The annual New Belgium Tour de Fat is on Saturday, October 6th this year. As you know, the event is run by volunteers and all proceeds go directly to the Tempe Bicycle Action Group, Bike Saviours Bicycle Collective, the Mountain Bike Association of Arizona, and the Central Arizona Mountain Bike Patrol and others.

Volunteer are an indispensable part of the success of Tour de Fat. They make sure everyone had a great time and could share their love of bicycles.

The event in Tempe is one of the largest on New Belgium’s tour. We drew over 10,000 people last year, and we need about 300 volunteers to ensure that the event goes smoothly. As a volunteer you’ll get 2 free beer tokens & a volunteer t-shirt. Plus, it will be fun!

To sign up to volunteer, click here!

Jenn & Marci
Volunteer Coordinators

You’ve been warned- this year’s Tempe Tour de Fat is going to be unlike any other.And here’s why: The Tour de Fat week of warm up events. Clear your schedule, it’s a TBAG takeover baby!

Tour de Fat warm up events

• Friday Sept. 28th Pedalcraft Phoenix
  6- 10 p.m. ׀ Kitchen Sink Studios Gallery, 828 North Third St. Phoenix

• Sunday Sept. 30th Brett Saks Memorial Bicycle Safety Festival
  8:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. | Tumbleweed Park – 202 and McQueen, Chandler

• Monday Oct. 1 FilmBar Bicycle Movie Night
  6-9 p.m. | FilmBar – 815 North 2nd Street, Phoenix

• Tuesday Oct. 2 Tour de Fat Pub Crawl – TBAG Bike Raffle – Pedal Craft Tempe
  7 p.m. | Ride: Meet at Tempe Beach Park, on the corner of Rio Salado Pkwy & Mill Ave
  7pm to 10pm | Pedal Craft: Boulders on Broadway - 530 West Broadway Road,  Tempe
  Raffle tickets are available at Boulders on Broadway or online here: http://www.biketempe.org/events/raffle/

• Wednesday Oct. 3 Loops Ride and MBAA Papago Peddler
  Loops: 7:30 p.m.׀ Meet at Tempe Beach Park, on the corner of Rio Salado Pkwy and Mill Ave.
  MBAA: 6 p.m | Papago Park, Tempe (1300 N College Avenue) end at Boulders

• Thursday Oct. 4 New Belgium Bike Giveaway
  6- 9 p.m. | Casey Moore’s Oyster House - 850 South Ash Avenue,  Tempe

• Friday Oct. 5 MADCAP Theater movie night
  730 South Mill Avenue, Tempe

• Saturday Oct. 6 Tour de Fat
  Registration starts at 9 a.m. | Bike parade starts at 10 a.m. | Beer is a flowin’ 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.  | Tempe Beach Park

Event Details:

Friday Sept. 28th Pedal Craft Phoenix

6- 10 p.m.׀ Kitchen Sink Studios Gallery, 828 North Third St. Phoenix

Celebrate the urban bike scene in downtown Phoenix. Mix bike-themed arts and apparel and some deliciously crafted beverages and you’re sure to have a grand time. Throughout the evening rides ranging from an easy spin to more hardcore will be hosted. Free admission. For more information, visit www.pedalcraftphx.com

Sunday Sept. 30th Brett Saks Memorial Bicycle Safety Festival

8:30 a.m. – 3p.m. | 202 and McQueen, Chandler

Bring the whole family down for this safety and awareness event which will include family rides, guest speakers and bike safety education. All proceeds to AZ disabled sports. Visit http://brettsaksfoundation.org/events/brett-saks-safety-festival/ for more details.

Free parking | $5 attendance per family  | $10 per individual for safety ride | $25 per family for safety ride | Tot ride for ages 5 & under is free

Monday Oct. 1 FilmBar Bicycle Movie Night

7-10 p.m. | FilmBar – 815 North 2nd Street, Phoenix

FilmBar will be showing two bicycle movies on their big screen. Ride you bike and enjoy the show with all of your Phoenix cycling friends.

