When I first rode in the Tour 2 years ago, I hadn't ridden a bike for over a decade. Slowly, I became more confident. When I turned to tell a fellow slow peddler that it wasn't so bad, I immediately crashed into the sidewalk. Nice one!
Donna Halloran - 2007 Tour de Moose Alumni
"I can vouch for the above. As the all-time leading last place champion, I've seen the best of the worst. But Donna's rookie effort goes down as the quintessential TDM ride. It was the perfect mix of inexperience, beer, and raw talent I have ever seen."
Bob Baker - Tour de Moose Legacy Rider and and multi-year Anchor award winner
I remember Moose's first S.I.P. Club pint, which I acquired for him. Oktoberfest was the varietal, from what I can recall. It was soon after Brett Egger displayed his foosball shark persona, and Brad Landsbaum fought a long hard battle with a surly bartender, over a diet coke.
Joel Ewbank - Tour de Moose Legacy Rider on presenting Moose with his first "Man Pint"
The thrill of hoisting up that "Best Costume" trophy and receiving the "Kicker" part of the two-piece "Ass Kicker" trophy was the same thrill I felt after riding the quadcycle for the first quarter mile of the 2007 Tour de Moose. Everything after that was pure pain. Oh, quadcycle, how festively you were decorated; how you caught the fancy of passers-by; how heavy you were to pedal, especially up hills; how your single gear nearly made me pass out at mile 17.
All of my TDM experiences are nothing short of fantastic. However, due to my annual pursuit of the Biggest Boozer award, my memories are well... a bit blurry. However, I clearly remember the first year when three of us were plotting to catch Brett Egger, who had a big lead because he kept running red lights ;). We determined that I had the best chance because in that first year, each beer meant a full minute off your time. So people started buying me beers in bulk to help me knock time off. It got out of control. By the last leg I was up to twenty beers and I was a complete mess (but a happy mess). I couldn't catch him, but the camaraderie among all the Brett chasers was really fun. I still think I would have won if I didn't screw up the Milo's leg. I went straight to the bar, and came in dead last by minutes because the check-in was further up the street. Still, I didn't know too many folks in the Moose crowd that first year... Now I am firmly entrenched in his circle of debauchery and sin. I'll take that.
Cameron Collins - Tour de Moose Legacy Rider and all around Tour champion
The first and only stop for K.C.'s was during the '05 tour. It was a novelty, due to the fact the bar had closed down. Nonetheless, we improvised with the open parking lot and coolers of (by that time) almost cold beverages.
With it being the last stop before finishing the race at Lemmons, all riders had both compromised sensory judgment, and bladders. Nobody had considered the lack of restrooms, when you had the parked cars at the north side of the lot.
Our improvised choice of toilets, became a logistical nightmare, when the urine came rolling down the lot, with a terror and resemblance of a smurf tsunami.
Laughs: 25
Fatalities: 0
Urine soaked shoes: 5
Joel Ewbank - Tour de Moose Legacy Rider
