great post!
I enjoyed the read and may see you out on the lakefront one day...I sometimes tie up my sailboat at the city dock and am amazed at all of the bike I see on the lakefront. I live in Lafayette and didn't know there were races here. Do you know who puts them on?
I'm pretty sure it was put on by a local bike shop. It was not the first time they had this race there so I would suppose that it is about the same time each year. Great volunteers and very friendly local folks. It drew a very small crowd downtown for the crit. I watched the races before and after and they were quite a spectacle to watch.