Biking, beer and a puke bucket
By Tim Cigelske • Jan 22nd, 2010 • Category: In the news
Photo from http://kcsprints.blogspot.com
What is there to do in Nebraska during the winter?
Have an indoor bike race, drink beer and occasionally make use of a puke bucket, if you’re one bar in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Recently Duffy’s Tavern hosted KC Sprints - a Kansas City-based bike racing series - pitting two stationary bikers onstage head-to-head for 500 meters.
I’m not surprised. I’ve biked through Lincoln, and it boasts an impressive cycling scene.
And this being a bar setting meant that beer, a puke bucket and a cheering crowd were also part of the festivities.
“It kind of started out as a drunken bar idea, and it evolved to getting sponsors and taking it on the road,” Ryan Jones, KC Sprints co-founder, recently told the Lincoln Journal Star.
So how are the races for the participants? The paper gave this account from Rhino Albeez, who drank a bottle of beer before his sprint.
“That was a lot of fun,” he said post-race. “It’s a great workout, but, uh, it sucks at the same time.”
Tim Cigelske is the Beer Runner. --
Beer Run•ner (noun): 1. Someone equally devoted to fine beer appreciation and an active, healthy lifestyle 2. A blog by Tim Cigelske on Draftmag.com. Ex. "John downed four microbrews at the triathlon finish line. He's a total beer runner."
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