The Organ Donor Invitational.

Celebrate the birthday of the Organ Donor at the Organ Donor Invitational Tall-Bike Pub-Crawl and the Organ Donor Invitational Tallbike Jousting Tournament! This ancient tallbike, the second or third bike created by C.H.U.N.K. 666, has amazingly survived ELEVEN YEARS on the streets and in the rusting pile, despite the fact that it was made by unskilled welders from an inferior design! Join CHUNK 666 for a weekend of libations, toasts, riding really tall bicycles, song, human sacrifice, tallbike jousting & organ donation in celebration of the Organ Donor's spunky will to perservere through adversity, drunk riders, & rust, Rust, RUST!!!

The Organ Donor Invitational Tall-Bike Pub-Crawl will occur on Friday, April 23rd, 2004. The first stop will be the Bar of the Gods on S.E. Hawthorne St. at 9 PM, and the third stop will be the Basement Pub on S.E. 12th Ave. at 11 PM. Contestants may register for the joust during the crawl. The Organ Donor will be in attendance so bring your cash to buy the birthday boy a beer & bring your singing voice for several rousing verses of "Happy Birthday!"

The Organ Donor Invitational Tallbike Jousting Tournament will take place at Col. Summers' Park, S.E. 21st and Belmont, Portland. Registration starts at noon, jousting begins at 2 PM. Prepare for [bracketed] madness as CHUNK 666 defends Portland's sacred traditions of inebriety & loose morals from marauding rival bike gangs & modern-day puritans the DEAD BABY BIKE CLUB (Seattle) & HEAVY PEDAL CYCLECIDE (San Francisco) in the ancient tradition of the tilt! Grown men will weep, women will wail, & small children will howl with glee as these modern-day practicioners of Heavy Velo-Cavalry crash. Organ Donor is scheduled to preside over the festitivies as a Special Guest Judge, holding the tie-breaking vote, like the Vice-President. Afterwards, ride with CHUNK 666 & the other decimated survivors to a Victory Velo-Vahalla party (location TBA).

Registration.

Slots will be limited, and contestants are encouraged to register on the 23rd. All contestants must have tallbike in hand to register. Tallbikes must conform to the Organ Donor Standard of Excellence. The wheelbase must be that of a standard adult bicycle. The seat height must be roughly the shoulder height of the contestant. The horizontal distance between the rear hub and the seat must not be greater than a few inches. In other words, the bike must approximate the proportions of a standard double-stack tallbike (one bike on top of the other). Note that the actual method used to construct the tallbike is irrelevant, so long as these proportions are met; for example, the Organ Donor itself is not made in this way. Direct any questions to megulon5@dclxvi.org.

These rules are intended to prevent people from trying to joust on their big brother's ten speed, and exclude bikes which give an unfair advantage due to their long wheelbase and stability. The Registrar will have the final say in interpreting these and any other rules.

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Last modified 2 April 2004.