Bridge Pedal organizer offers refund after routing mishap

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Bridge Pedal creator Rick Bauman.
(Photo © J. Maus)

Over 19,000 people took part in Sunday's Bridge Pedal ride. Unfortunately for some of them a routing mishap put a damper on an otherwise fun day.

Almost immediately following my call for input about the ride, people chimed in with tales of disappointment. It turns out many people were told they had missed a time cut-off at the Steel Bridge which meant they couldn't complete the full 10-bridge ride.

"Hundreds of us 10 bridge riders were disappointed we got directed the wrong way," read one comment. "We met two sets of friends who missed the St. Johns turn and felt cheated. I suspect that they were too late to make the time cutoff, but didn't know it, so thought they'd simply missed a turn," read another. (more...)

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Bridge Pedal open thread

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

(Photo © J. Maus)

The 2011 Bridge Pedal has started!

If you are one of the 20,000 people hitting the course today, chime in below and share your impressions of the event. Did you do the full, 10-bridge ride? How did you like the new route? Did you see any crazy stuff out there?
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Bridge Pedal from above: An aerial photo essay revisited

Friday, August 12th, 2011

Join me for a quick flight...
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Two years ago, the fine folks at Bridge Pedal gave me the opportunity to fly over the ride in a helicopter. With my camera and a five-point harness firmly buckled around me, I flew high above the iconic event and got a perspective on our city that I'll never forget.

With the 16th edition of the ride happening this Sunday, I thought it'd be fun to take a look back at what I saw... (more...)

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