Candy Cranks

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!

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

March has been off to a brilliant start, with a bike birthday party and time trial in the same weekend!

Awesome cycle girls Becky and Louise hosted a fun bike-love celebration for their March birthdays. Despite the rainy weather, a heap of people participated in an adventurous ride to Kakaako waterfront park for a firedance by Louise (with a couple of first-time fire dancers trying their stuff out as well) and then a ride to Cycle Manoa for a pinata smashing and dance party!

Penny trying out fire dancing

Awesome dance party set-up in Cycle Manoa

The AMAZING hand-crafted Hummer pinata that everyone was all too happy to smash!

Smashing the Hummer with bike parts!

There was a even a pool set up in the bike warehouse

Thanks for the super amazing party for 2 awesommmeee cycle girls!

Part 2 of the weekend was the time trial.. a bit more serious (well, sort of……)

The time trial was held at Mokuleia on the North-Western shore of Oahu with a 12.4 mile route. The organizers created a special fixed-gear category, which inspired a rambunctious crew of riders to participate.

A summary of the “seriousness” of the time trial

1. Ted Shred Stops

2. Time trial on riser bars + a whip skid

3. Eilif completing the entire 12 mile time trial by wheelie, shirtless and in terrific spirits

4. The helmet aero-fications by speedo swim cap

5. The helmet aero-fications by dinosaur shower cap

6. New rider Sabrina’s completion of the time trial as the only female participant, complete with riser bars, a hello kitty backpack and a backwards helmet that none of us caught!

All the participants with the head organizer that created the fixed gear category, David Lum

And congrats to the fixed-gear winners!

All in all, an awesome bike weekend in Hawaii!

Less than one month up the Hungarian Track Cycling Cup!!!

We had the last training competition in Millenáris (Milli) Velodrome last saturday!

The race getting hard … I’m still not in form, but I try after!

Photos: HBalage

Full Metal Millport’s Happening this weekend thanks to our sponsors for providing us with gallus prizes !!

For more info use this link:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/event.php?eid=312630279130

It’s the SSS winter BBQ event! It’s at Pyrmont park and we’re meeting at Martin Place at 1pm. The meat and (hopefully) beer will be provided by the SSS, sausage sandwiches mostly. If you wanting anything else you should bring it yourself, Hos will bring the rice + chopsticks. There will be Trackstand, Skid and the Robo Tube changing competition by Robo Cog. $5 entry to compete in all competitions with a wheel set, t-shirts, bags, Spring Court discount vouchers + 2 pairs of shoes and a tattoo voucher from Ping Pong from Kaleidoscope (are you fucking serious?, the best prize I ever heard of), and, and, and, and a tattoo from up and coming tattoo artist under the guise of the legendary Ping Pong…… Nong Chang for prizes. Sponsored by Robo Cog, SSS, Supply store, OL’GOOD, BFF, Kaleidoscope (Ping Pong), Nong Chang, Spring Court and more sponsors and prizes to come.

It’s going to be a big event and lot’s of fun with rad prizes.

……….we have a secret motive for this event, if I’m to be completly honest, we will be shooting photo’s, collecting broken parts, anything of SSS related interest, ALL YOUR SPOKE CARDS and your stories for the up coming exhibition. Bring your self, your apetite, your stories, which we will document on the day and your bike. B.Y.O bike.

DRINKS AFTERWARDS AT MR B’S!

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!

Had a blast on Saturday at Star Trak, the threat of rain and eventual downpour mid race didn’t stop a a great turn out and a super fun night!

Warp Factor 9 Pilots Lee and Lewis.

Plunkett, winner of the Anti Gravity Races.

Frag, Skid Comp winner and Bee, First Female on points.

Jay, First Male on points and Track Stand Comp winner.

Lewis, First Male across the line.

Lee, First Female over the line.

Jay and Tarn demonstrate the Vulcan Vortex of Death. Riders hold a piece of rope with a monkey fist knot at each end, they circle around each other whilst trying to take the other rider out. If you let go of the rope, put your foot down or track stand you’re out, it was hilarious and there was some pretty spectacular stacks.

Jacky, managed to stay upright for 3 rounds of the Vulcan Vortex of Death and took the winners title and prize.

This is a really dark and unfortunately not very good quality video of the Vulcan Voretx of Death being played out by Jacky and Jay, but you can kinda get the idea of what’s going on.

The Goods. A huge thanks to our super generous sponsors! And thanks so much to everyone that helped out, check pointed, participated and made the event what it was.

Results:
First Female over the line – Lee
First Male over the line – Lewis
First Female on points – Bee
First Male on points – Jay
Anti Gravity Race winner – Plunkett
Track stand Comp – Jay
Skid Comp – Frag
Vortex Wheel of Death – Jacky
Best Dressed Female – Emily
Best Dressed Male – Mark
DFL (Dead Fucking Last) – Carlin

Thanks to Jay and Zac for the pics, more on flickr.

What a crazy and amazing event!!! This Aloha Sunday event put together by the mates at Aloha Fixed really rocked! Sooo many people showed up!!!

The prizes were super awesome…. Big ups to the sponsors of Aloha Sunday!!

The day was kicked off with a trackstand water balloon toss:

The only lady participant, Marissa, concentrating and owning at this event!

Next up was the sprint competition, courier style! Participants had to race to the grocery store, purchase a fresh produce item, and return with the item and the receipt to win.

The ladies are getting ready to race!

Johnny won the guy’s division, and got his cute daughter to hold the loot! This photo will definitely melt the hearts of the sponsors.

The skid competition was intense! Yvonne rocked it!

The trick competition was so entertaining, with Lindsey wow-ing the crowd by surfing his bike down a ramp, barefooted.

Hillary, Mary and I got some goodies for round 2 of sprints! Mary was the prize winner of the day, taking home an AlohaTron prize of a custom embroidered bicycle pillow and a new pink fixation tire for winning the skid comp!

I made some pins for people to rock!

Want to see more photos? Posted ones from Michael Keany and yours truly!

Cheers!