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3rd Annual Fashion Show Velo Charity Ride – Report and Photos

The 3rd Annual Fashion Show Velo Charity Ride went off yesterday morning as planned. A nice group of 11 made it out for the ride. It was a beautiful sunny and warm morning. And we all had a great time, with some nice do-gooding mixed in for good measure.

The group met up at the Fred Segal in Santa Monica where we collected most of the toys into Santa Mike’s giant red “smile if you’ve been naughty” bag.

We dropped off the toys right around the corner at the Santa Monica Fire Station and then took off for our ride. We rode through Santa Monica, Westwood and into Beverly Hills. The “fashion” highlight was our trip down Rodeo Drive, past a bunch of shops that I don’t have any right being within 500 feet of! These shops are so fancy that I can’t even pronounce most of their names.

We stopped to take a photo on Rodeo Drive:

And then got lucky when a real “model” catwalked by:

From there, we rolled through Beverly Hills and West Hollywood:

We stopped a few times during the route to hand out grocery store gift cards to people who looked like they could use a little help. From West Hollywood, we rode into Hollywood:

Hollywood Blvd. down Doheny and back to Santa Monica Blvd where Mike handed out another gift card to a thankful person:

Back through Westwood and Santa Monica (via San Vicente) and finally to a group breakfast at Buon Giorno in Santa Monica.

Special thanks to Warren, Mike, Hyde and Robert for all the great photos!

Bike – December 19
Distance: 26.1 miles
Time: 2:23
Course: Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Hollywood, back
Conditions: Sunny and nice (60’s)

Run – December 20
Distance: 4.6 miles
Time: 37 min.
Course: West Hollywood, Beverly Hills
Conditions: Sunny and nice (60’s)