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World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships in Berlin – August 13-15 2010.

Berlin is proud to host the 2^nd Annual World Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships! This event will bring 64 of the best teams from around the globe for a three-day tournament to be held at the new Berlin venue, the four-court Sportcenter Rennbahnstraße Berlin-Weissensee! The event is being organized by the same crew that hosted the Bike Polo competition of last years’ 14th Annual European Cycle Messenger Championships at Tempelhof Airport.

So the messenger competition to shut down… It was a great time in Budapest, many messenger arrived not only from Europe. You know as well that Rie too from Nagoya with her coffee bike!!! (I have to tell You guys I never drink coffee, I don’t like it, but this is something different, so delicious… love it)

This 3 days past so fast, we had many program in the daytime: bike polo, foot down, sprint in Velodrome after we had a nice group ride in the city to the next place, what is an interesting old socialist factory. First night we had a fashion show and concert and we tried hungarian drinks!

The next two days was pretty hard, everybody ride hard and the rout was not easy. The main race, the skid, and everything was very exciting, we had girls as well too. One of the best race was the Gold Sprint, where Sarah from Britain was the fastest!
The factory was a good choose, because only we was there and it was so free feeling, like in a festival and we don’t had to worried about the bikes, it was such a nice landscape… everywhere bicycles!!!
So the Finals on Monday was really exciting, in the foot down finals Sabrina from Poland was the only girl Here You can check the results
We had there the youngest messenger too, Izuru&Izumi from Nagoya took the 2 years old baby, He is already riding… and You can see his messenger bag… ) so cute

Miss me so much this days… we had so much funs, everybody was so cool and nice, we had nice parties and now all around the world knows a bit about Hungary and Palinka (shot) …
Tuesday we had a sightseeing group ride with the Guide Kole from Canada who was a guide/messenger here in Budapest, I think it’s a beautiful city!
And thanks Rie, we had so great time together !!!

more pictures here

kc bike fed mocktail hour

Here’s a recap of some bike week events I participated in. Sorry for the delay, but since the torrential downpours have ceased I’ve been taking advantage of the my short lived summer break.  [I start a new job and summer classes within the week!]

Thursday : After my last final, I rushed down to the new Volker Velowerk’s spot for an alleycat. Rite when I showed up the race started, luckily it was simply enough so I didn’t need to gain my composure too much.  We raced to SunFresh and back. If you got a 2 Liter of coke, you got a 5 minute time bonus. David J won the race and didn’t bother with the cola, he did buy a paper to prove he didnt cheat. ha! It was a quick and sweaty race. Britton [Volker Boss-man] is planning on the holding these types of races once or twice a month, so stay tuned for more details.

riders who were suckers and brought coke

Friday: In the early evening, I stopped by bum island in Westport to kick it with some friendlies at the KC Bike Fed Mocktail Hour.

bike repairs @ mocktail hour

kids @ mocktail hour

After a refreshing happy hour, Micale, Nikky, and I rode down to Volker Velowerk’s for KCSPRINTS. Unforuntadely for you all, I did not race so there are no new puking pictures to post. [ha!] I’m really stoked about this having a bike shop downtown again!![RIP ACME]

David J racing away

close ladies' race @ kcsprints

Britton made the best faces all nite. ha!

Saturday: BBQ Ride! We met for this humid and sweaty ride at The Roasterie Cafe in Brookside. We road to Rosedale BBQ. The food was great, I got the burnt ends…tender and a little fatty..yum! The sauce was a bit lacking, too thin and not enough spice. On our way back we stopped at the Crown Center Fountains to cool off.

some of the bbq riders, we picked up a few along the way, too!

Micael & I sporting tiedyed shorts on the bbg ride.

Burnt Ends!

Sunday: Bike Polo was kinda a fail. My brake was out of commish and Ryan had multiple tire mishaps, however the boys played a few matches.

Welp. Sorry for the longgg post. I’m off to enjoy the weather and work on my wheelie before KICKBALL!

Later Gators!

ps i just got one of those flickr things, so you can check out more photos here.

Sorry I’ve been slacking, my time has been consumed with carboxylic acids and oxidation reactions [organic chem final's tomorrow...wish me luck!

Despite Bike Week starting on a unseasonally brisk and wet foot, it looks like the rain will be ceasing on Friday. [Finally!] Lucky for us in the heartland, that’s when all the fun events are starting.

Here’s a quick rundown of the remaining events here in Kansas City:

Thursday:

• 816 Bike Collective will be open from 3:00 pm-6:00 pm at 3109 Troost Avenue. Stop by if you need help with your bike, want to volunteer, earn a bike, or drop parts off.

