Anticipation rises as Beer Bike nears
Seth Brown
Issue date: 3/12/10 Section: News
On your mark, get set ... oh, Beer Bike is still a week away. On March 20, the Beer Bike Parade will take students to the Beer Bike track, where students, faculty, staff, alumni and other members of the Rice community will watch the four races of this year's Beer Bike.
The race schedule this year will be slightly different due to the addition of an exhibition race between Duncan College and McMurtry College. The alumni race will start at 12:40 p.m., 20 minutes earlier than in past years, and the exhibition will start at 1:25 p.m. The exhibition will follow alumni race rules, which means that there will be five male and five female bikers and chuggers on each team, with each biker riding two laps and each chugger drinking 12 ounces.
McMurtry biker Aaron Daniels said he is excited to get to participate.
"I think we're pretty good - we're getting the training going, and I think we're going to be ready," Daniels, a freshman, said.
The women's and men's races will be held at 2:10 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. Assistant Dean of Students Boyd Beckwith said the scoring will be computerized, which means that penalties will be added on to the final time, and not taken by the participants. This should also speed the calculation of final times and winners.
The winners will then be announced by 4 p.m. at the track. This year's winners will receive Beer Bike 2010 belt buckles, which will also be on sale for $7, or $5 with the purchase of a Willy Week shirt.
The race this year will feature a number of food offerings, including Papa John's, Taco Cabana and Red Bull. Beer Bike has several corporate sponsors this year, including Papa John's and Taco Cabana, which have offered large discounts, and The Princeton Review, which is donating courses which will be auctioned off after Beer Bike.
Beer Bike Coordinator Brian Henderson said he is excited about having corporate sponsors this year.
"This is the first time in a long time anyone has taken action [to get sponsorships]," Henderson said.
The race schedule this year will be slightly different due to the addition of an exhibition race between Duncan College and McMurtry College. The alumni race will start at 12:40 p.m., 20 minutes earlier than in past years, and the exhibition will start at 1:25 p.m. The exhibition will follow alumni race rules, which means that there will be five male and five female bikers and chuggers on each team, with each biker riding two laps and each chugger drinking 12 ounces.
McMurtry biker Aaron Daniels said he is excited to get to participate.
"I think we're pretty good - we're getting the training going, and I think we're going to be ready," Daniels, a freshman, said.
The women's and men's races will be held at 2:10 p.m. and 3 p.m., respectively. Assistant Dean of Students Boyd Beckwith said the scoring will be computerized, which means that penalties will be added on to the final time, and not taken by the participants. This should also speed the calculation of final times and winners.
The winners will then be announced by 4 p.m. at the track. This year's winners will receive Beer Bike 2010 belt buckles, which will also be on sale for $7, or $5 with the purchase of a Willy Week shirt.
The race this year will feature a number of food offerings, including Papa John's, Taco Cabana and Red Bull. Beer Bike has several corporate sponsors this year, including Papa John's and Taco Cabana, which have offered large discounts, and The Princeton Review, which is donating courses which will be auctioned off after Beer Bike.
Beer Bike Coordinator Brian Henderson said he is excited about having corporate sponsors this year.
"This is the first time in a long time anyone has taken action [to get sponsorships]," Henderson said.
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mgricken
Mathias Ricken
posted 3/11/10 @ 10:13 PM CST
"On your mark, get set ..."?
You must have meant "They're 40 yards out, they're 30 yards out...."
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