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It is 3am on Sunday August 29th. I’m drunk, alone and standing next to three empty kegs on a bicycle flat track in a darkened warehouse in North Portland. A few hours ago hundreds of fans lined the boards surrounding the track. They pounded their u-locks on the boards and shrieked for blood. Over the course of the evening 50 racers went elbow to elbow in Backyard Blam’s Holeshot race. There were crashes. Blood was spilled. The penultimate moto. Victory. It was awesome. Now I’m left here to clean up the mess, but that is the last thing on my mind. All I can think of is how did we get here, and do we do this again? This was truly the bastard child of Cycle Speedway.
Awesome article! Amanda is f*cking amazing.
I’m on the Globe team, and I just wanted to clarify that the bike they used was not a Live, rather it was our new bike, Daily, which you can see here: http://www.globebikes.com/us/en/globe/GlobeBike.jsp?pid=11dailyUS1
She just took off the basket, brakes and fenders – other than that, the bicycle you see here is pretty much how it comes stock.
Also, would love to talk to you guys about working together – holla at me!
- Jess
The guys at Rollapaluza (Goldsprints) tried Speedway with the Sheffield Stars in the UK, in March this year…loved it!
http://www.rollapaluza.com/blog/2010/03/we-tried-speedway/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/differentspokes/sets/72157623692990220/
Hi Guys.
Having read your article on Holeshot, your version of Cycle Speedway, which by the way was very good. i sent the link to our on line C/S Website, http://www.spokesman-online.co.uk and its having a really good responce. people are getting excited as this years Worlds are in Edenton, South Carolina. Cycle Speedway in England, Poland, and Australia is manly an out door event, But once a year we have in England the indoor British Championships http://wn.com/2010_British_Indoor_Cycle_Speedway_Championships
click on the link and see our version of C/S Indoors.
please keep up the awareness of Cycle Speedway up in the States. Lets hope in the near future America can produce
riders the can compete with other C/S countrys.
Thanks for a really enjoyable article by Dan Powell. Well done mate.
Thanks,
Phil Crouch