My friend
Don & I were successful in being able to register for the
Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival in 1993 to participate in the 40 mile race. So we loaded up my little craptacular 3 cylinder Subaru Justy and headed up to Wisconsin's North Woods.
Don rented a quaint cabin on one of the many beautiful lakes in the Cable, WI area.
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Taken the morning of the race, a little brisk (probably in the 40s). Nice Lund - just like the ones my grandparents had on Green Lake. But theirs had a 20HP Johnson.
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Getting prepped for the race. Dig Don's Allsop Softride Stem. Not shown - purple ano hardware.
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Don & friend Lisa at the start. These were the days when it was acceptable to wear cotton while cycling. Wicking schmicking.
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Yours truly with a mushroom-shaped Bell Image Pro lid. My bike has Don's old Softride stem (black/silver).
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I have no idea on what my results were, but I do remember bonking badly about 15 miles into the 40 mile race. Some Powerbars and Gatorade got me going again. Sadly the Chequamegon's site only has results going back to 1997.
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Afterwards there was Hamm's to be had.
From the Land of Sky Blue Waters (waters...).![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5E2qAZElZvSjp4i_mxgJlicxv9qm1AzrOYZXU8Ft1pXiaxoiQlogIj8usE-cMsAnWTYbQuD6QdyeE2t0AyJ44bSQ87pBlEf9ypVMk9YlOrAgZyu0lhgJ9nuioISJD2CcMYqtbaAAvIss/s320/GLB329.jpg)
And go-karting.
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And the po-po (Washburn County Sherrif). Luckily I got off with a written warning (I still have a copy of it in my photo album).
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And Pez.
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