Yesterday was Tour de Fat here in Fort Collins. Party for a cause.
I'd only ever heard of Tour de Fat since it was cancelled in 2020 ad 2021 because of, well, y'know. This year, it was back, and what a hoot.
Fort Collins is home to over 20 craft breweries, including New Belgium Brewing Co, which is the fourth largest craft brewer in the U.S. It's also a very bike-friendly city, as I've mentioned before with the huge turnouts for bike-to-work, etc.
Any event having to do with bicycles or craft beer will be well attended here, and Tour de Fat is all about bicycles AND beer.
It starts with a parade...
Magnum and I had to check it out despite not having funky costumes or funky bicycles. I guess our usual riding gear would be sufficient.
The venue was PACKED, to put it mildly. Everyone there to have a good time, it is a philanthropic event after all. There were food trucks and plenty of beer, but fun activities for kids too. And the costumes - so many costumes! Better than comic con.
There was a fun bike pit with various "weird" bicycles - challenging geometry, off-center hubs, assorted two-seaters - to try to ride
Parking was a bit of a challenge 😁, as it should be.
We somehow managed to stumble upon Wolfgang. We figured he'd be there, but the odds of finding him among the masses were slim.
Alas, just as we were heading back to the bike racks for the humble task of finding ours, there he was with a friend, the odds in our favor.
Before we left, we made a pit stop at one of the ample port-a-potty stations. While there we witnessed the arrival of this guy.
He had some party music playing at first - Tone Loc's Wild Thing - but quickly switched over to The Imperial March, A.K.A. Darth Vadar's theme.
What an entrance! And it was still just the parking lot. Stud! (speaking of John Williams, I know nothing about Darth Vadar guy...)
Then he switched back to party tunes and had random people - maybe a little drunk already - bustin' a move or two.
With that, Magnum and I headed out and took the long way home. The entire ride home and beyond, I had The Imperial March playing in my head.
That's an earworm for ya.
7 comments:
Impressive parade of bicycles! WOW , I think our town is larger and we only have naked bikers parade. Not at all interesting.
Very cool for Foco summer day!
Linda Sue, it was a beautiful day for TDF. I've heard of the naked bikers parade, and think I'll skip.
This looked like so much fun!! I would just love to have seen the parade of bikes! So much variety in them! I think if I went to something like this I would have to Uber in and out (if possible). I don't think after sampling beers and the like it would be safe for me to be on a bike :) Glad you got to "hook up" with Wolfgang for a bit and friend :) Definitely sounds like a great outing and so glad it is back again!!!!! How was the weather? Was it really hot or pleasant?
betty
Betty, weather was great for the return of TDF - sunny, not too hot, no wind or rain/hail. There were SO many bicycles. I'm not sure how close a car could've gotten!
Despite all the beer and drinking, it was a real family-friendly event, very positive vibes.
What great fun! So many creative vehicles. My fav was the Aladdin rug. I'm assuming the rug was atop a skateboard.
BootsandBraids, a LOT of creativity to appreciate!
So you don't have to be fat to join in with the Tour de Fat?
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