Archive Races

Slowly but surely, Patrick and Elisabeth are working on posting race reports from past hustles. We'll time-stamp them from when they happened, so they won't be crowding out posts at the top of the blog. If you have photos or video to contribute, hook it up.

April Hustle Announcement - April 22

Thursday, April 22nd, at 8 PM has been set as the date of the next hustle. Starting location details to be announced at a later date.

Scrabble Hustle Photos from Eden

Video of Scrabble Hustle from DaneO

Lincoln Hustle from dane o on Vimeo.

Shot on the streets of Lincoln, NE during an unsanctioned, checkpoint-based bike race.

Scrabble Hustle Details

Daniel Kroll March 1 at 10:49pm
3.25.2010

7 checkpoints, one letter per checkpoint

Highest scoring word wins.
Race ends 45 minutes after first rider finishes.
Finishing involves assembling a word with as many letters from the checkpoints as the rider can use and putting that word down on the board.

1st rider to finish: triple word score
2nd rider to finish: double word score
3rd rider to finish: triple letter score (any one of the rider’s letters)
4th rider to finish: double letter score (any one of the rider’s letters)
Using seven letters for one word ‘bingo’: 50 points

All checkpoints are optional. Riders must have a word to finish, and all words must be in The National Scrabble Association's Official Tournament and Club Word List, Second Edition. Only letters that are used to form a word count toward scores. Only one letter can be used from each checkpoint.