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2010 New Belgium Urban Assault Ride
Posted Jul 18, 2010
10,708
UPDATE 8/23/10 8:15pm
What great day it was for the 1st annual Urban Assault ride in Des Moines! Congratulations to Des Moines for being the BIGGEST first year event EVER!!! Kudos to Josh and his crew for coming in and putting on a top-notch event! What a well-oiled machine! Des Moines was the 11th stop on the 2010 Urban Assault Ride tour, and the smallest city to be chosen to host the event.
Thanks to all who volunteered!!
Thanks to the Des Moines Bicycle Collective for the coordination efforts.
Thanks to Mullets and El Bait Shop for all their support!
Thanks to Iowa Beverage and Brandon (Cheese), New Belgium's Iowa Beer Ranger for supporting this and many other events.
Thanks to RL Bennett for his superb photos and New Belgium wisdom.
Everyone I spoke to had a fantastic time! We rode hard, played hard, drank hard, got wet, got muddy, passed people, got passed, rode big wheels, swam, and got wet again and much much more!
As posted by Josh, the Urban Assault coordinator...
"Ahhh.....what a great day in DSM. 640 riders, almost 60 kegs of beer, and more big wheel power slides than I've ever seen. Thanks to all the great volunteers from our friends and beneficiary Des Moines Bike Collective, Mullets, el Bait Shop, RL Bennett, Bike Iowa, and of course all of you for coming out and trying some thing new and different. Thank you - thank you all!"
Josh also had a classic comment before the race started:
"I think this is the most people I've ever seen drinking BEFORE the race."
RESULTS
have been posted. Here are a few great links to show the Urban Assault goodness!
photos posted by Urban Assault Ride (coming soon!)
Urban Assault's Facebook page
BIKEIOWA's photos
RL Bennett
Julie Goodman
Human Bowling by Metromix
UAR video by Metromix
more links posted here soon as we see 'em...
The Start
A look at the Des Moines skyline from Mullets
Crowds a mass...
Mr. Baber's Neighbors play for the crowds
BIKEIOWA's and El Bait Shop's CRAZY COSTUME CONTEST
1st place ($100) - The Hulkster
2nd place ($60) - Team Medium Pace speedos
3rd place ($40) - Team Pineapple
2010 New Belgium Fat Tire Cruiser WINNER
Another Great Crowd Shot
photos by RL Bennett
UPDATE 8/16/10 11:47pm with Pack Pickup info, Start/Finish info, post party details and CRAZY COSTUME contest!
Packet Pick-up Registration:
Saturday 8/21 11am-2pm at El Bait Shop 200 SW 2nd St. This will be your last chance to sign up! No registrations accepted on Sunday. You can still
Register online
.
Start/Finish:
Sunday 8/22 9am MULLETS!: 1300 SE 1st Des Moines. Ride your bike down if you can.
Post Party:
Stick around afterwards! Food, Beer, Prizes and Music awaits you! Grab a bite to eat. Part of the food proceeds go toward BIKEIOWA.com and the Des Moines Bike Collective (Thanks Bruno!). Music by one of our favorite local bands -
Mr. Baber's Neighbors
.
CRAZY COSTUME Contest:
$200 goes to the team with the wackiest, craziest costumes! We'll be watchin' (prize is a $200 gift certificate to any of the Full Court Press establishments) contest hosted by BIKEIOWA and El Bait Shop!
WIN a FREE Team Registration by gettin' social:
ONE Team will be randomly selected on Thursday afternoon for FREE entry into the Urban Assault Ride. Entering is really simple. Just be social.
From Facebook - Just respond to
this post
and say something about the "Urban Assault Ride".
From Twitter - tweet something about the Urban Assault Ride and include the #UARDM hash tag
Winners will be contacted ASAP via social media. Good Luck.
UPDATE 8/4/10 10:52pm
Denver's Urban Assault Ride - Get a taste of what is coming to Des Moines!!!
Registration fees bump up on Aug. 8!!! Register now!
