Thanks to the hundred plus that came out to the Bicycle Film Festival Scavenger Race 2008! An extra special thanks to all of you that bit the bullet and made this your first bicycle race.

You guys did a great job untangling the clues and came up with some super creative answers.

Congrats to the top three teams. First place had to be decided by the tie-breaker photo. In the end, team Rand Mcnalleycats triumphed. They beat every team by at least 15 minutes coming in 57 minutes before the end of the race. Its no wonder they did so well with the Stupor Bowl XI Speed Champ and the Winner of All City 2006-2007 on the team.

Congrats to Susan, Landon, Bjorn, Kat and Marianne.

In the coming days I will try and post the complete manifest so you can see what you missed.

A big hearty thanks goes out to Jonny5 over at Zero Per Gallon for sending a large stack of ZPG stickers.

He was nice enough to send them priority so my procrastinating ass could get some in time for Saturday’s race.

If you want some for yourself head on over to his store and grab a few. He’s also got some cool recycled bike tires as belts.

I’ve been very busy lately putting finishing touches and rounding up props for Bicycle Film Festival Scavenger Race. Its all going down at 1pm on July 12th. Just show up to Varsity Bike Shop in Dinkytown with a few friends and a digital camera or cell phone camera. Cost is $5 per person.

The race will weave its way through the University campus and a bit of South Minneapolis and end at Theater de Juene Lune for the evening’s films. You can count on this being pretty low key and open to riders of all skill levels. I’m trying to keep the distances down so don’t expect to be running all over hell and back to complete this race.

Teams of up to 5 people will assemble and try and complete the mind bending manifest. If you are by yourself, come on down and we’ll help you get on a team. Always room for one more.

If you want a little flavor of what it was like last year check out this shit-ton of photos from last year.

I’m super excited to announce that MPLS finest monkey drawing cartoonist, Roger Lootine, will be designing the spokecards for this race. He did them last year for scAVENGER! and they were awesome.

Check out more BFF Race info under the tag BFF

Update: Check out the crazy amount of prizes for the race winners. We’ve got Crumpler bags, Surly Schwag, Aveda products, PBR, Space 2 Burn t-shirts, and maybe some Twin Six gear. And of course lots and lots of beer tubes.

Photo courtesy of Michael Forester

The Bicycle Film Festival is once again coming to Minneapolis. And while the official info is not yet on the MPLS page, I can offer a semi-official docket of events. All of which are listed on the calendar page. More on the myriad of events later.

In May of 2007 a friend and I threw scAVENGER!. Over 100+ people turned out and we raised several hundred dollars for a local cyclist involved in a hit and run accident. Right around the time I was going to start planning for scAVENGER! 2 I was honored to be invited to plan the BFF Scavenger Hunt.

Tentatively this will be held on Saturday July 12th at 1pm. The race will launch from Varsity Bike Shop. Being a Film Festival event you can look forward to a scavenger hunt with a bicycle film twist. More info on the Bicycle Film Festival Scavenger hunt as soon as I dream it up. For now head on over to the calendar page and check out the events scheduled for July 9th to the 12th.