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Tour de Donut: Texas Style

There's a Tour de Donut in Katy, Texas. The Nov. 5 ride is a fund-raiser for the Make A Wish Foundation of the Texas Gulf Coast.

To their credit, the organizers of the event had the savvy to get the tourdedonut.com domain name. But the rest of the ride sounds suspiciously like a ride I helped create in 1989, the original Tour de Donut. For example, here's an excerpt from the Texas site:

The Tour de Donut is a unique bicycle race where riders embark on an appetizing 28-mile journey beginning at the Katy Mills Mall (in Katy, Texas of course!) with rest stops along the way serving as many delectable donuts as you can eat.

For each tasty donut that a rider consumes, the rider is awarded a tempting 5-minute time credit.

Speaking of the original Tour de Donut, I have made some improvements to the Web site for the documentary about the event, "Tour de Donut: Gluttons for Punishment." I created a Flash introduction, plus I've added James Ibur's original soundtrack to the site so you can listen while you're browsing the site.

UPDATE: You now can order the movie online through the Web site. The film costs $18, including postage.

Roger 0 comments 7:18 PM