Dibble) for breakfast, the Bicycle Bros. (Isaak Julye and Emmett Breedlovestrout) for bike tune-ups and helping organize the whole thing, the businesses who participated in the Bicycle Booty Hunt (One World Café, Tye Dye Everything, Paradise Creek Bicycles, Hall Closet, 1912 Center, Follett Mountain Sports, and the Moscow Food Co-op), Follett Mountain Sports for the bike tune-ups, Gritman Medical Center for providing info about May’s bicycle events, the Co-op’s maintenance guy Geoff for hefting around chairs and tables, the Co-op buyers who made sure we had booty (Amy and Joan), and the Moscow Volunteer Peace Band, who serenaded us and helped us envision a more bicycle-filled world. See you at BikeFest next year!