rise up and ride

today is a good day to die. 

gratitude and meatballs.

Not enough can be said to truly thank all of you for making this event as awesome as we here at Bikes and Rec thought that it was. Deeply and truly. 

Simple rundown and then more gushing. 

Men

1  Logan Barclay  40 min

2 Jarris Wieme

3 Cody Weaver

Women

1 Kristi  (7th overall)

2 Andrea

3 Kristy Martin

No swag. No prizes. Just honor, beer and and all the meatballs and salisbury steak you could eat. Huge congrats to ALL 32 racers, you all killed a very unfriendly course. 

Speaking of unfriendly courses,  I was told that evening that Jeff never wanted to hear the word "shenanigans" again so I will refrain from  refering to the rest of the evening under those pretenses. Sprints, Polo , Beerelay all went down and I think fun was had by all who participated. 

Sam and Anneliessa from the Visual Arts Collective are really amazing people and need to be not only promoted but placed upon an very high pedastal and worshipped. The men's restroom adorned in art by Erin Ruiz is worth a trip to the VAC all by itself. Tartufi could have been the best band I have ever seen in my life. No offense to all the other great bands that played that night but FUCK ME. WOW. 

All photos you see here (except for batman, Brook shot that) are by Ray J. Gadd. we love him a lot. 

Huge thanks to Sockeye for the help with beer. Thanks to D-Bagg, always. 

That said, I know I have missed a few of you. I will remember tonight after I go to bed. Don't forget HELLR4CER on November 1. We will be decidedly unofficially cheerleading that event from here in the next few days. Watch the skies. Bikes and Rec loves you.  

THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE BEER

Our  friend Josh King from Sockeye brewing has answered our pleads for beer with a keg of his WOOLY BUGGER WHEAT beer.  Looks like the weather will cooperate with us for the day of bikes, 70 degrees sounds pretty nice!  We should be set up no later than 2pm to get people signed up.  Race starts at 3pm, then sprints and skids after.  Bring your mallets, we want to get some polo going on in the parking lot next to the VAC.  Tapping the keg right after the Alleycat.  Bring a few bucks for "incidentals" along the route...

H4

Ride: a bike-together

This is one of those opportunities that we just couldn't pass up. We had an itch and the VAC is helping us scratch it. We are gonna have a ball. 

Come help us celebrate the end of summer by partaking in bicyclecentric activities at a wonderful venue in beautiful downtown Garden City. 

Sunday, October 19, 2008 Visual Arts Collective  3638 Osage Street, Garden City, Idaho.  

alleycat @ 3:00 p.m.  (get there early to register!) Don't be very afraid of this one, it will be medium bodied in style, juicy and savoury yet earthy and rustic, much like a Renzo Masi Chianti 2005. 

sprints @ 5:00 p.m. (the alley and parking lot will be blocked off JUST FOR US!)

skids and other shenanigans after the sprints. 

$10.00 gets you a spoke card, a keg cup for the delicious beer and admission to a great show that happens to start at 8:00 p.m.  

Tartufi  

La Fleur 

speedboat

This is DEFINITELY a 21+  deal so bring your ID. 

Any questions? direct them to the comments below and we will answer them in the order they were recieved. 

Seth and Ray's Excellent Adventure Footage

Here's some footage that my buddy Graham Sours took via helmet cam. It's pretty sick even though the battery died a good 20 minutes before he finished. Not the head tipping back shots.... Thanks Graham!

Excellent Adventure Re-Cap

Well well well.... This has been long overdue and I apologize.

We can finally say that we did it. All the hard work and planning paid off huge. For our first event, 30 people would have made us smile. What would 84 people do for us? Pray that everything goes smoothly and then jump for joy. Tons of new shining faces came out on Saturday to show their love of biking and we couldn't have been more honored. Thank you so much for pedaling your asses off and giving us great pride in our adventure.

Here's a basic run down of events if you missed out on the festivities.

• 5:00 - 5:54: A slew of siked riders came out to Kathryn Albertson Park to sign up
  
• 5:55 - 5:59: Riders tore open their manifests and planned a tentative route
  
• 6:00: The madness began and participants took off in various directions
  
• 6:00 - 7:00: Seth and I frantically setup the final stop and grab more supplies to sustain the unexpected crowd.
  
• 7:06: Beau Burley runs into the final stop taking first place for the men
  
• 9:00 - Infinity: People get their drink, food and dance on!
  

Men

1. Beau Burley: $100
   
2. Danny Kester: $65
   
3. Sean E: $35

Women

1. Kristi Burley - 2nd place overall: $100
   
2. Fran: $65
   
3. Brittney Gadd: $35

Thank You's

• Brook and Bart: Bikes and Rec - For way too much help! Couldn't have done it without you guys
  
• Kevin Boland: Big Horn Brewing - For his generous keg donation and beer glasses
  
• Jacob Black: Bitter Creek/Red Feather - $25 gift certificate and t-shirt
  
• Bodie Lee: Red Feather - Tasty Jams mixed throughout the night
  
• Jenna Durfee: Dawson Taylor - $20 gift certificate
  
• Cory: Falcon Tavern - (2) $20 gift certificates
  
• Tom Patek: World Cycle - Tons of socks, tubes, and some hats
  
• Evan Cecil: Newt & Harold's - Lovely swag package
  
• Dan: Casanova - $25 gift certificate and a t-shirt
  
• Scott: Raw Sushi - T-shirts and hats
  
• Logan: Bikes2Boards - PINK CHROME BAG!, Swobo handlebars, Oury grips
  
• The Flicks - Two movie tickets
  
• Corbett: Vitamin Water - Cases of Vitamin Water
  
• Tara + Crew: Red Bull - Energizing Red Bull to kick things off
  
• Seth Masarik: Shakespeare - Two show tickets
  
• Peter and Lisa Peterson: Elmer's - $15 gift certificate
  
• Steve Smith: Steve Smith Photography - Free photo session
  
• Mark & Tammy Masarik, Kurt and The Girls - showing some love at the stops

Apparently the consensus it that you all wouldn't mind having this event again next year. We'll have to see what we can do and please correct us if we're wrong. Thanks again to everyone.