Ten major U.S. cities are targeted for urban assault this summer and fall, but don't bother to warn the Department of Homeland Security.
These Urban Assault Rides are hosted by New Belgium Brewery and are basically bicycle scavenger hunts for two-person teams.
The contests along the 20- to 25-mile routes are based on skills that have little or nothing to do with everyday bicycling: bike jousting, keg walking, inflatable slides and human wheel-barrows.
The 10 cities and the dates are:
May 3: Nashville
May 17: Seattle
May 31: Portland
June 28: Austin
July 19: Fort Collins
July 26: Denver
August 16: St. Louis
September 20: Chicago
September 27: Minneapolis
Tucson held their Urban Assault on April 19.
For local details, check out the Urban Assault Rides website and click on the city's name. The entry fees are charged on a sliding scale based on when you sign up. The event checkpoints also are listed
Each event sponsors a local group. In Seattle it is Bike Works.
Picture above from the bicycle jousting event in 2008 near Recycled Cycles in Seattle.
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