All bikes welcome. Starting at Cal Anderson, ending with the Second Coming. Prizes. Tell your friends.
$5.00 entry fee
3/22 2:30pm registration. Race at 3:00pm SHARP
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Eric_s
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:18 pm
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remember kids, it's better to be second than dead! You can't make like jesus, so look both ways before running red lights!
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Eric_s
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:36 pm
Joined: 07 Mar 2007Posts: 1691Location: the dirty south
Too bad the delete option goes away after a while. I guess a slow SQL server and the reload button are a bad combo.
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koos42
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 10:29 am
Joined: 10 Jul 2007Posts: 367Location: ON YOUR LEFT! your other left.
Sweet, I'm totally down for this.
Remember kids, when talking about being second it is best to post the same thing a second time...
ksep
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:41 pm
Joined: 27 Jan 2007Posts: 1879Location: Westlake
bumpity bump bump bump
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Uncle Martha
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:53 pm
Joined: 18 May 2006Posts: 343Location: Cap. Hill / Madison Valley
twowheelwiz wrote:
All bikes welcome.
Does it matter if I've never done an Alleycat before and do not, in face, quite understand what happens in one?
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rob
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:11 pm
Joined: 28 Jul 2007Posts: 1315Location: Columbia City
Uncle Martha wrote:
twowheelwiz wrote:
All bikes welcome.
Does it matter if I've never done an Alleycat before and do not, in face, quite understand what happens in one?
Nope, doesn't matter. Show up around 2:30. Pay your $5. Receive instructions. It's not rocket surgery.
There's no shame if you get DFL, and it might get you a prize too. Although I think Matthew's already tried to claim that particular distinction for this particular race.
Bring some beer in case you get thirsty during the race.
DJStroky
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:42 am
Joined: 25 May 2007Posts: 356Location: Downtown Tacoma
How many race weekends in a row can I go?! Woohoo!
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Marcus
Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:36 pm
Joined: 15 Jul 2006Posts: 173Location: Seattle
not exactly an easter sunday race ....anyway see you there
Drunkan
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2008 7:17 am
Joined: 09 Sep 2007Posts: 95Location: Wallingford
Out from behind the Rock called winter quarter to ride! I hope to see some friendly faces.
langston
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:31 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
I came in third place, behind GregBarnes (2nd) and Ponch (1st), a guy from CM; fast, smart and handsome. 1st Fixie was also 1st Place. Gretchen took 1st Lady. It took me 1hr 35 minutes or so.
Cal Anderson Park (start)
Bridge To Nowhere (Arboretum)
Cowen/Ravenna Park
Froula Playground
Gasworks (with a pitstop at SpeedyReedy for a new chain. Mine detonated right at the bottom of Stone Way. Oops)
Mt Pleasant Cemetary (top of QA)
Fishing Pier on Myrtle Edwards Park
Golden Gardens FTW.
I took home a $50 gift certificate to Laughing Buddha Tattoos, plus a free piercing.
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gsbarnes
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:47 pm
Joined: 15 Aug 2006Posts: 2666Location: No Fun Town, USA
That was fun. Now I'm tired.
My route. Slightly shorter than Langston's. I surmised early on that you either had to repeat the N-S distance from Froula to Myrtle Edwards, or repeat the E-W distance from the Arboretum to Myrtle Edwards, and I chose the latter, so my route was:
I also thought the idea of heading west from Froula and going down the switchbacks to GG made sense, until just before I got onto 85th and remembered the washout. So I took the stairs. And then I found out the washout was passable. Oh well. It didn't end up making a difference.
I got a free wheel build from R&E.
Also, we left at 3pm, and were done at around 4:45, so more like 1:45 on the race time. And I thought the winner was named Ponch (like CHiPs), but I confess I was a little out of it when we were introduced.
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rob
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 9:39 pm
Joined: 28 Jul 2007Posts: 1315Location: Columbia City
Yeah, that was awesome. I came in 11th, but that's because i'm slow and lame. I still came away with a floor pump and plenty of beer.
For the Win: Shit tonnes of fun, seeing parts of queen anne i've never seen before, beer, floor pump, beach, bonfire, etc.
For the Lose: my broken left crank(from before, nothing to do with this race, I rode my geared bike today), biking home, deciding to stop by the essential bread dumpster, hitting a fucking invisible (in the dark) curb head on because i left the lights on my broke-ass bike, getting mad road-rash on the back of my hands and my chin.
sigh
one day i'm sure i'll grow tired of being retarded.
DJStroky
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:44 am
Joined: 25 May 2007Posts: 356Location: Downtown Tacoma
Cal Anderson
Carrying the cross on the bridge to nowhere
Got to Ravenna Park before checkpoint administor
Got to Froula park before checkpoint administor
Gasworks presumably first now
Graveyard with a close lead over the next 2 people
AND THEN FAIL!!!
Ballard Bridge, down Market between two lanes of traffic
23mph sprint down Seaview ave
Golden Gardens where I was told I won, but then they saw I didn't have Myrtle Edwards
Ran through the locks
Down Gilman where I saw the lead group
Down the railroad trail where Koos, and Kevin on his folding bike passed the other way
Headwind going into Myrtle Edwards
Peeps
Back north
BONK
Emergency food stop at the AMPM for the best $0.89 cheeseburger of my life
Biked with some other racer
Walked through the locks
Took the new trail to nowhere on the east side of seaview
30th place out of 50 and confirmed to Langston that I didn't die
Tallboys of High Life!
