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The original and lengendary fixed only brakeless NYC alleycat is back for another round. Monster Track 13, March 10 2012.
Read about Monster Track 10 in Urban Velo #13.
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The London Bike Show runs January 12-15 in conjunction with The Outdoors Show, The Active Travel Show and the Tullett Prebon London Boat Show and one £15 ticket covering entry to all four consumer shows. Check the list of exhibiting brands and if you’re in the area mark your calendar.
Via Cycle Twin Cities:
There are any number of words that you can use to describe Erik Noren; brash, creative, hard-working, genius. But to convey who Erik Noren is in a tidy 8 minutes? Now that is a challenge.
We spent last night at the Jungle Theater watching the first screening of “Deep Custom” a film about Noren, the owner and sole frame builder behind Twin Cities’ based Peacock Groove.
For years Noren has been known around the Twin Cities as someone who make bikes with flair and creativity. His profile has grown around the country through events such as the North American Handmade Bike Show (NAHBS) where he displays unique designs such as the Old Style Bike.
The 6th Annual Supermarket Street Sweep went off without a hitch this past weekend in San Francisco. We’ve done our small part to support the event over the years, and for 2011 they brought in nearly 8000 lbs of food and nearly $10,000 of cash for the San Francisco Food Bank. Father and son cargo winners are pictured, along with their 845 lbs of food.
Burro’s 4 Year Anniversary Holiday Deliverycat and Party (yeah, that’s a mouthful) goes down on December 17th in Jacksonville, FL. $10 includes race entry fee, t-shirt, spoke card, raffle ticket and party admission. Non racers can pay $5 to attend the par-tay.
Visit www.burrobags.com for more info.
If you support the Occupy movement across the country Minneapolis now has a way to participate on two wheels. On December 1st ride 99 laps around a one mile downtown loop past the local Occupation site. Some may do all the laps, some may plug in for just a few in the afternoon. Organizers have allowed 9 hours, for the event, but not telling how long it may take.
Dirty Dozen Race 2011-Canton Ave from Matt Dayak on Vimeo.
Congratulations to regular Urban Velo contributor Steevo for winning The Dirty Dozen for the 8th consecutive time. Congratulations also go to our friend “Stick”, featured on the cover of Urban Velo #1, for winning the single speed category.
You can read more about the history of the Dirty Dozen in our feature story in Urban Velo #5, and more about Danny Chew in our feature story The Million Mile Man in Urban Velo #10.
The VeloCity Bicycle Cooperative is being forced to relocate at the beginning of 2012 and is throwing a party to help raise funds. $5 admission get your gold sprints, music, refreshments, live music and all the other things that come along with a fund raising event.
A further testament to how popular cyclocross racing is getting in the US would be that SSCXWC event photos were featured on the Flickr blog.
The 6th annual Supermarket Street Sweep is coming up on December 3rd, with all proceeds and food benefiting the San Francisco Food Bank. The cause is top-notch, as are the people that put this event on. Not to be missed if you’re in the area!
More details at supermarketstreetsweep.blogspot.com
There are lots of events this time of year centered around racing all over picking up food items for donation to local Food Banks or shelters. For 2011 Philadelphia adds itself to the list with the ever more popular Cranksgiving name. Cranksgiving Philadelphia is happening on November 20th starting at noon.
See some of the history of Cranksgiving at www.cranksgiving.net.
SpokedSTL was started to promote urban cycling in St. Louis. The founders believe that their city’s cycling culture is largely underground. They’re currently on race number two of the five race series, and they say that the response has been very positive—their first alleycat had 94 registered racers.
Check out www.spokedstl.com.
From the Guardian UK:
A cycling sight-seeing tour with a difference took place on Saturday, taking in London’s 10 most dangerous junctions for cyclists. The ride – originally conceived by Cyclists in the City blog as a fact-finding mission with a few friends – struck a resonant chord with readers and campaigners. Word spread quickly, and ultimately several hundred London cyclists participated in the “Tour du danger”.
The Bike Factory New Hampshire is having a grand opening celebration this coming Friday November 4th. Home to the new Independent Fabrications and BaileyWorks production facilities and retail operations, The Bike Factory is a state of the art facility in Newmarket NH a relatively short drive from the Boston area.
You can see a photo tour of The Bike Factory while it was still under construction from my visit back in July.
Ride To Eleven, a Spinal Tap themed alleycat scheduled for 11.11.11 in Pittsburgh PA. 11 stops, manifest at 11pm, starts promptly at 11:11pm. Rain or shine. Wear a helmet, bring lights and a bag. All bikes and riders welcome, bonus for Campy-11. You might want to be 21 to get into the bar at the end. Ride careful, brake like the wind, don’t get killed. www.ridetoeleven.info
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