Tour De Fat 2012 San Diego

Hold on tight, San Diego, we’re headed back for another round! New Belgium Brewing’s cycling circus, Tour de Fat, is coming to town for one day on Saturday, September 29 at Golden Hill Park.

Tour de Fat rookies and veterans alike are encouraged to grab a bike and join us for a whimsical day of entertainment and two-wheeled revelry, all while raising money for San Diego County Bicycle Coalition and San Diego Mountain Bike Association.

For those who haven’t experienced Tour de Fat, it is a thrilling rite of passage that includes an unparalleled costumed bicycle parade, New Belgium beer, eccentric entertainment, local food, unusual bike contests and much more.

The free event, which raises money for local nonprofits through beer and merchandise purchases, just exceeded the $2 million mark for total funds raised since its inception 13 years ago. Last year’s San Diego Tour de Fat festival raised nearly $21,250 and had about 3,000 attendees. So we raised over $27,000 and the early estimates are way over 4000 people. Bike On

The Bike Parade begins at 11 am from Golden Hill Park, but be there early to register.

The Start to the parade took over 8 min to video tape with all the riders .

The bike Corral was a great place to ride a wild bike,

There was even porta potty Karaoke

The Enhancement area was so much fun 

 

BikeSD Officially Launches as a City-Based Bike Advocacy Group on 9/27

Join us as we officially launch as a city-based advocacy group on 9/27. Here is the RSVP page on Facebook. 

Here is the link to the Bike San Diego Story :http://www.bikesd.org/2012/09/18/bikesd-officially-launches-as-a-city-based-bike-advocacy-group-on-927/

BikeSD Launch Party Poster designed by Jeff Motch, co-owner of Blind Lady Ale House.

Our special guest of honor is Councilmember David Alvarez who regularly rides to work. He will talk about you can become more involved and engaged as a citizen. Transforming San Diego into the world’s best city for bicycling is going to take a lot of work. As an elected representative, we thought the Councilmember could best talk about how city government functions from his perspective and how he relies on citizen input in order to make decisions. Transforming San Diego is going to take the collected effort of residents, advocates and elected officials and September 27th will mark the change where we all work together to make our vision of transforming San Diego into the world’s best city for bicycling, a reality.

We’ve also invited Michael Wolfgang Bauch, a filmmaker, who made the movie Riding Bikes with the Dutch to join us. The Netherlands is currently one of the most bike friendly regions in the world. If we’re going to knock the Dutch out of the top spot, we need to visualize what that bike friendly future looks like and Bauch has agreed to provide us with those visuals. The missing component is obviously the athletic and mountain biking and other off-road populations – a void the San Diego can easily filled given our existing assets of weather and terrain. Bauch will have copies of his movie for sale at Blind Lady Ale House. Below is a trailer of the movie,

The event starts at 5pm. There will be plenty of time to eat, drink, mingle, learn, listen and discuss. We all look forward to seeing you on the 27th at Blind Lady Ale House.

Tour de Fat 2012 San Diego

Hold on tight, San Diego, we’re headed back for another round! New Belgium Brewing’s cycling circus, Tour de Fat, is coming to town for one day on Saturday, September 29 at Golden Hill Park. Tour de Fat rookies and veterans alike are encouraged to grab a bike and join us for a whimsical day of entertainment and two-wheeled revelry, all while raising money for San Diego County Bicycle Coalition and San Diego Mountain Bike Association.
For those who haven’t experienced Tour de Fat, it is a thrilling rite of passage that includes an unparalleled costumed bicycle parade, New Belgium beer, eccentric entertainment, local food, unusual bike contests and much more.
The free event, which raises money for local nonprofits through beer and merchandise purchases, just exceeded the $2 million mark for total funds raised since its inception 13 years ago. Last year’s San Diego Tour de Fat festival raised nearly $21,250 and had about 3,000 attendees.

