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Tricycle Trackstands

team frank stallone has one foot in the grave.

Lame

whats lame?

this

i understand that this ride is geared towards families, but come on. one lap around SMP? i think the recumbents might even be bored with that one.

this, however, is not lame.














singular peregrine. more info here. if i had ANY reason for another monstercross, this one would be it for sure.

thats it. ok bye.

-chasm

ohm

tfs suggests that you dont let shitty people OR atmospheric pressure get you down.

try to fly a kite and frown. its way fucking hard.

Actually I appear to be yelling in this picture. It's a happy shout though.

Pleasent Fridays. Enjoy your rainy day bike today.

-Chasm (photos courtesy of jeff ramirez and lil nessers)

Better Off Red

We raised $93 for the American Diabetes Assocation, which is a very odd dollar amount seeing that the entry fee was $5. It's a great addition to our bank for TFS.

We also learned something about alleycat races: don't start one after everyone is drunk off free wine and cheap messenger bag beers. Teams formed (poorly and unevenly) and the race was underway. There was a two hour limit to the race, which gave race organizers and spectators ample time to drink more and drop pants and whatnot.

So in the end, we gave the first place prize to Dressed For Success. They showed up looking quite dapper and hit the majority of the stops in very little time.

That's Kyle on the first place prize, the custom Panaschronic. I wonder if he ever went back to pick it up. That thing is SICK.

Thanks to all the racers for the support! I certainly hope you had fun, and that you don't mind that it many TFS races can be kind of cluster fucky.

Oh, and check this out. I have a bird laying eggs outside of my window.

Yup, that's me flipping a bird the bird. Flipping a bird the bird. That's brilliant.

-Chasm

better off red - a benefit for the american diabetes association

ColdSprints - March 21st - Harlings @ Westport

A few Minneapolis people (Chris, Landen, and Suzie if I'm not mistaken) came to Kansas City this past Saturday to show us how to properly race bicycles while drinking beer inside of a bar. Coldsprints (a name originating from Goldsprints, with a MPLS weenie-freezing twist), is a series of roller races that they are taking to different venues in different cities. Austin, TX was the first stop, and Harling's in Kansas City, MO was their second.

Three very tall and very awkward Kansas City locals threw a similar shindig a few weeks back, and both the turnout and the feedback were very good. That being said, I think even Jevon, Jones and Zeke will agree that the MPLS set up trumped their set up. Two track bikes sat on top of fork mount rollers, each sporting the same gear ratio, track bars, and HED rear wheels. A projector screen showed a play-by-play of the race, including racer names and speed.

Two Bianchi Pistas, one Swobo Sanchez, and one Surly Steamroller.

Hop on, let Chris adjust the seatpost and sinch down your feet in the clips, and mash until you want to throw up in the GIANT puke bucket in between the racers. It all started off with a qualifier to properly put people up against racers of similar capabilities. Here's smelly ass Elrod and his qualifier:



After everyone rode the 20 second qualifier, the head-to-heads started. While the qualifier incorporated a rolling start, the face offs were standing starts. Usually the 500m race lasted for a little over 20 seconds, and seemed to go on for a couple minutes. EVERY single racer looked simply fucking ridiculous spinning like a hamster, but some looked worse than others. All were entertaining. And PBRs were $2.

And now.....DIMLY LIT RACE ACTION FEATURING BOTH A SMALL WOMAN AND A TALL WOMAN. GO!



I'm very glad that I talked Vanessa into racing, she did great. I didn't get much video footage of the races because my camera filled up and I was too wrapped up in the excitement to delete pictures of puggles and bike parts.

In the end, Tim Harsh came with the fury and won. He has been riding a fixed 29er around town for several months and has apparently mastered the art of spinning. I never heard who won the girl's race, but it may have also been a member of the Harsh family:




















Small person! Someone pinch them cheeks!

But seriously, if someone could post up which girl won, then I would look like less of an asshole.

BIG thanks to the MPLS three who came all this way to host the event. Thanks to Jevon for assisting the crew, thanks Zeke for the schwag and being drunk, and thanks to Jones for stirring up some chatter about the races and making for a good turnout.

Here's some Xgo photography to take you out. The many faces of roller racing:






Lots of fun. KC Sprints will be back with round 2 here in a few months I believe. No projectors or carbon wheels, but its still going to be an enjoyable and exhausting night. So go do that. You might want to carb up and stretch too, because my legs still hurt like a shit.

-Chasm

West Bottoms Urban CX Challenge: Report

Maybe I'm a sucker for a cross race. But this one was a lot of fun.

About 10-15 racers showed up for Round 3, meeting next to The Edge of Hell haunted house in the west bottoms. The course was approximately one mile in length, and consisted of several different terrains and obstacles:


loading dock run ups.


garbage stink barriers.


even some god damn xmas trees.

Staubio showed up on the XTR-ed Giant and took first. Paul Villasi held second for a long time but dropped his chain, letting Tyler and Greg pass him to take second and third. Everyone finished with air in their tires though, and with the amount of glass that was strewn across the course, it was a pleasant surprise.

First place prize was an altered Rim Job shirt, and a bottle of the very best: Boone's Farms "Hawaiian Blue." Although it was presented to Staubio, it was shared between the masses (keeping a new tradition alive after finishing a bottle of the Fuzzy Navel Boone's at the chariot races last year.)


Gross.

Next week is the final stage for Street Cred 3. Mystery race, formal attire. Details to come.

-Chasm