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HEY 1,500! THANKS FOR RIDING
1,500 people came out to ride the 2009 Night Ride - a record number! Congrats to all of you who made it out for the night. What an incredible night to be riding a bike in Portland.

We saw some great costumes, hot moves on the dance floor and wildly lit bikes. We asked you to bring it, and man you brought it. The energy was high as you snaked your way through the city. 

The Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers brought in nearly their whole crew to kick things off, and Zimba Marimba brought it all to a close with their funky rhythms and amazing glowing outfits. We hope you also caught the surprises and mysteries on course. How many did you count?

We look forward to seeing you all back out there again next year!

WHAT DID YOU THINK?

We want to hear from you! Tell us what you thought of the ride.

Please take a quick moment to answer this brief survey and you could win a free pair of passes to the Hottest Day of the Year Ride.

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AMTRAK CASCADES COSTUME CONTEST WINNERS
MOST ELABORATE
Dorothy and the Scarecrow
The Lioness
MOST LIGHTS
Jim Parsons
Japanese Lanterns
BEST GROUP COSTUME
The Naughty Pirates
The Fireflies
PUNIEST
Gorilla + Banana
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NEXT UP: HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR RIDE

If you liked The Night Ride, we think you're going to love the Hottest Day of the Year Ride, another great event by Good Sport Promotion.

In some ways, it's the exact opposite of Saturday night: Daytime riding, sunshiney summertime splish-splashy fun.... We're going for the world record of the largest water fight ever recorded (squirt guns are provided) so get ready for some awesome finish line action. We've also constructed Oregon's longest Slip n' Slide, there's a watermelon eating and seed spitting contest, lemonade stations and an all-you-can-eat sundae bar where you can pile the toppings as high as the sky.


THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

We'd like to thank all of our sponsors for making The Night Ride such an incredible event! Thank you for the mechanic stations and all the support from our bike shop partners The Bike Gallery (start), Weir's (movie stop) and Bike N' Hike (disco).

Amtrak Cascades was a wonderful host - how about that very cool downtown start location?!?  Amtrak also provided free train passes as prizes for the costume contest. Starting soon they will have a direct train to Vancouver, B.C., and you can reserve a spot to bring along your bike, too.

Fun Reflector provided some very hot reflectors for the costume contest, and they also made the reflective arrows we had on course.

Special thanks also to ORbike for hosting online registration. The Night Ride is one of the many ORbike member events. If you're an ORbike member, you can save on big all year long.  ORbike members received a discount on their Night Ride registration and they got a free set of TireFly wheel lights. There are many more discounted events coming up, so check out the list and become an ORbike member today.

July, 2010


AN ORBIKE MEMBER EVENT
This is an ORbike member event. If you're an ORbike member, you'll save $5 on registration. 
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GLOW-IN-THE-DARK SHIRT!
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Save when you purchase your shirt at the time of registration before the event.  Yes, it really glows! So cool!


 
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   The Night Ride ||   503-459-4508 ||  Info [at] TheNightRide.com ||  PO Box 2037, Portland, Oregon 97208