Candy Cranks

Many apologies for the absence… So many fun things happened this year since I moved to Berlin. The sun is setting earlier. The air is dark and chilly. Woah it’s already December! The end of a year. So a catch up. One more big party is coming up for your all year conclusion! I need more girls to race! ( ´艸｀) 〜♡

+ + THIS FRIDAY December 9, at Keirin Cycle Culture Café. Roll at 8:00pm + +

Pioneers of the global fixed gear bike culture Keirin Cycle Culture Café and Rollapaluza come together for the first ever Rollapaluza roller-race in Berlin.

Keirin Cycle Culture Café:

Keirin Cycle Culture Café is recognized worldwide as the first ever “fixed gear shop” having first opened back in 2004 as a hangout for their messenger mates (all members of Keirin and Rollapaluza are ex-couriers), selling them coffee, bikes and parts and mending their bikes. ( http://www.keirinberlin.de/ )

Rollapaluza:

The first Rollapaluza roller race was held in a pub in London in 2000 and Rollpaluza involves two riders racing over 500 metres on custom built static roller-rigs with their progress displayed on a huge dial and their times recorded by split-second digital timing, all to the backdrop of cheering crowds and pumping music.

Never seen Rollapaluza? check their movies: http://www.rollapaluza.de/movies

P.S. I’ll tell you about this + more stuff… but later.

Next weekend promises to be super dope as BFF rolls into San Francisco with a sick line-up of events, films and shorts.

You can buy tickets and see the full schedule HERE.
But peep the teaser, as it goes a lil something like this:

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22
GOLDSPRINTS KICK-OFF PARTY
The Knockout
3233 Mission St.
9:30pm-2am
Goldsprints at 10pm
Free to race, drink specials, prizes.
DJ Nate Rotsko
DJ Serious Leisure

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23
BIKE MOVIES AT THE VICTORIA
2961 16th St.
7:00-11:00pm
Free Bike Valet Provided by Mike’s Bikes

Rapha Cycle Club Rides to the BFF
Cycle Club SF
2198 Filbert St.
6:30pm Beers
8pm Group Ride to the Victoria Theatre
(Program 2, Racing Towards Red Hook)
Don’t forget to get your tickets in advance!

Program 1 // Bill Cunningham New York – 7:00pm
Program 2 // Racing Towards Red Hook – 9:00pm

AFTER PARTY
Bender’s Bar
806 South Van Ness Ave. at 19th St.
10pm-2am

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 24
BFF STREET PARTY
Capp St. between 16th & 17th St.
12:00-6:00pm
BMX Jam hosted by STF
Fixed Gear Free Style Comp hosted by iMinusD
BMX Presentation by 2hip (Ron Wilkerson)
Scraper Bike Crew
plus vendors

BFF Rides with Mike Giant
(see website for start location and time)
(Leaving from BFF Street Party)

BIKE MOVIES AT THE VICTORIA

Program 3 // Womens Screening – 12:30:00pm
(WOMENS SCREENING BY WOMEN ABOUT WOMEN, YEE!)
Program 4 // – Fun Bike Shorts 2:30pm
Program 5 // With My Own Two Wheels – 4:30pm
Program 6 // BMX Screening- 6:30pm
Program 7 // Urban Bike Shorts – 8:30pm

BIKES ROCK! AFTER PARTY
Milk Bar
1840 Haight St.
10pm-2am
HOTTUB
ImmaBillU
El Elle (Lisa Light)
And Special Guests!
Free with BFF Ticket Stub. $5 General Admission.

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 25
BBQ KICK-BACK
Rickshaw
904 22nd St. at Minnesota St.
12-5pm
Free BBQ & Beer

Big thanks out to all the volunteers that make this event possible.
Be sure to show em some love when you see em <3!
Hope to see you out there!

Local bikeshop the Kickstand et al created a mean roller sprints setup! They hosted their 2nd event and I think it was pretty successful. The best part was that enough ladies entered to have a girls tournament! Here’s some photos of the girls from the night:

Pam and Yvonne kick off the tournament

Pam killin it!

Yvonne looking intense

Annie racing hard

Ivy’s spinning fast

Merliza rolling in heels!

Tricia looking fabulous

I think I’m drunk and spinning in more ways than one..

And winner of the tournament: Molly! She’s new to Hawaii and already making impressions

Ladies posing with the awesome prizes from the Kickstand and the charismatic hosts Cyrus and Nikki

What an awesome event!!!! Thanks all! Can’t wait till the next one….

