Thursday, July 16, 2009
Drinks / Events / Free Bites / Fun and Games Brew Ride
Posted by Nicki Wood on Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:46 AM
Nashville Slow Ride is my kind of Meetup group. Slowness. Bikeness. And people whose idea of "starting a ride" is to drink two beers.
Twelve or 15 slow riders met up at Beyond the Edge at Five Points and took off for a leisurely roll through Shelby Bottoms and the bike-friendly environs. Thick gray clouds were a little ominous, especially as the sky turned black as the ride reached the halfway point. But what's a little rain when you're riding with friends?
Then the heavens opened up, and, in flagrant violation of the Nashville Slow Ride founding principle, the riders sprinted to the home of a friend of someone on the ride, who gave us PBRs and cleaned up a nasty set of gashes that poured blood into my sock.
The group sort of scattered. My plan had been to finish the ride with a cycle over the Shelby Street bridge to Past Perfect. Instead, I packed up the bike and went to Broadway Brewhouse for a dose of anesthesia.
What's another beer-to-beer bike ride that should be on Nashville Slow Ride's radar?
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Bike from Shelby to 12 south tap room...or something like that. Hopefully with better weather - I gotta get in on this group. thanks for posting!
The Curt Schilling sock impersonation is gnarly. Just a thought that maybe drinking and biking isn't for you. 8^)
I know there was a Bongo to Bongo run, but a ride would be much easier. There's also a Brueger's to Bongo ride on a weekly basis, but that's for early morning coffee.
How about Sportsman's in the Village to Gerst Haus? Fishbowls of Gatorade for all!
How about a dive bar run. Would need to include the likes of Springwater by Centenial Park, Bobby's Idle Hour on Music Row and Twin Kegs on Thompson Lane. Thompson Lane and Music Row even have bike lanes! It's great fun to show up in these places with all your bike gear on.
Oh, and beer in your water bottle does not work very well. Don't ask me how I know...
