THE LADDS 500

IT’S SPRING, LET’S DO
SOMETHING STUPID

The 8th First Annual
Ladd Circle Park
April 12th, 2025
10am to 5pm

500 laps of Ladd Circle is a century. Form teams of at least one person, switch riders or bikes at least 10 times during your laps, and turn left for a while. If you’re not riding, let’s party in the middle.

"IT'S NOT A RACE, IT'S A RELAY"

The Rules

• Don’t be a dick. You are responsible for the people around you. Call your passes and leave space. Ride safely. Faster traffic to the outer edges of the circle. If a wreck occurs, report it to the booth.
• We have a permit to be in the park, and you are allowed to ride on the road. If anyone feels otherwise, please be judicious in your diplomacy or find someone who is able to do so.
• Remember that the park is in a neighborhood. Be good neighbors. Make good choices.
• Record your laps and finish time at the booth. Don’t lie, that’s lame.
• Try not to fuck with cars. This is not a closed course, share the right of way. Absolutely don’t fuck with peds. Hitting a pedestrian will result in a DQ. This is not a joke.
• If you crash, get the fuck out of the way. If you’re helping someone who crashed, help them get the fuck out of the way. Don’t crash, dumbass.
• If you enter the pit lane, you must come to a complete stop. Failure to do so will be penalized in whatever manner seems funniest at the time.
• A team may only count laps from one circler at a time. There are no rules regarding riding for multiple teams. Also, nothing matters and life is finite.
• The Rabbitt Rule: A single lap may only be counted as a single lap for a single team, regardless of vehicle construction or passenger count.
• The Belligerante Rule: Cheating will be tolerated if it’s funny. Laps are to be run consecutively, not concurrently.
• The Nathan Jones Rule: Riders wishing to enter solo should bring two bikes in order to make their switches.
• The Monociclo Rule: Solo participants using machines with fewer than two or greater than 4 wheels are exempt from required equipment switches, unless they want to.
• The Jeremy Rule: At least one person with steering control must be facing forwards at all times.

AS ALWAYS, LEAVE NO TRACE.
PACK IT IN, PACK IT OUT.