The Bike Parade begins at 11 am from Golden Hill Park, but be there early to register.
Here is the Google map of the Parade route : http://goo.gl/maps/UTTnN


Schedule for de Fat San Diego
10:00 - Parade Registration
10:45 - Rhymanese Twins Parade Launch
11:00 AM - Bike Parade
12:00  - Devil Dan Show
12:20 – Yo-Yo People
1:10 - Slow Ride
1:30 Very Special Musical Guests (secret!)
2:30 Stunt Pepper Game Bike Give-Away
2:50 PM – SssssnakenStein
3:40 PM - Car for Bike Trade
4:00 PM – Devotchka
4:45 PM - De Finale Numbers and Thanks!
4:50 Devotchka Encore

http://www.newbelgium.com/events/tour-de-fat/tour-dates/san-diego.aspx

Sunset Bike Cruise every Sunday evening

Sunset Bike Cruise on the Boardwalk with Cycle Armory 
Every Sunday we Meetup at 5:30 pm Ride at 6pm
Everyone is invited all ages free event.
(We ride the boardwalk to Law street park to watch the sunset) 
6 Miles bike ride takes About 2 hours

Parking Lot Meeting Place on Google Maps : http://g.co/maps/sqcbe
Event page : https://www.facebook.com/events/319292614825777/
Meetup event page : http://www.meetup.com/Cycle-Armory/

This is a cruise bike ride so its not a race so we take out time and enjoy the ride and all the people plus the great scenery... Yes we stop often to keep hydrated... It's a fun family ride so come join the fun and bring all your friends... Come see all the great sight of San Diego.

We do have free loaner bikes if you need a bike for the event. Just let us know what kind of bike you would like to ride so we can have it there for you ... dave@sdliveent.com or call 619 750-3355

The Cycle Armory Timeline Page www.facebook.com/CycleArmory

Bike Mission Bay every Wednesday

Every Wednesday is "Bike Mission Bay" Free
so come have some fun in the sun bike ride...
11:30 am Meetup and we ride a 12 Noon
Everyone is invited all ages free event.
12 Miles and take around 2 hours
(We ride all the way around Mission Bay) 
We go across the new 3 million dollar bike bridge.

Parking Lot Meeting Place on Google Maps http://g.co/maps/gh53f
Event Page https://www.facebook.com/events/382212708496036/
Meetup event page : http://www.meetup.com/Cycle-Armory/

This is a cruise bike ride so its not a race so we take out time and enjoy the ride and all the people plus all the great scenery... Yes we stop often to keep hydrated... It's a fun family ride so come join the fun and bring all your friends to see this great part of San Diego

We have free loaner bikes if you need a bike for the event. Just let us know what you want so we can have it there for the ride. dave@sdliveent.com or call 619 750-3355

The Cycle Armory Timeline Page www.facebook.com/CycleArmory

The Fat E-Monster

Electric Alloy 6 Speed Cruiser

SPECIFICATIONS:
Frame: All Aluminum Construction Includes Water Bottle Bosses, Cable Guides for Continuous Housing, Horizontal Rear Dropouts, Integral Rear Disc Brake Caliper Mount; 15", 17" and 20" Sizes Available 
Fork: All Aluminum Construction, 1-1/8" Threadless, Includes Dual Cable Guides and Integral Dual Front Disc Brake Caliper Mounts 
Headset: All Weather Alloy with SS Sealed Bearings 
Wheels: 26” x 4” Fat Sand Bike Rims with Metallic Green Finish and Black SS Spokes 
Hubs: Rear – Alloy with 6 Speed Cog, Front – Alloy Disc Compatible Hub 
Brakes: Front (160mm) Mechanical Disc Brake and Rear Roller Brake 
Gears: Rear 6 Speed Derailleur 
Shifter: Thumb Shifter 
Chain Tensioner: N/A 
Tires: 30” x 4.8” XXXL (30 PSI) - the largest and fattest tire in the market (patent pending) 
Tubes: 26” x 4” (Schrader Valve) 
Crankset: Aluminum Alloy Black 3-Piece 
Chainring: Aluminum Alloy Black 39T 
Bottom Bracket: Extra Wide 122mm All Weather Sealed Bearing 
Chain: KMC Rustbuster 
Pedals: Weather Resistant Composite Platform with Reflectors 
Seat: Cloud-9 Gel Padded, Dual Elastomer Spring 
Seat Post: Alloy Black with QR Clamp 
Handlebar: Black Alloy Oversize ATB 
Grips: Anatomically Contoured Krayton Rubber 
Stem: Threadless Style Black Anodized Aluminum Alloy 130°, 90mm, SS Bolts 
Other: CPSC Reflectors, Kickstand 
Weight: 45 lbs.

Ultimate Beast Stalker

Terrain Destroyer Junior