Too Superstitious to Ride Today?

February 13, 2009
Fort Collins, CO

Will you ride on Friday the 13th?

It is said that many people avoid traveling of any sort on Friday the 13th, refusing to drive cars, ride motorcycles, fly - whatever. We won't ride on the first Friday the 13th this year, but it isn't because we are superstitious. Nooooo, it is because it is cold and snow is in the forecast. Riding today would have more to do with stupidity than superstition.

While I was surfing the web in that regard (that's what you do when it is too cold to ride), looking for those brave souls who will ride on a day numbered 13 - look what I found. These are my kind of people. They ride every Friday the 13th and have been doing so for over two decades (started in 1981 with about 25 bikers). KOOL! In June 2008 over 150,000 people and 30,000 motorcycles participated. The 2009 rides are February, March and November. Sounds like fun to me.

Port Dover Ontario Canada Friday the 13th Rides
http://www.pd13.com/event_pictures.htm">http://www.pd13.com/event_pictures.htm (sorry, dead link)

Texas gets in on the Friday the 13th act with a Motorcycle Rally that starts on February 13th in Boerne, Texas (between Kerrville and San Antonio). I don't know much about it, but they sponsor therapeutic horse rides for children with disabilities.

St Valentines Day Motorcycle Massacre.
13-Feb-2009 - 15-Feb-2009

Join the Alamo City Gypsies and hundreds of bikers at their annual rally at Kendall County Fairgrounds. Live music, two halls of vendors, bike contests, food and drink booths, and much more.

http://www.bikerplaza.com/url.html?state=TX&url=www.boerne.org/events/8765.aspx (sorry, 'nother dead link)