Cycle NC Makes Stop in Lincolnton

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CYCLE NC MAKES STOP IN LINCOLNTON
Cyclists spend night in "tent city" at Betty Ross Park

By Jon Mayhew

LINCOLNTON -- It looked more like a Woodstock Concert than more than 1,000 bicyclists camping out at Betty Ross Park.

The tent city, catering by Melamoose Scoops and Java, Alive After Five; all events centered around Cycle NC's visit to Lincolnton Monday.

Bicyclists had everything available at Betty Ross Park from safe parking tips to showers to recreation. Photo by Adam Diaz/The Carolina Scoop

Rick Presnell with Cycle NC said Lincolnton was very hospitable.

"This is really nice," said Presnell, while taking pictures at Melamoose Monday night.

Seranading the bicyclists were the beach band Ocean Boulevard, who put on a special concert on the Court Square for participants, as well as a reschedule from an earlier Alive After Five that was rained out.

Lincolnton was one of six stops along the Cycle NC tour, which wraps up Oct. 4 on the coast.

Another view of the Cycle NC Tent City. Photo by Adam Diaz/The Carolina Scoop Besides Cycling, participants with Cycle NC enjoyed sports at Betty Ross Park as well. Photo by Adam Diaz/The Carolina Scoop.