On Sunday I'm in a bike race slash scavenger hunt called Urban Assault Ride. I'm totally excited about it for a lot of reasons:

• Shadowfax just got a tune-up, bath, and new headset so he's looking and riding better than ever!
  
• it's a fundraiser for a good cause
  
• it's sponsored by new belgium, which is a company I support and probably means there will be lots of free* beer!
  
• the race includes fun things like mystery checkpoints and obstacle courses
  
• I've never done a bike race before, and this type of thing sorta thrills/intimidates me
  

There is one sad point tough, I'll need to spill out some brew for my injured homey Laurel. She was supposed to be my teammate, but she hurt her foot. I got a ringer teammate through the event organizers, he's in town for a Mud Run and happened to have Sunday free. (?). He's a cool guy but no Laurel.

Here's the first mystery clue...



* free as in beer....except I already pre-paid for it by entering the race.