TBAG’s week of TdF foreplay

Let us know you’re down to hang during Tour de Fat warm up events: join the new Facebook events below.

Monday Oct. 1 World of Beer
526 S Mill Ave, Tempe

Join the local New Belgium crew at World of Beer in Tempe on Monday October 1st. They’ll be raffling a 2012 New Belgium Cruiser and have 10 New Belgium beers on tap all week! Check out all of the details and RSVP here: https://www.facebook.com/events/495346013820387/

Monday Oct. 1 FilmBar
6:30 p.m. | 815 North 2nd Street, Phoenix

Need a break from the weekend? Pull up a seat at FilmBar in downtown Phoenix and enjoy a bike-themed movie with your gearhead friends.

RSVP to this event at our Facebook events page: https://www.facebook.com/events/538061219553642/

Tuesday Oct. 2 Tour de Fat pub crawl and Boulders on Broadway bike raffle
7:00 p.m.׀ Meet at Tempe Beach Park, on the corner of Rio Salado Parkway and Mill Avenue
Join us for a pub crawl through Tempe which ends at Boulders on Broadway where we’ll raffle off a bike and peddle some Pedalcraft goods. The first stop is at at World of Beer, then we’ll move on to Handlebar and Grill and hit up Devils Advocate before we end at Boulders on Broadway for a bike raffle and Pedalcraft art sale.

RSVP to the event on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/474407732593992/
For more information, check out https://www.biketempe.org/events/raffle/

Learn more about the Pedalcraft event Sept. 28 at https://www.facebook.com/events/381546238534821/

Wednesday Oct. 3 Loops Ride
7:30 p.m.׀ Meet at Tempe Beach Park, on the corner of Rio Salado Parkway and Mill Avenue
Get ready this ride isn’t exactly at Tempe Tour de Fat parade speed. Enjoy a ride through town with the State Bike crew on their Loops Ride. Join your fellow riders as they make the trek to Praying Monk in Old Town Scottsdale for another couple sips of delicious mana from heaven, craft brew.

RSVP to the Facebook event here .
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MBAA Papago Peddler
6 p.m | meet at Tempe Beach Park (NW corner Mill and Rio Salado) end at Tavern on Mill and Boulders
Get some dirt on your tires for this non-technical ½ mile cruise through Papago Park. After the ride, whet your whistle at Tavern on Mill and Boulders on Broadway. For more information, visit http://www.mbaa.net.

Thursday Oct. 4 New Belgium bike giveaway  @ Casey Moore’s
7:00 p.m. |Casey Moore’s | 850 S. Ash Ave. Tempe
Check out this bike-friendly beer garden, sip some amazing New Belgium brews and … wait for it… get in line to get the New Belgium bike that will be given away. Just think of sporting those wheels during the Tour de Fat the parade!  Want to know more about your potential new bike? https://www.facebook.com/events/209082385888895/

Friday Oct. 5 O.H.S.O good
6 p.m. | O.H.S.O. Eatery + Nano Brewery | 4900 E. Indian School Rd. Phoenix
Sample some fine grub and tasty New Belgium craft beer at this Phoenix beer with friends.
To RSVP for this event, visit the Facebook event page here.

Saturday Oct. 6 Tour de Fat
Registration starts at 9 a.m. | Bike tour starts at 10 a.m. | Beer is a flowin’ at 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Tempe Beach Park
It’s like Christmas, New Years, your birthday, and Hanukkah all wrapped in one. RSVP at the Tempe Tour de Fat Facebook event page, https://www.facebook.com/events/188459854602810/

Want to get yourself a little claim to fame plus a fancy new bike? Pledge to swap your car in for a bike on the Tempe Tour de Fat Facebook event listed above. Need a little inspiration? Check out last year’s winner at http://youtu.be/Zmv4ZI3uq18

Saturday Oct. 6 Afterparty
 5:00 p.m. | Sail Inn | 26 S. Farmer Ave. Tempe
Cool down after the festival with live music featuring as-seen-at-TdF talent He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister plus JEFF The Brotherhood, Milo Greene, Dry River Yacht Club and many more. TBAG volunteers get special admission price.