Photos taken by Sau Hsu

Hello Ladies (and Gents) of Honolulu!

Please show up at Anna Bananas on Friday (the 26th) for Honolulu’s first roller sprints! There will be a chicks division for the tournament and apparently some great prizes. Race your friends and see who is the fastest, win prizes, dance yer sweet boo-tay off to local bands! There are 2 brand new and identical pake frames to race on.. awesome

Race sign up begins at 8pm, with the first round beginning at 9pm. Anyone can race, Mens and Womens divisions, prizes to be won as well as raffle give aways! $10 cover includes race entry fee and goes to the bands.

http://haleakavelo.com/ for more info!

VeloVriday is a regular event, organized by SuxMyCog, Gibranos, Adith Junko and Jonathan Edwin. They pick one Friday every two month, welcoming every bicycle riders so we can chill and know each other much better. Goldsprint, good music, good beer, good friends, good vibe.

photos by  Jakarta Bikerack

Its the first goldsprints event in Singapore and i am proud to be one of the organizers for the event. Here’s some pictures of the event which took place a month ago.

Me and the rest of the Tales From The Crit commitee are organizing the first ever goldsprints in Singapore. I am excited about this. Lotsa work done to put everything together and i hope that it will be smooth sailing.

Happy Friday, y’all! Can I get a ROCK CHALK??!?!?!?! Quick shout out to by boys in crimson and blue, good luck tonight Jayhawks!

Morris Twins

Since March Morris Madness is in a full swing, I will regrettably be missing out on Critical Mass tonight. Meeting at Sunfresh Market most likely leaving around 7. After you ride to the river, come back up the hill for KCSprints at Buzzard Beach! Pedal 500 meters as fast you can, if you don’t puke you aren’t trying hard enough!

Me @ last KCSprints @ Buzzard

Tomorrow night is the first Battle of Roanoke series sponsored by the BBG! We’ll be starting at where the cobblestone road ends in Roanoke Park racing down to the BLVD. ::Hopefully we don’t get that 1-3 inches of snow, I saw predicted:: Compete head to head with your sickest ride for BRAGGIN’ RIGHTS, PRIZES and also a chance to win a “WILDCARD” to use for the upcoming BATTLECAT 2 Oct 1st* 2011!!! Only $5 dollars to race!

poster credit: Matt Urlaub

Hopefully I see you kids out at one or more of these events! Despite the cold front, spring is just around the corner!!

More info about:

KCSprints

KCSprints Facebook

BBG Blog

Battle of Roanoke Facebook

Conversation overheard between two NYC messengers this week:

“Hey dude, are you and your lady going to the Philly Bike Formal? And what the heck is this important ‘corsage’ thing I keep hearing about?”

“A corsage is basically an expensive bracelet made of flowers.”

“Wow, really? I thought it was some sort of wacky outdated bike part I’d never heard of before.”

Fancy flowers aside, the 7th annual PBMA Winter Bike Formal is coming up this weekend in Philadelphia and it promises to be a ton of fun!  It starts Saturday, February 19th at 7PM with a group ride (during which everyone should be adorned in their best formal wear) and ends in a giant party at the M-Room from 9pm-2am. According to the invite, you can expect “raffle prizes, drink specials, guest bartenders, midnight champagne toast, [prom] King and Queen, best dressed, and a special photo booth provided by DemonCats.com.”

If you’ll be around Philly this weekend but can’t make it to the formal on Saturday (or if you just want to burn off some calories before attempting to squeeze into your old prom dress), there will also be a pre-formal alley cat and goldsprints on Friday night.

Now go dust off those sparkly shoes and please be careful not to get any chiffon stuck in your chain!

Richmond, VA has one of the best bike polo teams in the world. The thing is, they’ve never really had a legit polo court to call “home”. Rarely used tennis and basketball courts have been the place of play for the past several years, so it’s about time that hardcourt bike polo is acknowledged by the city as a real sport with a real facility.

Thursday, February 17th, RVA Bike Polo, the Cutthroats Bicycle Club, and RideRichmond are teaming together to throw one of the best fundraisers this city has ever seen…. and RVA knows how to party! We’re having Gold sprints AND a dance party all in the same night!  All for a $3 donation!

Let’s help RVA Bike Polo get a legit court that they can call their own. More details here!