Welcome to the New Belgium Brewing Urban Assault Ride!
Des Moines IA - August 22nd, 2010 We're pretty sure the UAR is the most fun you'll have on a bike. A new addition for the UAR. We've been asked, 'Why Des Moines of all places?' We'll tell you why - because you all love your bikes and beer! We'll be bringing it this year for sure! Des Moines has never seen anything quite like the New Belgium Urban Assault Ride before. Come join us and let's see if we can take over Minneapolis' crown of biggest 1st year Urban Assault Ride!
BIKEIOWA note
C'mon Iowa. We live for this stuff! You'll just be getting back into reality less than one month after RAGBRAI and looking for another party! Well... This is it! This bike-based scavenger hunt will send you all over the Des Moines in a race to complete a series of obstacle courses and other challenges before hitting the beer-tent after-party. Costumes and themed attire is a must! Well, it's not required, but you'll have a better time! You may be bike jousting, big-wheel-ridin', keg walkin', doin' the limbo, and more. Get your team to come down to Des Moines and play for the day!
REGISTER NOW
Watch for special Urban Assault promotions along the RAGBRAI route!
A 31 second Taste of UAR
MORE UAR VIDEOS
First time? No problem! The event has a laid back atmosphere and most folks come for the fun (maybe the beer too;) Anyone can do it! Think of it like a day at an amusement park - with the added bonus of a good ride, tasty beer, and lots of schwag!
All registrations include:
Entry into the race
Donation to the charities (
Des Moines Bike Collective
)
100% cotton t-shirt - and we have women's sizes too!
New Belgium Brewing schwag (drawstring backpack, stickers, and more schwag)
Snacks and drinks from our sponsors
Clif Bars and other after party snacks (meals will be available for purchase)
New Belgium Beer and non-alcoholic drinks - That's right! Beer and snacks are provided after the UAR!
Custom Sticker Giant UAR stickers
Reusable bag, drawstring backpack
Entry raffle prizes from our sponsors: Timbuk2 messenger bags, Clif Bars, Giro helmets and sunglasses, t-shirts, socks, tool and lubes, New Belgium gear, and much more
Entries in the prize raffle (over $5000 in gear at each event including a New Belgium cruiser bike)
A huge post-event party with good music lots of contests and all of your new friends
THE MOST FUN YOU'LL EVER HAVE ON YOUR BIKE!
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Des Moines IA - August 22nd, 2010
UAR DETAILS
SIGN UP
RESULTS & PHOTOS
If you are bringing Team Buses let us know and we'll try to have parking available.
PRIZES
Prizes for top 3 teams in each division. The overall winning team takes home a pair of New Belgium Cruisers - for real! Plus over $5000 is raffles too!
Packet Pick-up Registration:
What are you waiting for? Sign up today! We'll see you soon.
REGISTER NOW
$90/team (Price increase begins two weeks from race day!!!)
Packet Pick Up:
(Saturday 8/21 11am-2pm) (LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP!!!) El Bait Shop 200 SW 2nd St
Start/Finish:
(Sunday 8/22 9am) MULLETS!: 1300 SE 1st Des Moines Your last chance to register is at Packet Pick-up - Saturday before each event. Cost will be $65/person. THERE IS NO DAY-OF REGISTRATION You snooze you lose!
(Almost) Free Ride Pricing:
Don't let the recession spoil your good times. We are an equal opportunity event and pleased to announce we have a limited number of free and reduced-price entries for those who could use a lucky break.
We have a limited number of free registrations available for each event. In order to qualify, you and your teammate must be able to work packet pick up on Saturday before the UAR.
Once the packet pick up spots are filled, we can work with you on the price of the entry fee. Email Jackie@adventurefit.com to make it happen.
Volunteer Opportunities:
The
Des Moines Bike Collective
is looking for volunteers to help with the events. You can have just as fun helping run the different events as you can participating. Contact Carl Voss at carlvoss@mac.com if you want to volunteer.
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