Well the spring swap/show season just wrapped up with the awards presentation at Monroe. MI. A quick recap is in order here. The Winterville, GA show just outside Athens, GA had a good turnout. A steady crowd and I moved a few parts. I see this show growing and thanks to Mark M. for hosting. Next I picked up my dad in Indiana and headed north to Bowling Green, OH for the Memory Lane Classics show.  I think there were about 150 vendors but could have been more. Don Honn is the host of this one and the show was moved across the street to the fairgrounds proper instead of the parking lot where it had been held since the closing of the Memory Lane store in Grand Rapids. by all accounts this was a vast improvement and a bunch of rare bikes were available for sale. Need a Bluebird, Three were available. Need an Aerocycle, there were two available plus a presold barn find Aerocycle showed up which was really cool. I picked up a rare Trimex Studebaker pedal car, a 20″ Sky Skipper tricycle, a really nice Streak-O-Lite wagon (has headlights), a ’39 Hawthorne Zep, and a ’41 Colson Imperial twin cushioner along with some smalls. Memory Lane is a great social event as it is a chance to meet all the people you have texted, emailed, and talked to on the phone for the past year. A lot of new faces this year with people from all over the U.S.. Monroe was great as usual but the trailer was full so I just talked to a bunch of folks and took a lot of pictures.

Next up are Portland, IN 1-4 June and the 11th Annual Marin Museum of Bicycling show in Fairfax, CA 6 June. For the rides listed below please check their website or Facebook pages for the latest.  To view past events go here https://vintageamericanbicycles.com/index.php/events/  Please take care, be safe, and enjoy the ride