Tour de Fat
Jul 07, 2007 · 07:54 PM · permalink
This afternoon I wandered over to Denver’s City Park to join in the festivities at the annual New Belgium Brewery Tour de Fat. As expected, it was a freak show assortment of balloon swallowers, jugglers, tall bike riders, and off-the-wall burlesque performances. Less expected, however, was that I would run into an Ellsworth Ride—probably the only one in the state.
As soon as I entered the grounds, the Ride’s unmistakable form jumped out at me, so I walked over to admire it in person and to introduction myself. It turned out the owner was Lee Davis, a member of the Fallbrook Technologies board of directors—they manufactur the Ride’s Nuvinci automatic (CVP) hub. We chatted about the bike, fiddled with our Blackberrys trying to take a picture, and while Lee told me about the Ride’s magnificent ride, we probably had three or four groups stop to ask about the bike. It is impressive to see in person.
dude cool — did you get to ride it?
Unfortunately, Lee didn’t offer, and I didn’t ask.
got it — what were your impressions? I didn’t get to Ride one at Interbike either, but we’ve posted frequently about the Ride. They were in Wired and REI is selling them.
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