skanking biker

Advocate bikes and beer!


Brews, bikes featured in Fat Tire Tour
Make no mistake about it. The Fat Tire Tour of Milwaukee is a not a grueling mountain bike race.

Yes, many of the 150 or so participants will be riding mountain bikes, but their water bottles just as likely may be filled with beer as Gatorade.

The event, which begins and ends at Wolski's Tavern on the east side, starts promptly at 10:30 a.m. June 25. When it ends depends on the whims of the riders.

Billed as a "25-mile crawl through the underbelly of Milwaukee," the ride will use a combination of bike baths and streets. It will feature lunch at Conejito's Place, a tour of Sprecher Brewery and a ride up and down "the double-helix parking ramp" circular structure just south of Wisconsin Ave.

While lots of bike enthusiasts will participate, "it's not an athletic contest," said organizer Phil Van Valkenberg.

The event costs $30, which includes a shirt and prizes. Call (715) 634-0001.

dwightonabike

We need more beer-bike events! There's an active sport in the US for a drinking run, I can't remember what they call it.

skanking biker

They have beer runs in milwaukee all the time----

for that matter--almost any outdoor event in milwaukee has beer.

ngateguy

Like with Espresso here in Seattle, isn't illegal not to drink beer in Milwaukee

Bekologist

Milwaukee is definetly beer central..someone have a Sprecher for me at the Gasthaus!


The beer drinking events are called harriers and run by local harriers club, I think. Started by British expats in India.

halfbiked

I like the irony of posting a drinking ride in advocacy & safety.

I-Like-To-Bike

My understanding, but not first hand experience is that Iowa's RAGBRAI is an approx. 350 mile one week beer fest for those who enjoy such activity. Maybe you should check it out. Beer sure tastes good on a bicycle ride, ummm!

I-Like-To-Bike

Not all bicylists are Gatorade/tofu afficienados. Don't forget Beer is the beverage of Moderation; and tastes doubly good while cycling if you've concurrently got some good music playing on your Diskman/Walkman/Ipod.

scarry

It's called Critical Mass. Mucho Cervesa.

skanking biker

At least my sense of sarcasm was not wasted this time---unlike the participants of the ride

randya

Beer is an integral part of ZooBomb, too.

dedhed

Heck, even a church Festival here is not complete without beer. I had a friend up from Georgia and he just had to call his buddy back home and tell him he was drinking beer at the church, on Sunday no less. We call it the drinking for Jesus tour.