Bloeblog: Tour de Fat

Here are some pictures from Saturday, July 9. Tour de Fat from New Belgium Brewing was in town and it was quite an event. 600 cyclist showed up to ride in a 4 mile parade through the area around Centennial Park in Nashville. Costumes were encouraged but those in street clothes or full race kits were not turned away. The festivities afterwards were attended by many and it was the first time beer has been allowed in the park. I must confess that it is not the first time I have had a beer or two in the park while on bicycle however. I hope you enjoy the photos.

It wouldn't be Tennessee without some Civil War reenactors.

And Princess Leia made it.

Mucca Pazza started off the parade and played at the end of the event.

Valet bike parking by Ride for Reading

Looking through a giant kaleidoscope.

This was a giant corral with lots of crazy bikes that many different people had built. I rode about five of them and did not find an easy one in the bunch. My favorite was the yellow one in the front of this picture with car tires. It would make a great snow bike though it was heav-e! I also roade a bike with six spokes coming out of each hub and attached to these spokes was a shoe. That bike would have been really fun had it not been way too small for me.

This bike was cool because you had to bee on the rear wheels to get it going then you had to shift your weight forward to use the front wheel to steer.