Four cyclists posing with their bikes beside the Mile Zero marker
01

THE PREPARATION

Now (before September 7th)

  • Assemble a team of 2–4 sleuthing cyclists.
  • Text Lowell one clue for each person on your team.
    • See past years' clues for inspiration.
    • But be careful, if no other team finds your clue, you lose one point!
02

THE SCAVENGER HUNT

Saturday, September 12th

  1. Meet at a central location in DC (to be announced later).

  2. Receive your clue sheet, map, and brief rules reminder.

  3. Go go go! Tear into your packet, start solving the clues, and set off to find them.

  4. Find clues, take pictures with or at them, and text them to Lowell for confirmation.

  5. Kickstands down! The team that found the most clues wins (to be announced later).

03

THE GRILL OF RIGHTS

Saturday evening

  1. Grill out at 4415 14th St NE (RSVP on Partiful)

  2. Awards and crowning of the champion.

Last year's ride in review

LOGAN CIRCLE

Game on!

Teams ripped open their clue packs, started deciphering clues, and plotting courses on their maps.

SUBWAY

A half hour in and team 🎀 Flat Tires are the first team on the board!

He hurled his Subway sandwich, a messy affair,
But felony charges? Jeanine Pirro’s failed affair.
Think both of the β€œsubway” you ride and you eat,
Where justice resides, your red-line clue is complete.
Standings
🎀 Flat Tires1|
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy0
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino0
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang0
🐎 Ryderz0
DANCE SCHOOL

Just after one o'clock 🐎 Ryderz pick up their first clue!

Founded in 1941, this school was one of the first of its kind in America, providing minority children an opportunity to study classical ballet at a time when opportunities were limited in a segregated DC.
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy5|||||
🎀 Flat Tires3|||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino3|||
🐎 Ryderz1|
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang0
ENGINE COMPANY 23
In continuous operation since 1910, this building is one of the oldest firehouses in the city. But at 35 feet wide by 90 feet deep, it also holds the distinction of being the smallest!
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy6||||||
🎀 Flat Tires4||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino4||||
🐎 Ryderz2||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang1|
ROCK CREEK PKWY

🎀 Flat Tires? More like, No Pedals!

CARDOZO
You may have heard through the grapevine that a famous Washingtonian went to this high school.
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy7|||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino5|||||
🎀 Flat Tires4||||
🐎 Ryderz3|||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang0
WOK AND ROLL
Plot to kill Lump or other (songs by the) presidents of the united states here, where new arrivals in town have been conspiring to have a blast of an evening for 160 years!
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy8||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino6||||||
🎀 Flat Tires4||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang4||||
🐎 Ryderz3|||
HAINS POINT

After a slow start πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang have climbed their way up the leaderboard.

Meet tide and river Planes rise and fish bite the hook Dry socks wait ashore
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy8||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino8||||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang6||||||
🎀 Flat Tires5|||||
🐎 Ryderz5|||||
C&O MILE ZERO
"At the river’s edge where journeys start, Find the stone with a zero mark."
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy9|||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino8||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires7|||||||
🐎 Ryderz7|||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang6||||||
GW HIPPO
Legend has it that the Potomac was once home to these wondrous beasts... Reality has it that a university president made it all up to justify this drunken purchase.
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy9|||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino8||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires7|||||||
🐎 Ryderz7|||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang7|||||||
BARBIE POND
Their job is just pond
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy15|||||||||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires12||||||||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang12||||||||||||
🐎 Ryderz10||||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino10||||||||||
EVELYN DAVIS
The NY Times pre-writes obituaries all the time but it’s even more rare when you can do so for yourself. And in marble to boot! Use this intrepid business woman, activist, journalist, and prolific spouse as inspiration for your own legacy!
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy15|||||||||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires14||||||||||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang13|||||||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino12||||||||||||
🐎 Ryderz11|||||||||||
NAT'L MALL
Since the 1990s, street artist stikman has quietly left over 150 figures around Washington DC. Collect as many as you can! (1 point each, max 3)
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy16||||||||||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires15|||||||||||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang13|||||||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino12||||||||||||
🐎 Ryderz12||||||||||||
ZOO TUNNEL

Breaking a three-way tie, πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy re-takes the solo lead with less than an hour to go!

Captivating tunnel that you can walk, bike, drive, and ZOOm through!
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy17|||||||||||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires16||||||||||||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang16||||||||||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino13|||||||||||||
🐎 Ryderz12||||||||||||
LINCOLN'S COTTAGE
Take a photo with the 16th president where he first drafted the Emancipation Proclamation
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy19|||||||||||||||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang17|||||||||||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires16||||||||||||||||
🐎 Ryderz16||||||||||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino13|||||||||||||
DANTE STATUE

At the buzzer, πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy once again break the tie and claim victory with 21 points!

Follow Virgil through the nine circles of hell. I think it would make a good story.
Standings
πŸ‘―β€β™€οΈ Bi Wife Energy21|||||||||||||||||||||
πŸ‘Ά Peter & Nathaniel in abscentia bicycle gang20||||||||||||||||||||
🐎 Ryderz17|||||||||||||||||
🎀 Flat Tires16||||||||||||||||
πŸ•΅οΈβ€β™€οΈ Patel and Bongino13|||||||||||||

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