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quoth;
"The Urban Assault Ride™ is a funky bike scavenger hunt that involves street-smart riding, obstacle courses, and a huge after party. Mental muscle is just as important as bike skills as teams of 2 choose their own course to checkpoints around the city.
The event is well known for its checkpoints where physical and mental obstacle courses must be completed before moving on. Kinda like American Gladiators with a demented cycling twist. The first team to hit all of the checkpoint and cross the finish line wins! Then the party begins with FREE BEER and lots more two-wheeled shenanigans"
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"Off-Limit Streets: These streets can be crossed but not ridden. Bike lanes on these streets ARE permitted."
what the fuck? how can a street be off limits but the bike lane be permitted?
Rogelio
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:51 am
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lantius wrote:
"Off-Limit Streets: These streets can be crossed but not ridden. Bike lanes on these streets ARE permitted."
what the fuck? how can a street be off limits but the bike lane be permitted?
Maybe Mr. In-house Counsel suggested they not promote riding off of bike paths lest someone get injured by a motorized vehicle during the course of the race.
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Dave Blank
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:17 am
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I'm down for $120, as long as I get a few kegs worth of "free" beer.
You'll also note on their site they disqualify you if you get a traffic violation.
Looking at the photos, it almost looks like a critical mass from the number of starters. I suspect that the prohibited roads list exists so that a) the racers don't inadvertently "mass" a road into gridlock and b) so the promoters don't have to get a parade permit.
I'm willing to bet that there is a "hold no indemnification" clause and "I am aware that cycling is a hazardous sport" affirmation somewhere in the signup. As a result, I'm pretty sure they're not too worried about you getting injured in traffic.
rob
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:29 am
Joined: 28 Jul 2007Posts: 1315Location: Columbia City
I personally liked Professor Dave's way of handling liability:
"If anyone dies, no one gets any prizes. If you die, not only will you be dead, but everyone will hate you!"
the dreaded ben
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:45 am
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rule 19: never bite the hand that feeds you.
rule 20: never ever fucking bite the hand that feeds you free beer. ever. never.
as a matter of fact, just to say thanks, i think i'm gonna be drunk on new belgium beer for the next 72 hours straight.
Rogelio
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:34 am
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the dreaded ben wrote:
rule 19: never bite the hand that feeds you.
rule 20: never ever fucking bite the hand that feeds you free beer. ever. never.
You raise an excellent point: blessed are our beer purveyors, may New Belgium's charitable endeavors attract many urban professionals and their bikes, although I hope they planned ahead and made sufficient parking accommodations.
the dreaded ben wrote:
as a matter of fact, just to say thanks, i think i'm gonna be drunk on new belgium beer for the next 72 hours straight.
You should also help yourself to a little constitutional walk around downtown while in your intoxicated state.
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Eric_s
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 3:07 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
the dreaded ben wrote:
as a matter of fact, just to say thanks, i think i'm gonna be drunk on new belgium beer for the next 72 hours straight.
I didn't know that new belgium made enough un-skunked beer to keep a drunk of ben's caliber drunk for 72 hours. Must be the meds.
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Jace
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:05 pm
Joined: 11 Oct 2005Posts: 601Location: Seattle
I emailed the orginizer:
Sorry Jace - No - you didn't read right.
The Urban Assault Ride is not an alley cat and it's for two person teams for
the $120 price. The goal of the event is to promote bike transportation.
Messengers are not our primary target. We attract people that want a fun
cycling event, enjoy beer, and want to try something different. After their
experience with the event, most folks use their bikes for commuting and this
is something that we are very proud of.
The event benefits Bicycle Transportation Alliance, includes an organic
cotton shirt, beer, food, a water bottle, bike bell, and drawstring
backpack. It's well worth the $60 entry fee.
Although this is our 1st time in Seattle, we've produced the event in 12
other cities. Our Austin event has 1200 participants.
I did hear about the accident in Chicago and this is very bad news. Is your
issue with the concept of an open course event or the price? And why would
we not publish it on the internet? Our mission is to get more people on
bikes more often, run the whole event with zero-waste, and show people how
make the bike a part of a sustainable lifestyle. We're spreading the word
every way we can.
derrickito
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:00 am
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races like this one make me enjoy races like the taco truck time trial even more. we put on big races (well 40-80 people big) and manage to do it with great prizes, interesting courses, and safely, for around 5-10 bucks.
i wrote them a note and expressed that 120 bucks for something like this is ridiculous. we already have these events regularly in seattle for a fraction of the cost.
ive bought bikes for less than that.
lantius
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:51 am
1337Joined: 22 Jul 2005Posts: 6705Location: right over
derrickito wrote:
ive bought bikes for less than that.
with motors!
Eric_s
Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:04 am
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
Jace wrote:
(quoting the organizers)
The event benefits Bicycle Transportation Alliance, includes an organic
cotton shirt, beer, food, a water bottle, bike bell, and drawstring
backpack. It's well worth the $60 entry fee.
They did one in portland benefitting the Community cycling center, and that was $30 to enter, and they had some sort of chilli and beer at the end. I was gonna pirate the thing, but I have $30, and it was for charity. I think $30 is bloody fucking expensive, but I paid that for the messquerade. Of course, i still wear the hoodie from that.
I think that this isn't really directed at us. Looks like a lot of stupid obstacle course bullshit with slow rides in between, and most of us already commute on bikes all the time. Even henry, now that he lives closer than 5 miles to work again.
However, it would be funny if a couple of ringers went and won the thing. (calling daniel featherhead!)
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