Here it is folks!! The event you've all been waiting for. The 2500th (yes I said 2500th) Annual Tice-Medellin Thanksgiving Morning MTB Ride. The longest running MTB ride in the world!!
This ride has been attended by many notable luminaries from throughout history. From ancient Egyptians to Renaissance masters the list is long and distinguished.
There's been recent archeological evidence that showed the Egyptian Pharoah Khufu was going to attend one of the first South Mountain Thanksgiving rides. Many people think the pyramids were built to act as a tomb for Pharoah. Not so. In fact Pharoah had the pyramids built so he could practice his downhilling skills while getting ready for the South Mountain Thanksgiving Ride. Unfortunately Pharoah was a better monarch than he was a rider and his first ride down the pyramid ended tragically with Pharoah's death. The ancient Egyptians, being a thrifty people, decided to repurpose the pyramid as a tomb for Pharoah. This is a little known but true fact.
Many people often wondered what the Mona Lisa was smiling at when Leonardo Da Vinci painted her portrait. She was actually trying to keep from laughing after seeing Leonardo in his biking shorts as he was getting ready to attend the South Mountain Thanksgiving ride!
And of course we'll have our famous pre-ride activities.
* Watch Rich Chug - always a crowd favorite. Place bets on how long Rich can chug beer without vomiting. As always a 250 ft. exclusion zone will be set up around Rich due to the caustic nature of Rich's digestive system (editor's note: The exclusion zone has been increased to 500 ft. on the insistence of the event's insurance underwriters after the large number of 3rd degree burn injuries at last year's event ).
* Quiet Time With Bernie - see how long Bernie can remain quiet. We are trying this event one more time. In past years we've tried atomic clocks and a team of physicists with equipment borrowed from the Large Hadron Collider to measure how long (or short) Bernie can remain quiet. Each year has been an utter failure. This year we've recruited Stephen Hawking to help devise a solution to our timing problem. We are confident this year's event will be a success (editor's note: After meeting Bernie Stephen Hawking said - in his robot voice - "I think I have to rethink the big bang theory!!").
So don't miss out on this event. There's even talk that old man Tice will make an appearance.
9:00 a.m. meeting at the South Mountain Park parking lot on top of South Mountain across from the OLD Channel 39 offices. This is a social ride suitable for all abilities.