Monthly GABA Meeting – October 8
In Praise of the Perfect Machine – Bicycles Before Carbon
It’s time to start our series of monthly October-thru-March GABA meetings.
Our speaker for the October 8th GABA meeting will be Greg Yares. Greg has been riding bicycles since he was 6 years old and collecting bicycles for some 30 years. He will tell you about his bicycle collection at the meeting and even share some amazing old bicycles in person.
Greg’s collection includes a range of bicycles, some of which are now more than 50 years old, including lightweight steel-framed bikes from the 1970s. As he says, those bicycles were “built by humans with true pride in their craft.”
If you are going to attend the meeting and have a bicycle you love, bring it to the meeting.
It will be fun to talk bicycle hardware and about how things have changed.
And if you want to know more detail about Greg’s bike collection before the meeting, here’s the link to a 2014 Desert Leaf article written by Claire Rogers about Greg’s bike collecting activity back then. https://online.fliphtml5.com/uyvk/rrjk/#p=8 .
DATE AND TIME: Please join your fellow GABA members to hear Greg’s story (and feel free to bring guests). The meeting starts at 7:00 pm on October 8, 2026. But doors will open at 6:30 so you can come early and socialize with other GABA members.
LOCATION: The presentation will be at the East Murphey Gallery at the St Philips in the Hills Church, located at the NE corner of Campbell and River. Note that this NOT the St Phillips Plaza where you park for the Loop trail. Rather it’s on the north side of River Road. There are entrances off both Campbell and River.
PARKING: Drive into the parking lot and try to park under or near the parking area that is covered with solar panels. From there, look to the southwest for GABA signs that will direct you to the building with the meeting room. A map showing the location of the parking lot and the route to the meeting room is available at https://tinyurl.com/StPhillipsMap