Poker Run Bike Ride

curtism — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 00:09:39 +0000

Sitting here waiting in Coral Gables for my riding buddies to show up. We were all to meet at 8:45 in this location and then ride together to Miami Beach for the Loose Cannons Poker Run.
I got here a little early and decided to start writing out this post for my Blog. The thing I wanted to test the most is the writing capabilities and easy of writing in the notes section of the iPhone and copy it later in my Blog as a post.
It was 8:46pm when my friend Andy called me back, I had left a message that I was waiting at Naveed’s home. He told me they were already there and I must be at the wrong corner. He rode around to find me an realized I was 20 feet away but we did not notice each other.
Our group consisted of one girl and eight guys ride a mixture of road bikes with gears, fixed gears and a mountain bike that I was riding. The ride to South Beach was not bad, the wind crossing the Venita

Waiting for the bridge

Miami

My Mountain bike

my hand

Andy

Causeway was a little ruff for me. I was not in great bike riding shape.
When we got to the bike shop on the beach there was about 60 bikers already waiting. The turn was good, South Beach was hosting the Art Basel weekend and Lance Armstrong is a sponsor.
I had a good time and a good workout this night. I should have won the Poker Run but at the end people were cheating and adding fake initials on the playing cards. The organizer initiated the playing cards to eliminate cheating but at the last stop they forgot to initial the cards.

Loose Cannons in poker run format

curtism — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:02:38 +0000

Today marks the beginning of a nearly week-long celebration of bicycles.

Thursday 12/3 is a Loose Cannons in poker run format that starts at Keirin on the Beach, includes stops to pick up playing cards at four bars, and then finishes at The News to compare card hands. The person with the strongest (or most marvelous) hand wins. This event is less of a race and more of a opportunity for hooting and hollering.

Friday 12/4 marks the opening of a Lance Armstrong-themed exhibition at a Gallery. And then Bicycle Film Festival starts on 12/10.

But first things first. Let’s demonstrate our poker prowess by meeting at Andalusia & Galiano at 8:45pm on Thursday 12/3, then riding out to the race start. I have not ridden in months and it is very windy today but my friends promised not leave me behind.

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Poker Run Bike Ride

Loose Cannons in poker run format