Pub & Pedal

We missed the actual race, but got in on some of the action. It was an alleycat race starting from the old Osco drug on Main and ending at Buzzard Beach in Westport. As the 'Pub & Pedal' name implies, it had a boozey theme, with a manifest sending cyclists to bars all over town.

Really all over town, including a biker (as in motorcycle) bar out in the middle of KCK. Would have been fun to do: I'm not very fast, but I'm getting to know good routes for getting between some of these places, and routing is winning in alleycats.

We were coming from the Water Fire show on the Plaza, so it was just a hop up the hill. We'd already had enough being jammed in with a crowd of people, though, and the after-party was a crowded one. Lots of sexy Oktoberfest costumes, and not just on Brian Gallmeyer, either.

I told Jones, the organizer of this event, about my idea for Race to the Bottom, a cocktail themed alleycat where everyone buys ingredients for a cocktail (all eligible drinks would have an identical number of ingredients), but each ingredient has to come from a different municipality or zip code or something like that. Then, at the finish line, we have a contest to see who makes the best margarita, side car, etc. You have prizes for the race itself, then the cocktail contest, everyone wins.

When the organizer of race that ends with an hour of free beer looks at you like you're out of your mind to organize such an alcoholocaust...

I guess I have some kinks to iron out in this idea, because I can see his point.

We didn't stay for the free beer, though. If I'm going to be confined in chaos and noise, I want to be confined with these people: it's good to see a bar parking lot packed with pedal-powered vehicles, plus someone bought the homeless guy in the alley a plate of bratwurst from the post-race buffet.