We had the La Grandest time!

Of course I have put pictures in the reverse order, so you start with our victory-bath in the river (Post-nap, yes, Brook will nap ANYWHERE possible). This river was in the same park as one of our stops. Our next to last stop after a very hot haul from quaint downtown LaGrande out to the Flying J travel plaza for some beers, (holy shit this ride had a lot of drinking in it. Not all of it mandatory...) across the tracks where both Dustin and Brook...

...Flatted out again. I blame the wide gaps between the tracks, the heat, and the fact that we were probably spinning like 17 mph (holy shit!!!) when we crossed. The supply of tubes from the local shop sure came in handy, nice of us to clean out their supply of 700x23's. After the fix it was on to La Grande's suburb of Island City for another drink (lemonade, thank you ladies!) at a non-descript Chinese restaurant (I think... between the five of us who went we could probably piece together the whole ride) then on to Dutch Bros. for a shot (iced, no fucking around, two stops to go, then the finish) and up a shady road to lakeside park, where we were treated to another beer. On to the Longbranch. Last stop, then... victory?

Team Boise at the start

This is the porch where it all began. This is the porch where it would end. 1st place: shared by Amy and Anna. Next three in: D-bagg, Warren and Brook. Time elapsed to next finisher....roughly half an hour. Couldn't find the kegs the whole time. No matter! La Grande was slain.

Dustin fixing his first flat of the trip. Note he had not had the chance to ride his bike at this point. These are the shredded tires and tubes from jumping off the bike rack doing 75. We all pitched in and watched Dustin change tubes and tires the whole trip. Offering lots of advice.

215.25 Miles of hangover

mmmmm.... delicious steamed hams...

John STYLED US OUT by bringing an army of burgers, buns, chips and all the fixin's.  All neatly packed into his cooler, and biked over on his boat trailer.  Yes.  BOAT TRAILER.  A new King of Pedal and Paddle?  We shall see in August... Oh, and he manned the grill all night!

Thank you everyone who came out to ride.  I have 861 laps recorded, and know for a fact that that's not all of them.  Like the title says I figured it to be 215.25 miles.  People donated cash to boot!  $90 total.  I've got to brag on Josh a little about the donations, $40 of that came straight from him.  Thanks, Josh, I hate the cancer too.  I never made my promised 100 laps.  The weight of being a host and keeping pace with the drinking limited my time in the saddle.  I did make 70 laps, and quit counting for a while there, so I still feel good about my lap contribution.  I said I would have prizes for people with over 50 laps, and I do, I just forgot on Friday.  So,  Brady Calahan, Josh F., David (sorry, your last name eludes me), and Steve (of the Kuna crew, right?) all had over 50, and so there is a prize for each of you.  I will leave the Winco bag of goodies just behind the fence next to the cooler full of Hamms.  Drop by and snag one when you're in the neighborhood.  (I expect you to take down a Hamms or two as well... More bragging on Josh, he made the most laps, 114.  Ryan King was next with 105, then Brady with 80, then the rest of us.  Great riding with all of you!  Thanks again.  The next ride coming up is Dirty and Pink all ladies race on June 6.  Then the Red Hot Riot (at the VAC this year) on July 11 (tentatively).  One more thing:  I have Ryan's water bottle it is washed, filled and set in the cooler along with the Hamms.  Come get it when you can.

UPDATE: Saturday we had some late-comers for the ride.  Sean Donovan, Kim, Dorian & Stacy all showed up ready to play.  Hamms all around and a huge donation to the LAF, $47!! Hells Yeah!  Our grand total to send off to the Foundation stands at $137, nice.  Thanks again!  The prizes are still out there, slightly protected from the rain.  Come collect!

The next ride! May 22, 6pm. 100 miles.

Goddamn right it's a beautiful day.

