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The good folks over at the Bike Kitchen put on an alleycat yesterday — the Tour de Cupcake.

Two things amazed me about the race:

1) Almost 500 people came out for it, making it by far the largest alleycat race I’ve ever been to, let alone heard of. The amazing part, though, was that I recognized almost nobody. There were newbies everwhere. Most people there had never raced in an alleycat before, and weren’t members of SFFIXED — SF’s hipster fixie web forum. It just goes to show how fast something good can grow on its own, especially when used for a cause as worthy as a fundraiser for the bike kitchen.

2) The rules of the race stipulated that each rider would earn a 2 minute deduction for every cupcake that he/she ate, which is as good an incentive as any to chow down while riding. But how on earth does one guy my size (~165lbs) eat 23 friggin’ cupcakes in a matter of an hour? I remain duly impressed.

Here’s to the the Bike Kitchen and that guy’s stomach.