Think you know your way around Fort Worth better than anybody?
Or, do you just wanna ride your bike on a Saturday, help a local charity, and get a free beer or two to boot?
Join us here at the shop at noon, Saturday, November 4th, for Fort Worth's first ever "Cranksgiving" alleycat race, co-hosted by us and Rahr & Sons Brewing.
For those of you unfamiliar with alleycats, it is a bike messenger-style event with multiple checkpoints and no set route. Cranksgiving's checkpoints will be grocery stores, and riders' "signatures" will be specific non-perishable food items that they are to purchase at these locations.
Start line is our shop (1306 W Magnolia Ave), and the finish line will be at the Rahr Brewery. Fritz Rahr has generously offered to let us stay around for an hour or so after the race and quench our collective thirst.
The race is FREE, but you will need to bring some cash to buy food items. You will also need a means to carry food items with you on your bike (preferably a Masi Bike: since they gave a prize for the race), a lock (Preferably Kryptonite: another prize-giver), and a stapler or tape to organize your receipts.
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3 comments:
Pictures man... I want pictures!
Good idea!
You should let potential participants know about how much cash to bring, how big a bag to bring, and what kind of bikes are acceptable. Cool flyers are de rigeur for alleycats. Oh, and spoke cards too. You definitely need spoke cards.
And like Tim says, Pictures!
Oh, we've got the spoke cards covered... Probably about $15 cash will suffice. As far as bikes go, I say run what ya brung. Fixies, mountain bikes, road, cross, mini bmx... whatever. As long as you can carry several non-persishable food items with you at once, you're golden.
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