“The bicycle has a romance for people at different points in their life,” says Tour de Fat’s spokesman Matt Kowal. “When we’re kids, riding in our Underoos, it’s our first taste of freedom. Later, when we’re adolescents, it’s the quickest way to get to your girlfriend’s house. Then, when you don’t have any time to get your heart rate up, there’s that bike again.”
Indeed, it was a love of pedal power that moved the Fort Collins-based brewing company’s co-founder, Jeff Lebesch, to adventure through Belgium on a bicycle trip that inspired him to come home and brew, brew, brew. It’s only fitting, then, that the company is hosting its twelfth year of a touring bike festival that will hit thirteen U.S. cities before the year is out.
The pro-bike (but not anti-car) event runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free, but $5 is the suggested donation for parade participants; beer is $5 a pint. All proceeds benefit the BikeDenver and Denver Cruisers organizations. For more information, go to www.newbelgium.com.
Sat., Sept. 10, 2011
