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Marin's Annual Thanksgiving Day Ride
(akaAppetite Seminar)

Though not organized, the annual Thanksgiving Day gathering of riders (aka the Appetite Seminar) in Marin County is one of the oldest events in mountain biking. Starting from downtown Fairfax, riders wend their way along Bolinas-Fairfax Road to Pine Mountain, and return to Fairfax via a descent down the infamous Repack Downhill.

I'll be adding more pictures when time permits.
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"Chef" Jacquie Phelan at Appetite Seminar, Thanksgiving Day, 1985 Liz Nilsen at Appetite Seminar, Thanksgiving Day, 1985 Liz Nilsen & Jacquie Phelan at Appetite Seminar, Thanksgiving Day, 1985 Appetite Seminar, Thanksgiving Day, 1985
Jacquie Phelan, 1985 Liz Nilsen with knobby tread fingernails, 1985(?) Liz Nilsen and Jacquie Phelan, 1985 1986
       
Marin's Thanksgiving Day Ride (aka Appetite Seminar) Marin's Thanksgiving Day Ride (aka Appetite Seminar) Marin's Thanksgiving Day Ride (aka Appetite Seminar) Robert Shelton in Marin's Thanksgiving Day Ride (aka Appetite Seminar)
    John Whisnant in front (blue jacket), Dion D'Amico behind him in yellow Bob Shelton