2015 Bike the Bricks

The 2015 Bike the Bricks had some great racing this year and also, came with a few spills on the track.  Thankfully, there were not any really bad injuries.  It was looking like we might have to watch these great racers ride in the rain, but thankfully the heavy rain passed over just before the first event really got started.  I would say, by 5pm, the crowd was really starting to pour in.

There was plenty of food around the downtown square on food trucks and under tents.  The beer garden was large enough for the fans to watch the racing in many areas of the track and still enjoy the local beverage of choice.  There was live entertainment on stage at the east end of Louisiana St. as well as in a few businesses or on their patio's.  This year also had a jumbo screen on the square within the beer garden for fans to see some live racing being filmed by the drone flying around the track.  The purse was worth more than $25,000 this year, which made for some super competitive racing.

McKinney Main Street did a wonderful job hosting this event and the volunteers that do a lot of the work to help this event happen.  There was the great service of the McKinney Police and Fire Departments to keep the event safe and to help any fans and racers during the event.  Lastly, you can't forget the sponsors that help make this event happen.  The title sponsor was Alfa Romero FIAT of McKinney, and other sponsors include McKinney Community Development Corporation, Richardson Bike Mart, McKinney Velo, Sheraton McKinney-Official Hotel of Bike the Bricks, Excalibur, Mellow Mushroom, Baylor Medical Center of McKinney, Real Ale Brewing Company, TAPS Public Transit, Kroger, NOW 102.9, The Edge 102.1, The Dallas Morning News, and Bein Salsa.

I hope that you were able to go out to see the event, but if not, to see a few of the photos I took, please click here.  Hope you enjoy them!  I am already excited for next year's event!