Tuesday Oct. 2 Tour de Fat Pub Crawl – TBAG Bike Raffle – Pedal Craft Tempe

7:00 p.m.׀ Ride: Meet at Tempe Beach Park, on the corner of Rio Salado Pkwy & Mill Ave
7pm to 10pm | Pedal Craft: Boulders on Broadway - 530 West Broadway Road,  Tempe

Join your friends and sip some succulent brews around the Tempe neighborhood. We’ll be stopping at The Handlebar and Grill, World of Beers, and Devil’s Advocate for New Belgium specials. The ride will end at Boulders on Broadway where you’ll not only get a chance to get a brand-new cargo bike, proceeds benefitting TBAG, but you’ll also be able to peruse the Pedal Craft art sale if you missed Friday’s Pedal Craft in downtown Phoenix.

Raffle tickets are available at Boulders on Broadway or online here: http://www.biketempe.org/events/raffle/

Wednesday Oct. 3 Loops Ride

7:30 p.m.׀ Meet at Tempe Beach Park, on the corner of Rio Salado Parkway and Mill Avenue

Get ready this ride isn’t exactly at Tempe Tour de Fat parade speed. Enjoy a ride through town with the State Bike crew on their Loops Ride.

-and- MBAA Papago Peddler

6 p.m | Papago Park, Tempe (1300 N College Avenue)meet end at Boulders

Get some dirt on your tires for this non-technical ½ mile cruise through Papago Park. For more information, visit http://www.mbaa.net. After the ride the crew will stop by Tavern on Mill and end at Boulders on Broadway for another couple sips of delicious mana from heaven, craft brew.

Thursday Oct. 4 New Belgium bike giveaway on Mill

6 p.m. – 9p.m. |A Tempe bar TBD

Sip some amazing New Belgium brews and … wait for it… enter to win the New Belgium bike that will be given away. Just think of sporting those wheels during the Tour de Fat bike parade!

Friday Oct. 5 MADCAP Theater movie night

730 South Mill Avenue, Tempe

On the eve before Tempe Tour de Fat, take it easy at MADCAP with your friends and a good bike-themed show.

Saturday Oct. 6 Tour de Fat!

Registration starts at 9 a.m. | Bike parade starts at 10 a.m. | Beer is a flowin’ at 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.  | Tempe Beach Park

It’s like Christmas, New Years, your birthday, and Halloween all wrapped in one.

Love TBAG? Aw, shucks, we love you too. That’s why we know we can count on you for support. Well, we know we can count on your thirst for some delicious craft brews, at least.

This Aug. 24-26, local drinking establishments in the Valley will be hosting USA Pro Cycling Challenge watch parties with the help of New Belgium Brewing Co.

Not only will you be able to enjoy some fine beer with excellent company, but you’ll also have the opportunity to drink for a cause. New Belgium will be donating $1 to TBAG for every glass given away. Wear your TBAG gear and we’ll hook you up with swag and deals.

• Friday Aug. 24 at 12:30 p.m.
  Fox Cigar Bar (1464 E Williams Field Rd. Gilbert) and
  Flanny’s Bar and Grill (1805 E. Elliot Rd. Tempe)
  Enjoy the fifth leg of the race as the riders climb from Breckenridge and descend to Colorado Springs.

•  Saturday Aug. 25 – 10:30am – 3pm
  Boulders on Broadway  (530 West Broadway Rd. Tempe)
  Our good friends at Boulders are the hosts for a big Saturday stage six, starting in Golden then heading to the climbs in the mountains around Boulder.
• Sunday Aug. 26 at 11am – 3pm
  OHSO eatery + nano brewery  (4900 East Indian School Rd. Phoenix)
  AND Angel’s Trumpet Ale House (810 N. Second St. Phoenix – just south of Roosevelt)
  Root for your favorite riders as they race a fast and flat time trial in downtown Denver.

Haven’t yet gotten your TBAG gear? Check out the TBAG section at Icon – 414 S. Mill Ave.
Tempe.

This year, our friends at New Belgium are the official beer partner of this great USA race. For more on the US Cycling Challenge 2012 visit http://www.usaprocyclingchallenge.com/

Iron your tutu. Fluff up your afro wig. And starch the white straps that pass as an outfit in the Fifth Element. It’s nearly time for the Tempe Tour de Fat!

This year TBAG and friends will be giving you an excuse to pre-funk for more than week before one of the nation’s greatest cycling events – The Tempe Tour de Fat.

Starting Sept. 24 and for a solid week before the Oct. 6 Tour de Fat, enjoy everything from bike safety events to bike rides, bike bar crawls, New Belgium specials, and bike fundraisers.

