Tag: tourdefat

  • Friday Photo: Directions Edition

    Directions

    A pair of costumed riders pause for a moment during the Tour de Fat bike parade. We weren’t really heading for the interstate but passed underneath it on the way back to Yards Park. Shot with an iPhone, edited in Flickr mobile app using Mammoth filter.

  • Tour de Fat Rolls into DC

    the colors of Tour de Fat
    Costumes encouraged at Tour de Fat

    Who wouldn’t want to parade around DC on bikes and then drink Fat Tire?

    Well, maybe not cycle-hating Dorothy Rabinowitz, lest her wig get disturbed, but every other normal human loves biking and drinking beer. And we had a great Saturday to do it at the annual Tour de Fat.

    Sponsored by my favorite New Belgium Brewing (maker of  Fat Tire, Shift, Ranger and Dig – all great beers), Tour de Fat was a big, whimsical bike festival that benefited local biking advocacy organizations like WABA. (more…)