“Make a Wish” Street Race Tonight!
Race from Winthrop Square to Shraffts and back tonight, starts promptly at 11:11pm, pick your own route. Come early and don’t bonk, $5 to enter, winner takes all.
PI = 3 . 14 . 10 = RACE DAY
Come out kids for one of the first alley cats of this spring sponsored by Superb! Prizes galore!
The date is PI. 3. 14.10. Registration starts at 2PM in the Cambridge Commons off of Harvard Sq. $5 entry fee with a helmet kids, without it is $7. So be safe and frugal. Race takes off at 3.14PM on the dot. Afterparty TBA! We will keep you posted!
BFF Weekend, off to a Great Start
Last night marked the beginning of the the Bicycle Film Festival weekend here in Boston. There was a massive gathering at the Middlesex lounge for Gold Sprint racing which later turned into a rather epic dance party. Thanks to everyone who came out and I hear the final races and Awards might be taking place Monday night back at Middlesex at the Geekhouse Fundraiser. Remember the screenings for the BFF start today at 5pm, with an alleycat and afterparty following. See you there!
Bicycle Film Festival Festivities Start Today!
posted by
Jason on
2009.11.20 , under
Alleycat, DJ, Group Ride, Movies, Racing, Shop Visits, Sponsor
The Bicycle Film Festival is coming to Boston this weekend and we are starting things off right tonight with some Bold Sprints at the Middlesex lounge starting at 7pm. I’ll be DJing for the sprints and my good friend Brek.One will be DJing afterwards.
Saturday Brunch @11am at Grand Union, followed by a casual group ride to some of Bostons best bike shops and local frame builders.
Screenings go from 5pm-10pm, grab your tickets!
Race from the screenings organized by Croth-Jackson. More info on the race format from Croth himself:
This year the race will start nearby the Brattle Theatre after the last screenings finish, probably 11-11:30PM. Following last year’s format, riders will visit 5 Box Offices for tickets to 5 nearby Theatres, there will possibly be a Snack Bar along the way. Also like last year there just might be a couple of hills involved, so start preparing. Faster riders might finish in under 1 hour.
Race is free to anyone holding a Festival Pass (which gets you in to all the movies in the whole festival for only $22, buy online: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/88244), or $5 for anyone else.
Top male and top female finishers will each win one of two custom-built wheelsets from Open Bicycle and Superb Bicycle, along with a custom Croth•Jackson toolpouch/whiskey coozie combo. There will be lots of other prizes as well. Prizes/Awards at the afterparty at Flattop Johnnies in Kendall Square.
Independent Fabrication Grasstrack Racer
posted by
Jason on
2009.10.03 , under
Custom Build, Fixed Gear, Photography, Press, Racing, prototype
I recently had the opportunity to follow the exploits of the new Concept Indy Fab Grasstrack Racer. It all started a couple days before Interbike when it was innocently wheeled into Superb sans crank and bottom bracket. After drooling over the new bike a black Sugino 75 Crankset and a locally made 3RRR chainring were purchased and mounted up to a fresh wider than normal bottom bracket (to account for the wider than normal chainstays.) We parted ways agreeing to meet back up in Vegas, and did we ever. That bike got around, maybe even more than my Huffy. First we saw it at the Wipperman Booth at the show, then later at the Tastemakers Party at the Artisan it was aglow in Knog Lights. Upon arriving home from Vegas I was then greeted with photos of the beautiful bike all over the internet, so I figured it was only proper to add on to the pile.
