Cruiser Report - Cruisers, Guttersnipes, and Miscreants, Oh My!
Words & Photo: Steve Z
guttersnipe - a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas
Nevermind that I said I was going to take photos of the last big Scott Carpenter Cruiser Ride. My official excuse is that I forgot to charge my camera after last week. But truth be told, I just wasn’t feeling it. The vibe was a bit lower than it could have been. It was a somewhat solemn occasion after all. Officially there were 829 cruisers in attendence, as if you could really count with all the people coming and going. We’ll just call it the Biggest Ride Ever. But bigger isn’t always better and it is on to other things. The ride is definitely ‘different’ than it used to be. Word on the street is that the City is very pleased that the Cruiser Ride has decided to clean up after itself and not leave a raging mob of rascally rabbits for them to round up. So we’ve got that going for us, which is nice.
We still have some upcoming Cruiser events that typically draw the old school all-grows-up miscreant crowd as opposed to the new-school-fraternity guttersnipe crowd. They are:
Sept 9 - Cruiser Challenge: Fun ride up NCAR hill on cruisers, BBQ, bevvies, etc
Sept 23 - Tour de Fat: Huge New Belgium Cruiser Party in Ft. Collins
Oct 5 - Cruiser Jam: Annual end of year party at the Republic
Winter 07 - Cruz n Burn Ski Jam: Costume ski party at Abasin Beach
Check www.cruiserbikeride.org for all the details.
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