Try Pattison to Bellville Again on Saturday, Apr. 3, 2021, KSU 9AM

Let's try this ride again on Saturday, Apr. 3. It's still a 156-mile round trip from Pattison to Bellville and back. Please bring your lunch, because we will be eating picnic-style at Chesley Memorial Park in Bellville. If you can't manage to bring lunch, we will stop at Nathans BBQ and Shell Station in Brenham for gas and take-out food, if you need. We will meet at the new Shell station in Pattison at 1865 FM 359, Pattison, TX 77423, and will leave promptly at 9AM, so arrive at least 15 minutes early to fill up and have a safety meeting. We will likely be back in Pattison at about 2PM. This is a joint ride with the West Powersports Enthusiasts Meetup. The more, the merrier! For the time being, let's err on the side of safety and wear our masks and maintain safe social distancing. That's the whole point of arranging the lunch on this ride picnic-style in a park, so we aren't sitting across from one another in a restaurant eating with our masks off.

For Garmin folks, the GPX file and map are here: https://bit.ly/2QuhvMN.

For Scenic users, the outbound route is here: https://bit.ly/2PpSUIk
and the inbound route is here: https://bit.ly/3lKGCXf

Some rules for the ride to help with safety, inclusion and minimal confusion.**

1. Ride your own ride! Your participation indicates your understanding that you participate entirely at your own risk and accept complete responsibility for the safety and well-being of yourself, your passengers, and your property. Your participation also indicates you carry insurance in accordance with Texas law and that you have a motorcycle license.

2. Please ride with your bright lights on (except for the rider immediately behind the leader) and please carry emergency contact information with you.

3. Let's maintain a safety-minded culture: All the Gear, All the Time. That includes a helmet, jacket and riding pants (preferably armored), over-the-ankle boots and gloves.

4. Please make sure you start the trip with a full tank of gas. Plan on having enough gas to travel 125 miles between gas stops. Never pass up an opportunity to get gas when we stop for a break.

5. This is not a ride for stunting. Please don't pull wheelies, stoppies or stunts of any kind!

6. If you are going to break off from the route, please wave at someone so we know you left the group on purpose, then have a great day.

7. Keep an eye on the person behind you. If you lose sight, turn around and find out what happened. Let's not leave anyone behind.

8. Any place where there is a turn signal required, we will wait until the last rider (Sweep Rider) makes the turn before continuing.

9. Please check your cold tire pressure before you leave home. If you check it when warm, add 4 lbs. to the cold pressure to compensate.