From the Land of Hops and Grains…and Bike Races!

Urban Assault Bike Race

 

Quam Girls Rock!

Race morning - June 17th, 2011

My sister-in-law, Deb, and I signed up to ride our second Urban Assault ride hosted by New Belgium Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado. 

The Urban Assault Ride™ is the biggest bicycle scavenger hunt series in the nation! Here’s how it works: You and your teammate will set out on a city-wide quest for ‘checkpoints’ on your favorite two-wheeled steeds.  At each checkpoint, you’ll drop your bikes and complete a funky/adventurous obstacle course, then remount your bikes and hit the streets for more.

Deb Rides a Mean Big Wheel!

The goal is to complete all the checkpoints in the shortest amount of time. You choose your own route and checkpoint order. This means that the most clever are often the victors. Of course, it may also help if you can pull a mean big-wheel powerslide and fly across an inflatable slip-n-slide 😉

Numero Uno! Yes!!!

Team Numreo Uno! Out of nearly 500 teams, we were #1.  (I didn’t say we finished first…just my type “A” personality had us registered first…come on, everyone has to be good at something!)  If nothing else our race bibs prompted lots of encouraging hoots and hollers for Team #1 along the race route.

 

Fort Collins has been dubbed the “Napa Valley of Craft Beers” and with over 29 miles of bike trails, this is the ideal setting for the race! 

 

 This is off the beaten path of my usual activities, but I do enjoy road biking and what a great way for the ladies to spend the weekend together:  competition, crazy fun and a beautiful setting!

 

New Belgium