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Mar
Mar
11
Sep
Sep
Here we go! This is the final post before the run. Download the POCKET GUIDE. Read up on the BASICS. Pack your bags! Meet up at KICKSTART tonight (6pm to 10pm) for some good times. We are leaving COOL BEANS at 10am on Friday.
The CAMPSITE FEES
FRI and SAT is $15. Per person Per Night. Come right in Get settled then you can get a wristband from Walter or Steve when you arrive.
THE AWARDS for this year are:
• Biggest Twin (Best HD based bike)
• The Almost Memorial Joe Scraper Award (Best Triumph based bike)
• High mileage (Most miles ridden on a motorcycle to the run)
• Roadside repair (Best roadside repair)
• Deathtrap (the bike that shouldn’t make it but does.)
• The Proletariat (the People’s choice)
• The super awesome evil robot lunchbox with fighting spirit award (classiest motherfucker)
• The Best Beard
THE SWAG
If you can’t make it, I have put some shirts and posters inventory in the STORE. Orders will ship first thing Monday.
FOLLOW along on your favorite social media! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram
I would like to thank all of the people that work hard to get this run done every year. Everyone that pitches in, helps out and kicks ass. Our sponsors are the cream of the crop. They support this event for the best reason, they love it as much as you do. So thats it. Hope to see you this weekend. ~ Walter
P.S. Remember… NO CRASHING!
10
Sep
Sep
We have posted the POCKET GUIDE in the DOWNLOADS section of the website and a map of the reserved campsites at Narrowsburg. We will also be tweeting (I can’t fuckin’ believe I had to use the word “Tweeting”) any info needed as it comes up and as Cell sevice allows.
So follow along on Instagram @gypsy_run and Twitter @gypsy_run
09
Sep
Sep
When the Gypsy Run started the idea was to have a simple thing that was about riding… and having fun, but mostly about riding. There wasn’t a lot of options eight years ago. I hated going to a “Charity Run” that involved more paperwork than actual miles ridden. Nobody is challenging themselves or learning anything in 40 miles. That is a commute. That is the core of why we put on this run. It is not for everyone. It is a bit of a challenge. You find out what kind of a rider you are. You get to know people, really get to know them. Remember that when you are riding through the rain, fixing a flat or kicking your bike for the hundredth time. Since this is the year of trying new things here is another one. NO ROUTE MAPS. There are many reasons why this is a good idea (I’m sure you can think of one right now). The best reason is to add a bit of uncertainty to it. It’s getting more and more difficult to just “get lost” these days. Stay with the pack or find your own way, you are going to have a great weekend and come home with stories worth telling.
All that being said, We will have a pocket guide with all the important info on it in the downloads section tomorrow. Addresses, phone numbers, a few key waypoints. All the info is already on gypsyrun.com. I know I say this every year but this is going to be the best year yet! ~Walter
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Sep
Sep
Kickstart Cycle Supply
04
Sep
Sep
Hotels near the shop.
SUPER 8
410 U.S. 46, South Hackensack, NJ 07606 (201) 440-4476Airport Motel
636 U.S. 46, Teterboro, NJ (201) 440-1690 (0.9 mi S)
SUPER 8
410 U.S. 46, South Hackensack, NJ 07606 (201) 440-4476Airport Motel
636 U.S. 46, Teterboro, NJ (201) 440-1690 (0.9 mi S)
HILTON
650 Terrace Avenue, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ (201) 288-6100 (0.5 mi W)
Hotels near Cool Beans (Fridays starting point)
La Quinta
393 New Jersey 17 Paramus, NJ 07652 (201) 265-4201
Comfort Inn & Suites
211 New Jersey 17 Paramus, NJ 07652 (877) 587-6266
Crowne Plaza
601 From Road Paramus, NJ 07652 (201) 262-6900
Friday and Saturday night we are staying at the Landers campsite on the banks of the beautiful Delaware river. (Visit the Maps page for the address and directions). If you want to meet us there, the main group will probably roll in somewhere around between 4 and 5 PM. We have reserved and enormous portion of the campsite so individual reservations are unnecessary. The fee for camping is $15 per night. In the past we’ve collected the camping fees on the honor system. We put out a jar and it worked it self out. To make it easier on our accountant we are going to try wristbands this year. Once you get settled then come see us at the t-shirt tent and you can get your wristbands for the weekend.
Rember, you can come to as much of the run as you can do. Wanna come meet us for lunch on friday? No problem! You want to come and hang out and then retreat to your comfortable hotel? No sweat! 5 miles or 500, get on your bike and have some fun. See you all soon! ~Walter
Here is the schedule for this year’s run.
Thur. Evening
- 6pm – 10pm Pre Run get together at Kickstart Cycle Supply.
Friday Morning
- 7am – 10am Meet at Cool Beans
- 10am Departure
Friday Afternoon
- Lunch stop (unscheduled target of opportunity)
Friday Evening
- Arrive at Camp between 4 – 5pm
- Set up camp
- Dinner
- Drinks on the Lito deck
Saturday Morning 7am – 10am
- Breakfast
Saturday Morning 10am
- Depart Campsite for a day of Riding
Saturday Afternoon
- Lunch stop (unscheduled target of opportunity)
Saturday Evening
- Dinner
- Awards
- Dance Party
- Watch Jay cold kick some phat beats!
Sunday Morning
- Wake up
- Clean up after yourself
- Ride off into the sunrise
- Arrive home and rest your head on yer HUGE PILLOW!
Our T-shirt Presale exceded expectations. Thank you all for your support. We would also like to thank Kris Hendershot for his great design and Andy, Rob and the entire crew at American Icon for being the best screen printers on the east coast! We are going to end the Pre_Sale now so we have some shirts for the run. After we will have them back online and at the Brooklyn Invitational Motorcycle Show. We will start shipping shirts this week. Thanks again! Hope to see you all on the Gypsy Run in LESS THAN TWO WEEKS!!!!! (I got to get back to work) ~ Walter
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Aug
Aug
Hello all.
I hope your summer has been going well. With the Gypsy Run being right around the corner the updates and info will be coming more frequently. For the moment here are the broad strokes. The biggest change this year is we are staying at one camp site for the entire run. Traditionally we have stayed at different places Friday and Saturday. There are several reasons for this, but without getting too complicated about it the main reason is just to try something different. Friday we are going to leave from Cool Beans Coffee shop in Oradel, NJ. We are going to ride approximately 200 miles around the Catskill region of New York ending up at The LANDERS Campsite on the beautiful Delaware river. We will have catering and free beer (while it lasts) and a pleasant evening getting to know each other. The next morning you will wake to the sound of birds chirping and bacon sizzling. Around 10am Fritz and Mike 47 will lead you on a whirlwind 300 mile tour of the other side of the river, better known as Pennsylvania. We will have staff at the campsite all day to welcome people and keep an eye on things. You can leave your tent up and not worry about it while you are out riding. There will be NOTHING going on at the campsite during the day. You are encouraged to go out and do fun stuff (whatever that means to you). After a day’s worth of awesome you will return to the warm embrace of our semi-permanent encampment where Cold Beer and a warm dinner will be waiting. At some point we will be giving out trophies and prizes to people that made, and have done great things. After that I am sure something entertaining will happen. Sunday morning… go home. That is the plan. Details will follow.
See ya soon ~Walter
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