Daytona's 20th Annual Biketoberfest

Today was a beautiful afternoon and a perfect day to ride out to Daytona for Biketoberfest.  This month's ride was an open ride, so some of our family and friends joined us.  Once we got to the Speedway, Wendy's bike broke down.  Thankfully, we had a safe place to pull over, diagnose the problem (battery) and wait while we got a new battery installed (Batteries Plus just happens to be across the street!)  In no time at all our Diva mechanic, Victoria, had us back underway and we joined in on the festivities in progress.

At meetup

Hmmm... what could be wrong with Wendy's bike?

Victoria's got it all under control, doing what she loves.

Now it's a party!  The Divas have arrived.

Hey check us out in Examiner.com!

A big thanks to Bruce Larson for such a nice article about the Orlando Chrome Divas and some of the community services and charities we've been involved with.

 





Click here to read "Using a passion for riding to provide community services", by Bruce Larson

Pool Party 2012

 

Since August is usually our hottest month in Orlando and since we liked it so much last year, we decided to have a pool party again in lieu of riding.  But this year we had a special surprise when Cheryl, our awesome Safety Officer, demonstrated the proper way to pick up a dropped bike.

 

Here's the video:

 

Once Cheryl showed us the technique, we got to each try for ourselves. 

 

Go Keri! Go Keri!

 

 

She did it!  Woohoo!

So it was another great day of fellowship and fun, with a little FYI.  Thanks all! 

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Update: Two weeks after our Right Your Bike tutorial, one of our Divas had this to report:
 

"Given the right situation (I dropped my bike) and the right shoes (wearing my riding boots) and the right motivation (I was mad)...I was able to pick up my bike from my training by Cheryl..."

 

Kinda cool, huh? 

Pancake Ride

We had originally planned our pancake run to the Old Spanish Sugar Mill for May 27th but had to reschedule due to tropical storms expected to start rolling in that afternoon.

Good thing we postponed, because this was just the beginning...

 

Disaster averted!

 

So today, after a nice little ride, we finally made it to De Leon Springs for our much anticipated pancake breakfast.  We had plenty of time to work up an appetite, as we apparently weren't the only ones that had a hankerin' for some all-you-can-make pancakes and had a little bit of a wait once we got there.   

 

Tick tock, tick tock... 

 

 

And then it was finally our turn and all was right in the world again.

 

Another successful Olrando Chrome Diva ride-to-eat! 

 

Go Pink! 2012

Divas Wendy, Peggy, Cheryl and Suzie participated in the Ribbon Riders' Go Pink! 2012 ride today.

Smile ladies!

The Ribbon Riders promote breast cancer awareness and provide assistance to women and men in Central Florida who are fighting the disease.

Apopka Music and Bike Fest

Divas Cheryl, Wendy, Teresa, Victoria and Trish rode out to Zellwood today to participate in the Apopka Music and Bike Fest and the 3rd Annual Sun & Fun Poker Run.  The poker run took them through some beautiful country roads of Apopka and Lake County and the proceeds went to the BASE Camp Children's Cancer Foundation.  And, yes, there was both sun and fun.  Right up until the ride home, at which time there were torrential rains and all participating Divas were soaked to the core.

Daytona Bike Week/Chrome Diva Meet & Greet

"We had a terrific time at the Daytona Meet & Greet on March 17th. The Orlando Chrome Divas Board of Directors decided to make the event a memorable one by playing a game we created called, "DIVAS". We created a BINGO-type card with a variety of questions that would get the girls talking with other chapters. Some of the tougher questions were, "Are you an international rider?", "Do you have a dog that rides?", Do you ride an Indian motorcycle?", "Do you have a Chrome Diva tattoo?" and finally "Have you ever ridden the 48 contiguous states?" Twenty five questions in all.

We tasked our members to speak with everyone represented at the Meet & Greet. If the Orlando Diva got a positive reply, the card was marked, name and chapter noted on the back and the questionee was given a token of our appreciation. We purchased these awesome beads that included two motorcycles, two sets of boots and a medallion that stated, "Live to Ride". Everyone wanted the beads!! The winning Orlando Diva was awarded a $25 gift card to the Caribbean Jack's Restaurant.

Our winner was Debi Thomas, the founder of the Orlando Chapter and current SE Regional Director.

I must say that this was an exciting time. All the women were talking with each other, everyone was finding out so many wonderful things about other chapter members. It was a great time had by all.

This was our sixth Meet & Greet and I believe the first time that every member of every chapter represented met an Orlando Chrome Diva."

               ~Victoria Mitchell, Orlando Chapter Director

Vic sporting her new Betty Boop hat

At meetup before a fantastic ride to Daytona

Goofing off at Caribbean Jack's

The party in full swing at CJ's

Debi taking a brief photo-op before getting
 back to some meeting and greeting

Enjoying the wonderful seafood at CJ's

Debi and Diva Skelly

Diva Robby (right) traveled all the way from Canada to join us!

All the Chrome Divas that participated at the Meet & Greet

Nice jazz hands ladies!

Joni and our fearless Caribbean Jack's server, who
does an absolutely incredible job every year

As Keri would (and did) say,
"Winner, winner chicken dinner!"

Orlando Chrome Divas and our Divos, Ron and Mark