Rouler, Manger, Acclamer: Ballard’s Bastille Café & Bar and Cascade Bicycle Studio in Fremont are partnering up to celebrate the Tour de France with a Ride, Eat, Cheer event. This two-day event will feature bicycle rides, breakfast buffets, viewing parties and more.
The 99th Tour de France kicks off in Liege, Belgium on Saturday, June 30, and for three weeks, the world's best cyclists will race 20 stages throughout France and Switzerland to end with a grande finale at Champs-Elysées in Paris on July 22.
Ballard’s Bastille Café & Bar and Cascade Bicycle Studio in Fremont are partnering up to celebrate the Tour de France with a Ride, Eat, Cheer event. This two-day event will feature bicycle rides, breakfast buffets, viewing parties and more.
Ride, Eat, Cheer will begin with your choice of an enthusiast ride followed by a casual bike parade. Both rides will start at Cascade Bicycle Studio in Fremont and ending Bastille Café & Bar in Ballard.
“This is going to be a very special event, We look forward to hosting an event where we take care of all the details for riders," said founder of Bastille Café & Bar James Weimann. "We’ll have bike parking, a French breakfast buffet, and of course the Tour will be screened at multiple locations inside and outside at Bastille.”
The Ride+Eat+Cheer schedule:
Saturday, June 30th
7:00 am: Enthusiast Ride leaves CBS. 2 hour ride, 17 mph controlled pace with everyone staying together.
8:30 am: Bicycle Parade leaves CBS. This guided ride will follow the Burke Gilman to Ballard, and end at Bastille. All are welcome.
9:30 am: Viewing of the Tour de France Prologue with buffet.
Thursday, July 12th
7:00 am: Enthusiast Ride leaves CBS. 2 hour ride, 17 mph controlled pace with everyone staying together.
9:30 am: Viewing of the Tour de France Mountain Stage 11 (Albertville-La Toussuire-Les Sybelles) with buffet.
Tickets can be purchased in advance for $18 at at Brown Paper Tickets, Cascade Bicycle Studio or Bastille beginning June 1st. At the door tickets will be available for $25 the day of the event. Ticket prices include valet bike parking, an exclusive post-ride buffet, and a Tour de France viewing party at Bastille.
For more information on Ride+Eat+Cheer visit http://www.cascadebicyclestudio.com or http://www.bastilleseattle.com