Grass Track Grands - Fucking freezing, but alot of fun nonetheless. Matt S. won Grass Track and was a force to be reckoned with during Capture the Flag. Props to Jacob and Justin who took 2nd and 3rd. Next one will be much warmer.
You Know? Alleycat - Great turnout for a wed. night, really fun race. Paul and Jason tied for first place with 22 points and a time of 1:12, I was a close third with 22 points and 1:14. AJ took most points in shortest time, with 18 points in under an hour. Hopefully this inspires people to do more points races, it's a really cool format that keeps things interesting.Photos from Hey Fixie, which you should really check out if you haven't yet - Jeff offers some hilarious analysis of "the sub-surface rumblings of abq's fixed bikelife."
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone involved - Bret, Jake, and Robin for organizing an awesome Polo tournament, bringing out teams from all over the Southwest, even as far as San Diego. Thanks to all the teams who made the 5, 7, 15 hour drives to get out here and play bikes for a weekend, and all the ABQ heads who hosted these motley crews for the weekend. Thanks to Jake for throwing the You Know? Alleycat and Jacob for his help (volunteers are always needed), thanks to Sam at Fixed&Free for his constant support of all our events. Big thanks to all our sponsors: Cinelli, The Crankfather, All City, Fyxation, Silver Board Shop, Two Wheel Drive, Bianchi, Urban Velo, Fixed&Free, and Velocity - it's rad to get big-name companies and local businesses alike involved in grassroots cycling events. Thanks to Gerhardt, who inspired me to start throwing events, and helped make the Fixed&Furious Sprint Series a great night. And finally, on behalf of Jake and myself, I would like to extend the biggest thanks to everyone who came out last week to participate or spectate, we do this for you guys (and gals).
Now we're taking a break. It's your turn. If you have a cool idea for a race, get in touch with us, we'll help you make it happen.
3 comments:
Are you going to put a recap of the sprints? I wish I could have made it.
I have a bunch of photos from sprint night. Let me know how to get these photos up or send them to you. There are some good ones in there! Props to mad calves Paul for taking the sprints and Alleycat.
robin, if you want to email them to me (dpolks85@gmail.com), or just send a link to your flickr, I'd love to get the pics from friday and from the polo tournament. There's one more recap post coming, soon as i finish this little vid of the tournament.
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