We certainly "Followed Our Folly on the FIRST EVER Cruiser 100 ride!
157 CRAZY Cyclists pre-registered and more showed up the morning of, and throughout the day.
39 Cruisers started (18 on New Belgium Cruisers), 4 on Single-speed / Fixed gear, 77 on Road Bikes and the rest on Hybrids, touring bikes and Other bikes (High bikes, recumbents, etc.)
There were just as many "1st time Century Riders" as there were cruisers.
How many finished?
Guesstimates come in at 75+. The Ride left Mullets at 8:20am and folks arrived at el Bait Shop anywhere from 8pm to midnight.
THANKS
- to EVERYONE who showed up on this CRAZY adventure!!!
- to our Sponsors - New Belgium Brewing and Iowa Beverage Systems.
They made this ride PRO with the beer samplings, posters, artwork, and logistics.
Special thanks to Ashley, Mike B., Mike W. and Iowa's New Belgium Ranger "Cheeze"!
- to our Beer Sampling and Rest Stops - Thanks for your hospitality!
- Mullets - Trippel (beermosas)
- NiteHawk Lounge - Hoppy Bock
- Flat Tire Lounge - Shift
- Whistling Donkey - Sunshine Wheat
- Wheel House Pizzeria & Pub - Fat Tire Cans
- Orlondos - Fat Tire Draws
- Cumming Tap - Ranger
- el Bait Shop - Rampant
- our Photo and Video guys - Doug "Shark" Balvanz with his movie trailers leading up to the ride, and his post-ride vid of the day's party. Steve Fry - the photo dude who was in the right place at the right time (photos coming soon!), and RL Bennett, who rode the ride and caught some great shots HERE.
- our Support Crew - Julie Hugo Sumpter and Amanda Donahue who drive the Support (Big Black) Van and took photos!
Will this be an annual ride?
Depends... We thought this ride up in lieu of the Urban Assault Ride that did not happen this year. We wanted something challenging and we certainly got a challenge! What do you think??? Make it an annual event?? Let us know.
PROOF
Just so ya know we ain't spoofing ya! This ain't the Onion. We rode these 40-50 pound cruiser bikes 108 miles!
Our ROUTE
180+ BIKEIOWA PHOTOS (flickr)
FryGuy Photos (flickr)
Video by RoadSharkTales
See ya Next Year????