• Bike Polo [rain or shine] 31st and Baltimore [in the garages] around 5:30-6.
• Alley Cat hosted by Britton and the Volker gang. Race is beginning at 7 pm sharp! Starting at the  NEW Volker Velower spot. [18th and Wyandotte NE corner.] Best part: it’s a free alley cat!

Friday:

• KC Bike Fed’s Mocktail hour. 5:00 pm-7:00 pm at the center island between 43rd and Broadway [aka Bum Island]. Free food and bike repairs. [This event happens every third Friday]
• Crossroads Bike-In Movie Night. 7:00 pm-9:00 pm at 1821 Wyandotte. They are showing Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure.
• KC Sprints @ the Volker Velower spot. [18th and Wyandotte NE corner.] 7:00  pm-??? [I'm sure puking and trash talking will ensue.]

• UMKC Clean Commute Bike-In Movie. 8:00 pm-10:30 pm at “The Hub” [5301 Charlotte]. They are playing The Fantastic Mr. Fox

Saturday:

• May’s BBQ Ride. We’re meeting around 2:15ish at The Roasterie Cafe in BKS [6223 Brookside Boulevard] and riding to Rosedale BBQ [600 Southwest Boulevard]. Bikes, BBQ, & Good Times!

• 816 Bike Collective will be open from 3:00 pm-6:00 pm at 3109 Troost Avenue. Stop by if you need help with your bike, want to volunteer, earn a bike, or drop parts off.
• 

Sunday:

• Bike Polo at the roller hockey rinks [70th and Holmes] around 2:30 pm.

I’m excited to break in my new cranks, I.R.D Defiant Track Cranks, to and from all these events! Hopefully, everyone else is having a great [less wet] Bike Week, too!

….is going to be bussssyyyyy. If you’re going to be around Kansas City or Lawrence next weekend, there’s a variety of bike events to choose from.

First up, since Friday is the last friday of the month KC Critical Mass is happening. Meet up around 6ish at 4001 Mill Street [Sunfresh Market]. Also, the KCSPRINTS are taking on Lawrence! We’ll be on the outdoor patio at the Replay Lounge. Races start at 8. Winner takes home a PBR CRUSIER BIKE!!!!!!

If you aren’t too tired/hungover/lazy on Saturday, the BBG is hosting their first Battlecat! It’s a 14 point alleycat WITH knockout eliminations. I’m not exactly sure how those are going to play out, but I’m definitely going to be ready to race. First prize is a new track wheelset [yes, please]. Second and third place win Holdfast straps and some other swag!

Last, but not least, Sunday afternoon meet at the roller hockey courts [70th and Holmes] for pickup games of SPACE HOCKEY [bikepolo]. We’ve been meeting anywhere from 2-3pm. We have extra mallets!! Come out and play, especially if you’ve never tried. I’m real green, but it’s still a blast. [this is an ongoing event every Sunday!!!!]

Cheers!!

Caitlin

Since the last Aloha Sunda event was such a success, a second one is in the works for this month!

An amazing sponsor lineup plus awesome events in store… can’t wait!

Earlier this month, our local fixed gear collective AlohaFixed threw an amazing all day event for the Hawaiian riders. With track bikes gaining popularity, this was designed to allow everyone to meet new riders and have fun! Name tags were even provided. Bikes were tagged with flyers all around the university and honolulu to inform everyone of the event, which turned out to be a great success!

We have such a beautiful place to ride! Ocean View!

Marissa participating in the Trackstand Simon Says event!

Mary getting ready for the sprints around Daimondhead!

Ramsey skidding away in the Longest Skid competition!

The boys showing off their tricks during the trick comp.. 3 minutes to impress the judges!

There were some intense rounds of bike polo as well!

And I can’t forget the cute critter of the day!

(The cute critter being Monchi the dog, not me!)

Big ups to Mike Keany for the pics!

Next Aloha Sunday event will be in April, so will keep you all posted!

Cheers!

Photos from the last saturday races!

Bike Polo Tournament

…and Gold Sprints!

Female: 1°

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And a Candy Cranks fan!

RC, Scattofisso e FixedForum

What a better way to spend a Saturday afternoon than watching some cool bike polo? The guys from EHVFXD (Eindhoven Fixed) http://www.ehvfxd.net organized a comp here in Amsterdam so my sister and i took the ferry over and took a look.

Hopefully there will be more comps and events to come..good work guys !