WEST TEXAS BIKE FEST IS THE YEARLY BIKE RALLY THAT TAKES PLACE IN COLEMAN, TX ON THE GROUNDS OF THE FRANKLIN EXPO CENTER OCTOBER 23RD AND 24TH 2009 WITH THE GATES OPENING AT 12:00PM FRIDAY AFTERNOON. IT IS A RALLY HOSTED BY BRUCE BOWEN. RIDING FOR ALMOST 35 YEARS HE THOUGHT IT WAS TIME TO HOST A TEXAS SIZE GATHERING AGAIN. HIS FIRST RALLY TOOK PLACE ON THE FAMILY RANCH IN 2001  NEAR STEPHENVILLE, TX. IT WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS. ENCOURAGED TO HOST ANOTHER EVENT HE CHOOSE COLEMAN, TX FRANKLIN CENTER FOR ITS CENTRAL LOCATION TO ABILENE -SAN ANGELO AND WEST OF THE METROPLEX CITIES. THIS IS THE SECOND YEAR FOR THE RALLY IN COLEMAN AND IT IS SHAPING UP TO BE QUITE THE EVENT WITH BIKES BLUES AND A FULL BLOWN SHRIMP BOIL CUSTOMED CATERED BY BRUCES SURFING COWBOY CAFE

ITS ALL IN THE NAME .THE SURFING COWBOY CAFE IS THE BRAINCHILD OF BRUCE BOWEN. IN HIS YOUTH HE WAS PART OF THE GREAT RISE OF THE SKATEBOARDING INDUSTRY . HE WAS AN EXTREME ATHLETE LONG BEFORE THE X GAMES CAME ALONG. AFTER RETIRING AT 26 FROM SKATBOARDING AND SURFING HE TOOK OVER THE FAMILY RANCH NORTH OF STEPHENVILLE, TX AND BECAME A PIONEER IN CERTIFIED ORGANIC AGRICULTURE AND BIULT HIS OWN HOME FROM RECYCLED MATERIALS. A PIONEER IN SKATEBOARDING AND RANCHING LED TO THE CREATION OF THE SURFING COWBOY CAFE AND SURFING COWBOY PRODUCTIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO PUT ON A QUALITY EVENT THAT WILL BECOME A GREAT TEXAS TRADITION.Our Business

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