FW: Big Fat Tour

Candi Murray/Oregon Bicycle Racing Assn

2002-10-02











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Welcome to the Eighth Annual Bend's Big Fat Tour!



October 11, 12 & 13.



-A "No Whiners" Event-



To register you can either:



1. Print the attached pdf form (page 2), fill it out, and mail it to the

address on the form with your check for the appropriate amount. ($35 for

Saturday only, or $50 for two or three days, if post-marked by October 4)



2. Go to Active.com using the following link and register online. Just

follow the on-screen instructions to register:

       http://www.active.com/event_detail.cfm?event_id=1016092



3. Show up and register in person. All registrations received (or

postmarked) after October 4 are subject to the customary $10 additional

Unpunctual fee.



Unpunctual pre-registration is at Hutch's Westside (725 NW Columbia st.)

on Thursday, October 10 from noon to 6:00 pm.



Friday, October 11 Unpunctual pre-registration is also at East Fork Rock

/ Road 2510 OHV Staging Area from 8 to 9:30 am. John Dough's Pizza (34 SW

Century Drive) from 7:00 to 9:00pm. This is also a MANDATORY rider

meeting for those who signed up for the Epic on Saturday!



There will also be an Unpunctual pre-registration on Saturday morning at

Aspen Hall.



All rides on Saturday meet and end at Aspen Hall in Shevlin Park. To get

there from Bend travel west on Newport Ave past a traffic circle on to

Shevlin Park rd. Proceed approximately three miles to Shevlin Park (at

the bottom of the hill on Tumalo Creek) Aspen Hall is on the right, park

here. The post-ride dinner is in Aspen Hall!



All the routes for Friday, Saturday and Sunday are very similar to

previous years.



Those who finish all three stages of the Epic will earn their free "I

finished the Epic" T-shirt.



One more thing to get you psyched up:



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?Epic?



Why sign up for this ride of attrition?

Camaraderie, effort, not competition



60 plus miles of sweet single track!

Gnarly sections, be careful don?t stack



The sun glistening on snow through the trees

Pace yourself carefully, it?s not a breeze



High alpine meadows swift flowing streams

Finish this ride, it?ll give you sweet dreams



Your mind gets euphoric after miles of trail

Tunnel vision comes, you're riding a rail



Challenge yourself and settle the score

Heighten your senses like never before



When you get to the park the end is near

Just three more miles to burritos and beer



Train for endurance and get ready to ride

Doing the Epic fills your soul with great pride



Paul Thomasberg



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Thank-you!



-Bend's Big Fat Tour Staff



http://www.cogwild.com/bendsbigfattour.html





 From: "Candi Murray/Oregon Bicycle Racing Assn" <cmur-@obra.org>

Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 17:03:05 -0700

To: <promis-@bendcable.com>, <woo-@cogwild.com>

Subject: Big Fat Tour



If you would like to broadcast the tour out to the OBRA distribution list

I'd be happy to do that if you would send me an electronic flyer.



Candi