Day 211: Ride A Double Bicycle

     Yeah, you read correctly. Today I rode a double bicycle, its all the fun and danger of one bike, times 2. Its essentially one normal bike frame with another welded directly on top of it. You need to stand on something tall (like the bumper of an SUV) and since this particular bike does not have brakes yet, stopping and getting off the contraption was way up there on the danger levels. We found that rubbing your shoe against the back tire was the closest thing we were getting to a brake. But the bike was so tall that you would have to extend you foot like you were trying to stand on your tippy toes just to touch the back tire, scary stuff. Once you get on and start riding around, you realize how ridiculously rad the thing is. The view from up there was awesome, and the look on people's faces as you rode by were even better. Kalin even busted out the top hat to complete the costume. I need to get me one of these puppies.

King of the world

Day 187: Booze n' Cruise

Mac and Mouse

     Denver Cruisers, more appropriately named, Booze n' Cruise, is a downtown biking get-together that runs on  copious amounts enthusiasm and alcohol. Basically, its thousands of people that ride their bikes and have a great time in downtown Denver. The mob of bikers trek through the city to certain spots and everyone hangs out and drinks at the destination for a while, then the mob eventually bikes to another spot to do some more hanging out and drinking. My group of friends and I biked up to Civic Center to try and meet up with the mob but all we saw was a game of fixie-hockey (which was pretty badass). The fixed gear hockey players told us that the mob had already left to the next spot, which was an abandoned roundabout. So we left Civic to find the mob and participate in the festivities. We followed a few bike enthusiasts down Speer until we made it to the roundabout, more appropriately named, "The circle of death". The culdesac was occupied with heavily intoxicated youth on bikes. They were circling around in a counter-clockwise fashion except for the few who dared to ride against the current of the mob. I think the goal was to see how close you could get to hitting every single person, but I'm not sure. The circle was a mecca of carnage. Fireworks were shooting in every direction, people were throwing up and crashes were constantly occurring, this was my kind of shit-show. I made it a point to throw myself into the circle a couple times to prove my worth and surprisingly made it out without crashing at all (I can't say the same for the poor guy that clipped me then ate pavement). We finished off the night with some wondering through the empty streets of the city without the mob. It was a great time and I totally plan on doing that some more.