First off, I’d just like to say hi and introduce myself. I’m Devan, and I’m originally from Las Vegas, but I go to school in Nashville, TN. So most of my posts will be on Nashville riding and such. I ride with a group called Skumlife, and I started an all girls fixed gear group here in Nashville called Cupcranks. You can check out my personal blog here, and this is me.
On to my second order of business. Yesterday, Skumlife and Cupcranks hosted the “Where the Wild Things Ride” here in Nashville. We had an amazing turnout, and the ride ended up being a lot more fun than I had even anticipated. We all met up at Halcyon Bike Shop, our local community bike shop owned by our good friends Andrew and Elise, in the early afternoon, hung out for a bit, and had a brief coffee run while we waited for every one to get there. From there we rode downtown, across the Shelby Street Bridge, and through the Shelby Bottoms Greenway to the Opry Mills Mall. We had lunch and then watched Where the Wild things are on IMAX. Overall, the day was a definite success! You can find more pictures on Keith Gallagher’s Flickr.
15 responses so far ↓
1 Dan // Oct 20, 2009 at 11:06 am
Welcome to Candy Cranks! Another fine addition to Meg’s stable of authors and riders.
The Wild Things ride looks like a blast
2 imclyde // Oct 21, 2009 at 3:45 am
That ride looked like a lot of fun
Devan, do you post on chifg forum?
I dont mean to be a creep but I feel like I’ve seen your bike floating around somewhere before
3 Devan - Nashville // Oct 21, 2009 at 5:33 am
yea, i’ve posted on there a few times. also, my pictures are floating all over the internetz lol.
4 imclyde // Oct 21, 2009 at 3:00 pm
haha well I really like your bike
make your way over to Chicago if you havent yet. it’s an awesome time!
5 Renee-Boston // Oct 21, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Nice! Unexpected in TN!! I lived in Texas for years and there isn’t much going on in the biking scene. Good for you for getting out there and getting ladies involved!
6 Devan - Nashville // Oct 22, 2009 at 12:57 am
Where about in Texas? The scene in Austin is insane from what I’ve heard.
The fixed gear community here started out fairly small, but it’s growing insanely fast. It’s still a core group of really close friends though.
7 Renee-Boston // Oct 22, 2009 at 8:34 pm
Not Austin, unfortunately! Austin is such a great city and so VERY different from most areas in Texas. I grew up near Houston and went to school at Texas A&M.
BTW, Loved the cupcakes!!
8 Loretta // Nov 8, 2009 at 8:56 pm
Nice to see someone in TN. I’m from Knoxville myself, my brother lives in Nashville and rides his bike daily. I’m in Sydney currently, and have yet to get up the courage to buy a bike and ride with the crazy traffic! I will soon though…
9 Meg - Sydney // Nov 10, 2009 at 1:41 pm
Yeah come on Loretta! x
10 Devan - Nashville // Nov 10, 2009 at 3:02 pm
loretta, who is your brother?
11 Loretta // Nov 10, 2009 at 10:52 pm
His name is Paul, I linked him to your website, maybe you’ll hear from him. I know he has done a few group rides, but I don’t know if it is the same group you go with.
12 Devan - Nashville // Nov 11, 2009 at 1:49 am
I’d have to imagine it is the same group as me. There aren’t any others here that ride fixed… hmmm…
13 Devan - Nashville // Nov 11, 2009 at 1:53 am
what’s your/his last name?
14 Loretta // Nov 11, 2009 at 6:29 pm
Haha,+I+see+he+messaged+you.+Facebook+ftw.
15 Loretta // Nov 11, 2009 at 6:30 pm
…If I knew how to edit and delete that post to fix all the random plus signs I would. >(
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