Peak Scooter Rally X - Day 3

Today was the last day of the Rally. We managed to capture some video while riding the Mike Memorial Loop:

• Mike Loop Ride (2:25 minutes, 16.1MB, M4V iPhone video)

For Windows people, you might want to download the video and use the VLC Media Player (free download) to watch.

Finally, for those who didn’t catch the Sunday paper, here is Kate’s article of the event.

All-in-all, another fun time this year and a great break from some long days of coding.

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Peak Scooter Rally X - Day 2 (Slow Race)

The following is video footage from the slow races at the end of the day:

• The Slow Race (2:50 minutes, M4V iPhone video)

The racing rules are simple:

1. Don’t touch the boundary strings.
2. Don’t touch the ground with your feet.
3. Be the slowest guy to reach the end of the line.

For Windows people, you might want to download the video and use the VLC Media Player (free download).

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Peak Scooter Rally X - Day 2

Considering that most weekends for the past couple of months have been rainy and dreary, this weekend turned out to be a great time to have another scooter rally. The sky was clear blue with only a few lone clouds.

Today’s festivities consisted of a group brunch, Pokenger Runt, scooter race, and a party with an open bar and a series of live bands. Here are a few pictures from today’s adventures:

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The first series of photos are of the Pokenger Runt. The pictures that follow are from the mechanics race and photos of the vintage Vespa assembled by the Peak Scooter Club as a raffle item.

My favorite part of the rally is the Pokenger Runt - a combination of a poker game and scavenger hunt. It takes most of the afternoon to complete as you ride around the city in groups searching for clues, solving puzzles, and attempting to compose a strong poker hand. Its a great way experience the city by riding scenic back roads that only the locals know and meet interesting people.

The mechanics race, by the way, is a race where something is damaged on the scooter and the owners have to diagnose the problem, fix it, and race the scooter to the end of the line before anyone else. For this year’s race, the clutch cable was cut.

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Peak Scooter Rally X - Day 1

Today kicked off the tenth annual Peak Scooter Rally put on by the Peak Scooter Club. Kate was able to attend the garage sale and thrift store ride that took place in the early afternoon. In the evening, we rode two-up to join the rest of the scooter riders at the Rocket Room for drinks and party swag: Dog Days of Summer DVD, Monster Slayer DVD, Jam DVD, Flashbacks of a Fool DVD, various stickers, a patch, and a couple of shot glasses.

This is our second year attending. You can find posts of last year’s event here.

More news tomorrow!

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Peak Scooter Rally IX - Day 2

We hopped on Our Buddy to join the second day of the Moving On Up scooter rally, hosted by the Pikes Peak Scooter Club. (Sadly, we couldn’t make the first day).

The second day started by meeting at the home of the party leaders for brunch and to form into groups — named after suits of cards: 10s, Jacks, Queens, Kings, and Aces — for the Pokenger Runt, a mixture of a scavenger hunt and a poker run. The game consisted of finding information about various bridges in Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs, and it was a lot of fun and a great way to explore the city. We ended up in the Jacks team and our leader, Jim, knew how to have a good time, which is to say that one should stop at the local tavern for a drink while out hunting. Hey, one gets thirsty while out in the sun!

The following pictures are from today’s journey through the city:

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In order to win at Pokenger, you had to answer questions and even write essays. Yes, essays! Luckily, we had a talented and sexy writer in the group. Then once we got back to home base, you picked a card for each right answer — with bonus questions that allowed you to switch out one card for another — to create a winning poker hand. We ended up with two pairs (as shown above), king high. We thought we had it but the Aces team beat us out with three-of-a-kind.

We left for the evening just as they were doing a slow race, where one drives as slow as possible in order to cross the finish line last and win the race. Quite entertaining as one has to wiggle and use just enough throttle in order to not fall over.

Man, what a strange and wonderful group the Peak SC pulls together! We’ll be back tomorrow.

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