A Complete Guide to DC’s 1st Annual Tour de Fat
NEXT SATURDAY, June 16th, The New Belgium Brewing Company, makers of Fat Tire Ale, and WABA are hosting the biggest, most fanciful, bicycle celebration of all time. And for the first time ever it’s...
View ArticleTour De Fat Recap, Plus Videos and Photos Galore!
Congratulations, DC-area bicyclists, friends and merrymakers – you helped contribute to the most successful Inaugural Tour de Fat in New Belgium Brewing history! DC’s record-breaking stats ATTENDANCE:...
View ArticleGet Ready for Tour de Fat, Coming June 1
Tour de Fat is back! The East Coast’s biggest and most fanciful of all things bicycling, Tour de Fat is part costume party, community bike parade, music and arts festival, and celebration of good...
View ArticleTour de Fat: A Primer
What’s Tour de Fat? Tour de Fat is an all-day festival at Yards Park on Sat., June 1 for those who enjoy bicycles and beer (the event is sponsored by New Belgium Brewing). It’s silly, whimsical, and...
View ArticleGet Through This Week, and Reward Yourself With Tour de Fat!
So what if you’ve got a work week (albeit a short one) between you and next weekend? We’re already thinking about it, because next Saturday is Tour de Fat! The East Coast’s biggest and most fanciful...
View ArticleJoin a Bike Convoy to Tour de Fat
A number of groups are planning convoys that will arrive at Yards Park on Saturday for the day’s main event, Tour de Fat, or the parade that precedes it. Join up with any of the following convoys to...
View ArticleTour de Fat is Tomorrow. Here’s How It’ll Work:
By now, you likely know the components of tomorrow’s Tour de Fat, sponsored by New Belgium Brewing: convoy to parade at Yards Park, register or check in for parade, show off (safely and slowly, of...
View ArticleYour Photos From Tour de Fat
Last Saturday’s Tour de Fat—with its edict of crazy costumes for all and a full slate of entertainment and performances—provided great fodder for photographs. We’ll post a more formal recap later in...
View ArticleWhat’s It Like to Trade Your Car for a Bike?
One of the cornerstones of New Belgium’s Tour de Fat (in case you forgot, Tour de Fat is a celebrate of beer, bikes, and bemusement) is the car-for-bike trade. Potential traders submit to New Belgium...
View ArticleTour de Fat: The Top 5 Reasons You Should Go
Tour de Fat is a wacky, ridiculously enjoyable bicycle festival. It’s coming up on Saturday, May 31st and we want you to be there. Here’s why (click the links to see snapshots from Tour de Fat’s...
View ArticleHow to get ready for the Tour de Fat
Photo credit: Ranpuba Tour de Fat is a wacky, ridiculously enjoyable bicycle festival. It’s coming up on Saturday, May 31st and we want you there. Perhaps it’s your first Tour de Fat and you have no...
View ArticleTour de Fat 2014 Schedule
Tour de Fat is a wacky, ridiculously enjoyable bicycle festival. It’s coming up this Saturday, May 31st and we want you there. Here’s the official 2014 Tour de Fat festival schedule: Overall Festival...
View ArticleTour de Fat Recap: Great Party, Great Fundraiser
Thanks to everyone who came out to Tour de Fat last Saturday. We had a blast! You can view our photos of the event on Flickr, and also check out some excellent shots in the WABA Flickr pool. And an...
View ArticleTour de Fat is 3 weeks away!
The coolest bicycle festival you will ever go to is just three weeks away. The Tour de Fat will be held on Saturday, May 30th at Yards Park in DC. What’s even cooler? The free festival, sponsored by...
View ArticleCalling all bicycle and beer lovers…
Join WABA, New Belgium Brewing Company, our awesome volunteers and their crazy carnies TONIGHT, Thursday, May 28th for the official kick-off, pre-party, and volunteer appreciation event of the Tour de...
View ArticleThank you New Belgium for an amazing Tour de Fat!
Now that everyone has recovered from spending an entire Saturday saturated with bicycles, beers and bemusement, we want to say a truly heartfelt THANK YOU to New Belgium Brewing for bringing the Tour...
View ArticleTour de Fat bicycle festival is coming back to DC!
Hey all you bicycle lovers, we have some exciting news to share with you! In case you haven’t yet heard, the Tour de Fat bicycle festival is officially coming back to Washington, DC this year. The...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Tour de Fat 2016 line up!
Tour de Fat is the coolest bicycle festival you will ever attend. There’s really great craft beer, funky bikes that you can test out, and FREE music and entertainment! PLUS, Tour de Fat is one of...
View ArticleWant the bike of your dreams?
Last year’s 2015 Tour de Fat DC Car for Bike Trader, Alison! Want the chance to get the bike of your dreams? All that shiny steel or light weight carbon…. Who needs a car these days anyways… Well at...
View ArticleThank you New Belgium Brewing for another super Tour de Fat!
Photo courtesy of New Belgium Brewing WABA was lucky enough to be the non-profit beneficiary of DC’s fifth Tour de Fat bicycle festival last weekend on Saturday, May 21st. Yes, there was a little...
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