Tour de Fat

Tour de Fat came to Boise this Saturday. Before the festivities though I spied this guy. Seemed like a lot of gear for taking pictures of an ear of corn.

"I can drink good beer and I've got the ID to prove it". That's what the wristbands said on them. My first "Beer Token of Appreciation".

Ben and Ryan enjoying their first beers.

There were a lot of bicycle related activities including the "slowest bicyclist" race and no track track standing was not allowed, you had to keep moving forward the whole time. The travelocity gnome was apparently there too. He was very good at riding slowly.

The winner. There was a choir and everything. The "pulpit", if one could call it that or see it in this picture, was made from a keg.

Saw Mr. Willy Wonka there too.

And a whole mess of crazy bikes. Pretty sure this one did not have any brakes. Then again what's going to get in your way on that bad boy?

Keg periscope.

"Old dudes riding weird bikes". His words not mine, the guy on the left. That's Dylan on the right.

Paper Bird from Denver. They are pretty good ... all seven of them.

I don't know how many beers she'd had.

Armor made from cans. Very cool. Hope he cleaned the cans first.

New Orleans style funeral procession for the car.

This wasn't the real car, but some guy gave New Belgium the deed to his car in exchange for a brand new hand made bicycle. He promised not to drive for a year and his car will be sold or auctioned and the money donated to charity.

All female dance troop from Portland. Forget their name but they had some sweet bicycle tricks to show off.

MarchFourth Marching Band is also from Portland. Great sound. And you can't go wrong with guys on stilts.

These guys were good. Hand stands and what not ... all on stilts for over and hour straight.

Tara.

And scarf dancing. Can't go wrong there.

Dylan and Hondo.

Craig.

Ryan dance battling a hippy ... I think.

Gnomes had some sick moves.

The group. Most of them anyways.

The main stage. Very Moulin Rougish.

You gotta respect the stache and top hat. And he knows it.

This really sums up how we all felt by the end of the day.