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ksep
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:52 am
Joined: 27 Jan 2007Posts: 1879Location: Westlake
The theme worked out really well. Hauling a cross at the bridge to nowhere, walking on water at Cowen park, riding through the graveyard at Mt. Pleasant looking for one grave in a thousand, and I didn't mind the marshmallow peeps and wine checkpoints either.
Top it all off with bunny sprints (both cranks on a fixie facing the same direction is the new fix push), beer, and a nice fire on the beach. Oh Seattle, you're so good to me.
Way to go .83 representing two out of the top three with a broken chain and a montain bike. I pulled either 20th or 21st out of 43(?) on a Dahon Mu XL folding bike.
Koos, pics?
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langston
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 12:43 pm
Joined: 25 Jul 2005Posts: 5547Location: Columbia City
Lookin' at those photos, then lookin' outside now. God, it was a glorious day yesterday.
Now I've got to go outside and remove a huge bush.
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twowheelwiz
Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 2:04 pm
Joined: 26 Apr 2007Posts: 96Location: Greenwood
Thanks to everyone that came, I think it went pretty well. It's a beautiful thing, people coming together that love bikes. Bryan uploaded some pics to flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirbryanclark/show/
Stay tuned for more races to come. We are expecting to make it happen every 6 weeks or so. And hopefully the good lord will open the heavens and make it sunny every race we do.
And yes, the fellow that won, his name is Ponch. And he is fast on a track bike.
Keep the rubber side down,
-ryan.
gsbarnes
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:52 pm
Joined: 15 Aug 2006Posts: 2666Location: No Fun Town, USA
Evan, what's with the cut across the railroad tracks onto Armory (I presume on the way back from Myrtle Edwards)? Was that when you were heading for AM/PM? And doesn't that involve jumping a couple of high railyard fences?
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DJStroky
Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 7:28 pm
Joined: 25 May 2007Posts: 356Location: Downtown Tacoma
gsbarnes wrote:
Evan, what's with the cut across the railroad tracks onto Armory (I presume on the way back from Myrtle Edwards)? Was that when you were heading for AM/PM? And doesn't that involve jumping a couple of high railyard fences?
As much as I'd like to say I was so tripped off of peeps laced with acid, that was just a mapping mistake. Thanks for catching that. Nearly 29 miles of racing
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greghxc
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:25 pm
Joined: 23 Mar 2008Posts: 94Location: shoreline
Sorry to bump old news, but I got a little bit of footage from the bunny races on YT:
I was hoping to get video at the bridge crossing, but I guess 90% of the group showed up while I was making a beer run. We thought more people would hit Myrtle Edwards / Queen Anne first. Ah well. In the Jeebus theme, it ended up more of a washing of the feet than walking on water. Glad everyone had a good time, and looking fwd to doing it again.
gsbarnes
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:52 pm
Joined: 15 Aug 2006Posts: 2666Location: No Fun Town, USA
Apparently the WSDOT 'Incident Response Team' showed up on the Bridge to Nowhere --- see the flickr pool.
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greghxc
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 1:07 pm
Joined: 23 Mar 2008Posts: 94Location: shoreline
gsbarnes wrote:
Apparently the WSDOT 'Incident Response Team' showed up on the Bridge to Nowhere --- see the flickr pool.
I think the Incident Response Team was fairly dismissive, and said something along the lines of "enjoy your art".
While dropping off the dudes / crosses, two old guys with heavy euro accents asked if we were a "suicide team". I guess it's hard to not look sketchy carrying two child-sized crosses just about anywhere.
twowheelwiz
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:13 pm
Joined: 26 Apr 2007Posts: 96Location: Greenwood
Here they are. If you were wondering.
Stay tuned. Another event is being planned for the end of April/beginning of May. Keep the rubber side down.
1. Ponch
2. Greg Barnes
3. Chris Langslow
4. Allender
5. Lee McGlothlen
6. Corey McGee
7. Mike Marino
8. Jesse Elliot
9. Garth Runkel "Drunkel"
10. James
11. Rob J.
12. Mike D.
13. Mike O.
14. Gretchen Leggitt
15. Nels Reese
16. Zach Urban
17. Koos
18. Robbie Rogers
19. Elliot Schloetel
20. Ralph Stout
21. Kevin Septor
22. Ali
23. Benny Blanco
24. Buggy LaMoreaux
25. Chzzy Wzzy
26. Clayton Stephens
27. Sager Small
28. Evan Siroky
29. Jermaine
30. Margaret B.
31. Chris Govella
32. Mike Wilson
Other Racers- some didn't finish and some just didn't get recorded
rob
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:19 pm
Joined: 28 Jul 2007Posts: 1315Location: Columbia City
twowheelwiz wrote:
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1. Ponch
2. Greg Barnes
3. Chris Langslow
haha, langston is langslow. except he beat me by 8 places. so i am langsloooooooow.
in other news, i'm having trouble getting my bottom bracket off.
i saaid "bottom".
teehee
[edit] i got it. the bottom bracket. i successfully removed it. huzzah! [/edit]
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