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Beer maker wants to swap bike for car

By Ty Tagami
June 26, 2012

It's like the cash-for-clunkers program except its run by a brewery and the swapper gets a bike instead of a fuel efficient car.

Colorado-based beer maker New Belgium Brewing is bringing its festival to the Historic Fourth Ward Park in Atlanta June 30 and wants to swap a bike for a car.

Tour de Fat, as the event is being called, will include a parade, music, food and, of course, beer. New Belgium, known for its Fat Tire Amber Ale and bicycle logo, will give the winning swapper $2,250 credit at a local bike shop. The swapper's car will be auctioned for charity. Information: New Belgium.

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Ty Tagami is a staff writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Since joining the newspaper in 2002, he has written about everything from hurricanes to homelessness. He has deep experience covering local government and education, and can often be found under the Gold Dome when lawmakers meet or in a school somewhere in the state.

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