Only a few bikers rode Atlantic Beach’s main drag Sunday morning as Police Chief Tim Taylor took his first stroll of the festivities for the day, greeting and shaking the hands of Bikefest bikers, vendors and residents who at 10 a.m. were among the early arrivals for the day’s events.

“It’ll get real busy in here in a little while,” said Taylor as he stood near the U.S. 17 end of the street and looked along the road lined with vendor spaces toward the ocean.