Decorating Your Bike?

[wildhawk]

evangundy: Awesome pics - that looked like a fun parade!!

bikerhen: And the sleigh idea sounds great too - I was wondering how you would top that awesome spider!

pardes: Make sure you post pics - can’t wait to see what you come up with!

I will also post pics - people in Florida compensate for not having snow by getting nuts with Christmas lights, but I have not seen very many this year - everyone is kinda down due to the economy. And DH and I work nightshift, so we usually do not decorate outside our house. But the bikes will be a fun way to share the holiday and also ride around and look at what decorations our neighbors have outside. I have been bummed since it gets dark so early and our park trail closes, so this will give us good excuse to do some night riding too.

[Pax]

I don't ride when it's this cold out but I'll be looking for Geonz's bike, she puts a Christmas tree with lights on the deck of her xtracycle.

[pinkbikes]

Oh - absolutely!!

I have never had the urge to decorate my roadie. But over the years I have decorated our cars (battery-powered lights and tinsel on aerials) and myself a lot. In fact at work it is simply expected that from the 1st December I will commence the wearing of Christmas paraphernalia, building to a cresecendo of silliness on Christmas eve. You name it - I've worn it - even a full sized "present" suit (addressed to DH of course)!

Last year was my first year of mountain biking and the locals arranged a Christmas ride before Christmas, so I decorated my bike (tinsel and baubles on handlebars) my helmet (tinsel pompoms on springs like antlers and a bunch of tinsel) and me (battery lights on camelbak, red shirt). I wiped off my antlers on the first low-hanging branch that ride but managed to work out a better way to attach them for the rest of the festive season!

I'll be back at it again this year with even more enthusiasm!


PS: This led to even more decorating - bunny ears and a bunny tail for Easter, a Daisy on a stalk when I raced in a 24 Hour race in a team called the Dirt Daisies....... Be careful - it's addictive!