In spite of threatening weather, our best June crowd ever showed up for the factory ride held June 12. The misty skies kept temperatures moderate - perfect biking weather for a loop to Elkhorn, East Troy and back to Waterford. Thanks to the Cream City Cycle Club of Milwaukee for their help. Please join us Saturday, July 17 for our July ride with the KR Bike Club and Evanston Bike club. Here's quick shot of the group (which you can click to enlarge):
2010 Ride Calendar
We're building our our 2010 Ride Calendar. The first to be scheduled is our July factory ride:
June 12, 2010 - with Milwaukee's Cream City Cycling Club, we cruise hill and dale around our scenic neighborhood - heading over toward Elkhorn, Wisconsin, capitol of Walworth County! With routes from 30-65 miles, you'll enjoy great scenery at a great time of year! Factory tours from 8-8:30AM; the ride starts at 9AM. There is SAG support. There's no fee, but a waiver signoff is required.
July 17,2010 - with the Evanston Bike Club and the KR Bike Club. We'll tour the beautiful countryside around Waterford. It's the last free weekend before Ragbrai, and a great way to top off your prep miles. With courses up 62 miles, you'll be joining a fun group of friends on some great terrain. Though we get some fast groups (18mph plus), most people ride in the 13-16mph range. Factory tours from 8-8:30AM; the ride starts at 9AM. There is SAG support. There's no fee, but a waiver signoff is required.
Thanks go to T.R. Findley, who created these scans and had his own site. We are grateful to have the opportunity to preserve these fantastic resource. Below are links to the individual pages:
Whether new or used, you can register your Waterford or Gunnar. Though registration does not change your warranty rights, it offers several benefits:
It's a good place to document your connection with your bike. Occasionally, we have people whose bike was stolen, looking for their serial number. This can be handy with recovery and even insurance claims.
Find out more about your bike. We've stored data on nearly every Waterford, Gunnar and other bikes we've built at our factory. For frames after 2005 (and many from between 2003 and 2005), we store many technical details about your bike, including dimensions and specs.
You can list stolen frame serial numbers. We get a number of requests for finding the history on used bikes, so if it's hot, we can help find it.
Note, registering your bike is different from joining either the Waterford or Gunnar Forum. There's a link to the forum login from the new user page.
We attempt to match up your serial number with the original order, which is how we can find the original records. Tips on entry:
To start the process - click here: http://waterfordbikes.com/login/newuser.php. After you enter the requested information, you'll receive an email. Click on it the link to finish the confirmation process.
After confirming the email, log in to register your frame.
Use "Update your profile" to provide us info on yourself to help us serve you.
When registering your bike, there should be no spaces in the serial number, ever if there's a space between letters/numbers on your bottom bracket.
Don't forget to describe the bike (model/size etc.) and from whom you got it. If there's any confusion about the serial number, we use this info to locate the exact record on the frame.
If, after you save the registration info, it says "Pending", you've entered a serial number we have on file. We then check it out before approving the application. This helps us make sure that we find the right record.
Million Mile Freddie on a Roll!
Freddie Hoffman (left) stops in Revolution Cycles - Clarendon, Virginia. He's shown here with Revolution's General Manager, Darrin Misiera, who provided support for Freddie while in the Washington, DC area."
Every year, Freddie Hoffman conducts a fundraising ride on behalf of some pretty important charities - for him and for us - the Leukemia / Lymphoma Society and the Alzheimer's Foundation. This ride will raise over $100,000 for these worthy causes.
This year, Freddie's heading south and plans from his home in northern New Jersay all the way to West Palm beach. We caught up with him while he was visiting on of our favorite shops - Revolution Cycles in Clarendon, Virgina.
In spite of the headwinds and 100 degree heat, Freddie typically covers 100 miles a day, stopping to help raise awareness for these causes. During this ride, Freddie will meet with three governors (South Carolina, Georgia and Florida) as well as the media in several cities.
One of the major ways to maintain the value of your Waterford is to maintain the finish. Waterford has developed a comprehensive guide to maintaining your bike's finish. To display and download the guide, click on the link below:
