‘Mutant bicycles’ descend on Ballard

Posted by Dale on August 2nd, 2008

Hundreds of colorfully dressed riders on often misshapen and mutant bicycles kicked off the 13th annual Dead Baby Downhill Race at El Chupacabra on Phinney Ridge Friday evening.

Friday’s race, which finished in Ballard, is part of a weekend of events celebrating mutant bicycle culture.

There was tall bike jousting, bands, bike dance perfromances and other activities at “the greatest party known to mankind,” which was held last night at the Bit Saloon and The Station along Leary.

Not to be confused with the Critical Mass, of course.

Tags: Ballard · Phinney Ridge-Greenwood Facebook

dx

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Dead Baby Peter

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Dead Baby Peter

Thanks for not freaking out residents of Ballard/Phinney Ridge . This was the best Downhill ever...and truly is "The Greatest Party Known to Mankind"

mwa

Here, here to riding bikes and drinking beer!

Highlight of my summer thus far!

Safety Third!

NOT BURNERS

definitely not "burners".

fuck the desert.

ride bikes, drink beer, go fuck yourself

m

Damien - fabu photos, thnx!
Was good clean all-American fun!!

silver

Damien - Great photos! It makes me wish I had gone. I wonder what other events this group organizes? Probably mostly burners, and will be ramping up for that pretty quick now.

Hope your eye is going to be okay!

Damien

I posted a Flickr photoset from that night - I was there from start to finish, and the evening was punctuated by me getting shot in the eye by a bottle rocket!
http://flickr.com/photos/damienjones/sets/72157...

m

This party was a ton of fun! Rowdy but not destructive - definitely a good time!

el Inspector

@pioggia: It's OK, everyone had a reservation.

Stacey

Although this group looks a little rough around the edges, they are a million times more mellow than Critical Mass. Critical Mass often seems to have a political agenda (even though it isn't supposed to), these folks just like riding bikes.

pioggia

yours truly did in fact confuse them with Critical Mass, especially when a large bunch of them decided to ride into oncoming traffic, straight towards my car!