So block out the the later half of September, folks. It’s a TBAG takeover.

Don’t forget, if you’re sporting your TBAG, Bike Saviours, or MBAA gear, you’re going to be treated like family at ALL events. Or at least, you’ll get a chance to score some sweet swag.

For event details watch your email, stay tuned to biketempe.org, and follow the TBAG Facebook Page.

Get a chance to stand in the limelight in the biggest bike festival in Tempe – and get a chance to revolutionize your life with a brand new commuter bike of your choosing. New Belgium Brewing Co. is coming to town Oct. 6 to celebrate the Tour de Fat in Tempe and they want …. your car.

Every year, one lucky local participant gets to hand over their car keys on the Tour de Fat stage in front of thousands of bike enthusiasts and pledge to live their life car free. This year, it could be you.

Tell New Belgium your story – why you’re the best and most devoted candidate for a brand new commuter bike – via video, photos or in writing. To enter, visit the New Belgium Facebook page, and post your story to the Tempe Tour de Fat event

Submit your stories as soon as possible!

This year, the car swap winner will get to choose their own bike and have it built by the local bike shop (or co-op) of their choosing! If you are affiliated with a local bike shop and want to be sure your shop is involved, contact info@biketempe.org.

For more information about the car-for-bike swap, visit http://www.newbelgium.com/events/tour-de-fat/tradeyourcar.aspx

The Tempe Tour de Fat is just two months away, and we’re already excited about getting a great group of volunteers this year! Tour de Fat, which takes place on October 6^th at Tempe Town Lake, is a celebration of bikes, beers, and just getting weird. Our TBAG volunteers always keep things running smoothly, and are rumored to have the best costumes ever.

To stay in the loop, visit our TBAG Tempe Tour de Fat page and enter your email address under, “2012 Volunteer Sign-Up.” We’ll send you reminders once the volunteer signup opens, so that you can sign up quickly for your favorite team, shift, and position.

More details on Tempe Tour de Fat are coming soon, so keep your eyes open!

The Tempe Tour de Fat returns Saturday October 6th. All proceeds at this event go to local cycling non-profits! Tempe is the second largest stop on the tour after New Belgium’s hometown of Ft Collins, Co. Start planning your costume now and start plotting how you’re going to convince New Belgium Brewing that you’re worthy to trade your car for an awesome custom bike. Oh and DeVotchKa are the headliners.

T.B.A.G. is hosting the 3rd Annual Winter Games Sunday, February 26 at Clark Park in Tempe.

The Winter Games are a celebration of bikes, community, fun, and a great reason to let loose with your friends and strangers on bipedal machines.

Before the celebrating and stunts begin, Boulders on Broadway is hosting a Bike and Gear Swap Meet in their parking lot starting at 9 a.m. and is having breakfast specials and live music throughout the meet.

After the meet head on over to Clark Park for The Games and see returning this year – The Huffy Toss, Princess Bike Death Races, Tall Bike & Small Bike Jousting, and Bike Polo.

Winter Games 3 is sponsored in part by New Belgium Brewing and Boulders on Broadway.

Please RSVP to the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/224139287673886/

New! To get text message alerts for this event, text TBAG to 719-355-TBAG (8224)

TBAG and the Mitchell Park Neighborhood are moving forward with an exciting bicycle public art project for 2012.  In the fall of 2011 a committee made up of a public artist, Mitchell Park neighbors and TBAG board members conducted a competitive artist and concept selection process.  More than 15 fifteen Arizona public artists were considered.  A Tempe-based artist team by the name of coLAB was selected in December.

The concept for the public art (see attached images) involves bicycle sculptures and large boulders that will be placed in 4 locations along Farmer Avenue (between University Drive and 13^th Street) that will serve as a permanent monument to the importance of bicycling in Tempe, the contributions of TBAG to the community, and help deepen the emphasis of creating bikeable, sustainable corridors for our town and to serve as a model for land use and transportation.  In the words on the artist team, coLAB: “The people-powered vehicle (bicycle) is immensely efficient and useful, and can drastically change the outlook for future balance between man and nature.”

The city of Tempe and TBAG is currently working with the artist team to finalize designs.  Construction of the artwork is expected to happen late Spring/early Summer 2012, with a dedication ceremony anticipated soon thereafter.  This important project will help transform the street and further emphasize TBAG’s role in shaping Tempe and beyond as a bicycle region.