No kidding!  We are going to ride 100 miles for fatty.   This will be a kid-free event with no entry fee but what you bring to drink and any donations you wish to make to the Lance Armstrong Foundation (they HATE cancer).  My house, short course, lots of shenanigans, ballyhoo, whimsy, etc.  It's a crazy idea and a great cause.  Kit up, lace up, roll up, and get on it.  Lots of beers and lots of laps around my relatively safe block.  (400 laps or so)  I bought the official shirt and swag, and will dole it out as I see fit.  This COULD present an opportunity for a few impromptu beer relays...  

902 Sylvan st.

Friday May 22, 6pm til it's done

BYOB

RSVP your commitment if you can!

slee(dot)brook@gmail(dot)com

UPDATE:  Don't be scared to come and ride if you think that you HAVE to make 400 laps, or 200, etc.  As a GROUP I believe we can reach the goal.  It would be amazing if we had 400 people doing one lap and drinking one beer.  That's 400 beers that hate cancer!   I will commit to 100 laps (shit, now I AM committed...)  and make sure there is propane for the grill, ice in the coolers at the pit stop and a pile of wood for the firepit.  

MORE UPDATE:  Sounds like quite a few people are coming, and even more people are interested, curious, possibly apprehensive? At a good pace it would take a long-ass time to complete 100 miles.  Foolish to begin at 6pm, that's why you are COMING OVER to ride with us and ease the burden.  We got a sitter so we could focus on being on the bikes much of the time, and be attentive (and drunk) hosts the rest of the time.  If you drop by with the kiddos for a lap and a brew, great!  Our house is not all thorns and rusty nails, we are just having a night "in".  There are races and rides the next day, but a couple laps and an equal number of beers won't crush ya!  Big Business is playing the Neurolux later in the evening, you can make it to that too.  Laps START at 6, so come early and lube up.  (DZnuts community tube...?)

DOS Winners

Of course you are all winners for coming out and playing.  Just a list of who had fun the fastest.

Forgive any misspellinges, I managed to drink a few too many, weird, huh?

Huge thanks to Sam Stimpert and the VAC for hosting/putting up with us.  

Thanks to Discoma, Microbabies and Beautician for playing music.  

Thank all of you for playing!

1.  Ryan Weeks

2. Tony Schmidt

3. Paul Ely

4.  Katy Severson

5.  Jeff Buttars

6. John Young

7.  Vachel Barbour

8.  Andrea Egjezabal (thanks for the handwriting, Bart...)

9.  John King

10.  Ryan King

11.  Kory Dawson

12.  Lucas Hollern

13.  Leif Elgthun

14.  Andy Olsen

15.  Jake Schisel

16.  Alex Cardoza

17.  Leil Cardoza

18.  Kevin Bolen

19.  Alyson Schisel

20.  Brady Calahan

21.  A.J. Ogden

22.  Monica Hopkins

23.  Fran Maxwell

24.  Maria Andrade

25.  Kristi Regotti

26.  Danielle Pemster

27.  Corey Wageman

Sus Danner showing off her Lobster

Relay riders

Buttars at Gernika

DOS: AN ALLEYCACHE EVENT

SATURDAY, MAY 2

DOS - An alleycat race with what we think is a very new twist. Keep coming back for more info. We have also been busily putting a rock show together to go with the race that includes these guys. Needless to say, we are excited. 

REMEMBER! BIKES & REC LOVES YOU!

Just thinking of you makes me wet.

HUGE thanks to the WBC for the amazing evening that was HELLR4CER. These images pretty much sum up how I started the race, felt during said race, and eventually how I feel I came out in the end. I will be represented as the green pumpkin and the orange one can be HELLR4CER. 

P77's photo's are amazing as always. Well done. 

As far as casualties are concerned, I seem to have done something very strange to my right knee and I lost my tire irons at Scuglia's. I consider all of the above acceptable losses. I can always get a new knee. 

Stay posted here for the MAGIC MUSTACHE RIDE information as it will be available soon. WATCH THE SKIES and remember... Bikes and Rec loves you.