Tulsa Tough Time!

[Conan71]

It's that time again:

-Friday night: Fast criterium racing in the Blue Dome

-Saturday: Well-supported rides of 27, 40, 68, 109, or 127 miles on Saturday and crit racing in the Brady District. Finish and ride after-party is at Guthrie Green for the first time

-Sunday: World-famous Cry-Baby Hill is the epicenter of the cycling world during the Riverview Criterium on Sunday afternoon. Also road rides and the "Townie" ride for families.  Road rides are: 35, 63, & 104 miles through Tulsa, Washington & Osage Counties. Finish for the road rides is on Riverside Drive north of the 21st St. bridge.

Still time to register:

http://www.tulsatough.com

[Townsend]

You and the Mrs going to be in the regular area Friday night?

[Conan71]

You and the Mrs going to be in the regular area Friday night?

Indeed, and our usual place on Sunday afternoon.

[cannon_fodder]

The wife and I are registered.  I had to step down my planned ride to get her to participate and will slow my pace to ride WITH her.  But it will be awesome!

See you Friday (and Saturday, and damn well Sunday).

Still planning my "outfit" for Sunday.  To go all in, or not. . .

[rdj]

Top three weekend of the year in Tulsa.  What would you rank ahead of it?

[Conan71]

Toss up with Oktoberfest and BDAF/Mayfest weekend, RDJ.

[DTowner]

I would put Tulsa Tough as the top weekend because of its sheer awesomeness.

This weekend is going to be crazy busy downtown.  Tulsa Tough, Lion King started its one month run this week at the PAC, the Drillers are in town, the Friday night Brady Art Crawl, and all the usual activities at the Guthrie Green.  If you're not regularly visiting downtown, you are not really experiencing Tulsa.

[TheArtist]

  I got excited too thinking we might have a good weekend at the shop.  Then looked at the maps and saw that none of the routes came down Boston or nearby, was like "drats!".  If an event is within a block or two we get people stopping in, but if it is further away it actually seems to drain down our numbers.  The Pride parade and festival last week was like that.  Saw more people out, but you could tell they were quickly, determinedly, walking past on their way towards something else.  This last week was really odd regardless.  Slower than usual but I chalk it up to the weather, or threat of bad weather.  Even thought downtown was ok much of the time, I think just hearing about the chance of storms kept people away.  Odd thing was, yesterday, a Tuesday which is usually reeeeally slow, we got a lot of people in and sold about as much as we did all last week combined.  Go figure!?  Will be interesting to see how this weekend does for us.

[AngieB]

Where is Crybaby Hill?

[rebound]

Where is Crybaby Hill?

http://www.tulsatough.com/races/riverview-criterium

Basically the corner of Lawton and 13th.

https://maps.google.com/maps?q=corner+of+Lawton+and+13th,+tulsa,+OK&hl=en&ll=36.145083,-96.001453&spn=0.009409,0.018647&sll=36.148514,-95.992656&sspn=0.018817,0.037293&hnear=W+13th+St+%26+S+Lawton+Ave,+Tulsa,+Oklahoma+74127&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A

I raced it last year, and even early in the day it was already getting rowdy.  Unfortunately, I'll be in Wichita this weekend at my son's basketball tourney, so won't be able to take in any of Tulsa Tough, and I am bummed.  It's a great time.  Drink a beer for me and cheer the riders on.

More Cowbell!

[Cats Cats Cats]

Where is Crybaby Hill?

Just go downtown and be real quiet..  You will hear it.

[Ed W]

I'm planning to take race photos again this Sunday.  I'm planning to dress conservatively - by Crybaby Hill standards, anyway - with the loudest Hawaiian shirt in the closet, plaid shorts, a white Panama, and the de riguer Converse All Stars.

It's always a good time.  This is from two years ago:

[Conan71]

That would be Josh Gifford of Sound Pony on the right in the photo, one of the people who is credited with the term: "Crybaby Hill", and quite responsible as a source of the revelry which originally started there.

MC and I are doing the grand fondos both days, no idea what sort of condition I will be in after a cumulative 213 miles from Saturday & Sunday, but we will be there.  I'm not trying for the Deuce Challenge so hoping to do 5:30'ish each day which would get me back to Riverview by 1pm.

[davideinstein]

Going tonight!

[Conan71]

Going tonight!

We will be around 2nd & Elgin all night.  Look for me, I'll be wearing some sort of cycling related shirt