Eric Iwersen

eric@biketempe.org

eric_iwersen@tempe.gov

480-239-9593

Check out the concept pdf: TBAGbicycleART.pdf

 

 


October 10th 2011
 

This is a special October edition of the TBAG newsletter. We’re getting it out a few days earlier than usual to tell you about all the great things going on this month. You may want to print it out and put it on your fridge/bike basket/bathroom mirror. All of the event info is available here if you’d like to link to it from facebook etc: http://www.biketempe.org/events/bike-events-oct-2011/

October is fast becoming Arizona’s second bike month. The weather is getting nice and it’s the beginning of our long cycling season. To celebrate, there are some big events coming up, rides, raffles, and sponsored events, all centered around the Tour de Fat on October 15th!


Ongoing Events:
Bike Raffle

Win a Yuba Mundo Cargo Bike! Raffle tickets are $5 and can be bought online at: http://www.biketempe.org/raffle/ or in-person at Boulders on Broadway and The Bicycle Cellar. The final drawing will be on Wednesday 10/12 during the Bike Week Cruiser Ride at Boulders.


Car for Bike Trade

Do you have what it takes to give up your car for a year and beyond? Post your video or written word and photos to the Tempe Tour de Fat Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112320205519497 or email: trademycarforabike@newbelgium.com If New Belgium likes your story, they will take your car, and in exchange give you a handmade Black Sheep commuter bike built in Fort Collins. More details here: http://www.newbelgium.com/events/tour-de-fat/tradeyourcar.aspx

Bike Donation Drive 
Now until Tour de Fat – bring your used bike or bike parts to Bike Saviours http://www.bikesaviours.org/, Rusty Spoke http://www.rustyspoke.org/, or We-Cycle http://www.wecycleusa.org/ and get a free Tour de Fat beer token. 


Tour de Fat Week events:
Monday Oct. 10th: NEW BELGIUM BEER & RAFFLE
Specialty beer on tap and a raffle for New Belgium merchandise. Raffle proceeds benefit local non-profits. VENUE: Taste of Tops @ 7PM – 9PM
Tuesday Oct. 11th: CRAP RIDE 
Ride to Sport Chalet Bike Parts Show + beers & food along the way. START: Tempe Beach Park Entrance @ 7:30PM
Wednesday Oct. 12th: BIKE WEEK CRUISER RIDE
New Belgium Beers at The Tavern on Mill, Robbie Fox’s and Boulders on Broadway. Final drawing for the bike raffle at Boulders. Raffle tickets are $5 and can be bought online at: http://www.biketempe.org/raffle/ or in-person at Boulders on Broadway and The Bicycle Cellar START: Tempe Beach Park Entrance @ 7PM
Thursday Oct. 13th: NEW BELGIUM PARTY
Beer specials, t-shirts, & giveaways. VENUE: Casey Moore’s @ 7PM – 9PM
Friday Oct. 14th: PEDALS & PICTURES
Showing the movie “RAD” about BMX bikes. VENUE: Madcap @ 7PM

Saturday Oct. 15th: Tour de Fat!
The biggest bicycle event in Arizona. 100% of the proceeds benefit local cycling non-profits. Parade at 10AM + Beer pour 11AM-4PM + Kids & Family area 10AM-1PM Venue: Tempe Beach Park @ 10AM-4PM

Later in October:
Friday Oct 21st ZOMBIE RIDE – RSVP on Facebook -Calling all zombies to invade Tempe! TBAG Third Fridays Presents the Tempe Zombie Ride. START: Tempe Beach Park @ 7:30pm

Sunday Oct 23rd TOUR DE TEMPE – This is Tempe’s 16th annual free family fun ride. We’ll be helping with setup and serving as the ride leaders at this event. Can you help? Click here to volunteer: http://bit.ly/2011tdtvolunteer or here for more info on the ride: http://www.tempe.gov/tim/events/default.htm START: Kiwanis Park @ 7:30AM – 11AM

Thursday Oct. 27th VOLUNTEER APPRECIATION PARTY Tour de Fat and TBAG volunteers only! If you’d like to sign up to volunteer as a team or individual, visit biketempe.org/events/tour-de-fat VENUE: Boulders on Broadway @ 7PM

Have suggestions or contributions for future newsletters, or commentary on stories? E-mail them to ashley@biketempe.org

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