March 20, 2009
'Beer Bike': It's Not About Beer
More than half a century ago, students at Rice University invented the kind of sport that makes college officials wince: a relay in which the competitors chugged beer and then hopped on bicycles and raced.
Instead of banning it, however, the university embraced it, and "Beer Bike" became a Rice tradition. This weekend teams of chuggers, cyclists, and crew members will compete in the 52nd annual running of Beer Bike.
Over the decades, the event has grown up and sobered up
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