July 2010
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WatchLos Angeles is on fire with bicycle advocacy issues right now and it’s about time. I’ve been commuting in this city for six years and this year feels unlike any other. These days I see more cyclists in the street than ever before. It really feels like there is a massive change on the horizon.
I haven’t really been covering much advocacy news here. If you want to keep up...
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WEEKEND STUFF
FRIDAY
Fixedgearlondon Checkpoint Race #2 » Race around the streets of Londontown. Basketball courts at the top of Brick Lane at 8pm.
SATURDAY
John Fitzpatrick & Dave Staub Memorial Far West Championships » The championship race and conclusion to Encino Velodrome’s 2010 season. An Elite Nationals qualifier and part of the ATRA National Championship Series. This is...
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The Chariot Race Breakdown →
Jon at TwoToneATL just wrote up a nice play-by-play breakdown of the chariot race — one lap around the track from a standing start. This is such a fun race to run with your buddies. It’s all about how fast you can get up to speed (and hold it for the remainder of the lap). Short and sweet! Nothing too serious so it makes a great race to run with your buddies whenever...
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Gonna Be Awesome! - 2010 Elite Nats
The schedule for the 2010 USAC Elite Track National Championships was released this week. The competition will be held at LA Velodrome from September 29th to October 3rd. Five days of the best track racers from around the country competing for National titles? Yes, I’m excited!
Early registration is also open now. Currently, entry fees are $50 per event and they go up to $65 per...
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Catching The Bug At The Fixed Gear Classic →
She’s got fixed gear fever! Read about Missy Erickson’s velodrome adventures at this year’s Minnesota Fixed Gear Classic on Cycling News.
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WatchThe FSA Grand Prix brought a lot of action to Marymoor Velodrome last weekend. Here’s an edit of all the Match Sprint highlights from RideITLikeUstoleIt (my favorite match is at about 3:30).
Full results can be found here.
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WatchSunday Cinema!
Shooting Robert King
I haven’t seen this doc yet so I can’t say how good (or bad) it is but it looks pretty interesting. I will be watching it this evening when I can take a load off and veg out on the couch. The film follows the growth of a young war photographer over 15 years and three wars. Here’s what they say about it…
« Robert King, a naïve...
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J. Staff To Host FREE Sprint Camp At LA Velodrome
BREAKING NEWS! USA’s new sprint coach, Jamie Staff is hosting a free sprint camp for Elites and Juniors at LA Velodrome this September. Here’s the release from USA Cycling:
« USA Cycling is pleased to announce an opportunity for elite and junior track athletes to attend a FREE sprint camp with new Sprint Program Director, Jamie Staff, in preparation for the USA Cycling Elite...
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2010 LAVRA Cup Standings ...So Far
The sixth and final LAVRA Cup race is this Saturday at LA Velodrome. The whole series has been great fun to watch with cameos from big racers such as Rahsaan Bahati, Tara Whitten and Justin Williams (who will be appearing again this Saturday). However, it’s the regular LAVRA cast members who will be eligible for the Cup series awards.
The series is tallied by the sum of each...
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WEEKEND STUFF
FRIDAY
Friday Night Racing » Another night of Hellyer Park Velodrome’s awesome Friday Night Racing league. Races start at 7pm.
Meade Orthopaedics Keirin Cup » Huge Keirin tournament going down at T-Town’s Valley Preferred Cycling Center. Racing starts at 7:30pm.
SATURDAY
Fast Forwad Tokyo » Alleycat race to qualify for Fast Friday in SF. Hibiya Park at 9pm.
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Pendleton Backs Out Of Commonwealth Games
Victoria Pendleton has just confirmed that she will be joining Chris Hoy at the European Championships instead of attending the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The reasoning is because the European Champs will count for 2012 Olympics qualification points. It must be a pretty tough decision to pass up the 3rd largest multi-sport event in the world.
Read a great article about Pendleton’s...
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WatchAs it turns out, that aging Olympic velodrome in Helsinki still gets some action. Seen here in this gorgeous video edit from Aleksi Koskinen.
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Typical Summer Race Meet At Kissena →
A great article just went up at Kissena Track Racing outlining the prep work, rituals and warm-ups involved in a typical race day at Kissena Velodrome. Everything from registration to between-race activities (hopping on the rollers after a race ensures you don’t fall asleep on the infield). A pretty helpful write-up no matter which track you race at so check it out.
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Sign Up For "Intro To Track Racing" Class At...
Encino Velodrome volunteer Jared Thayn has been collaborating with yours truly on creating a course to help new riders get used to the strategies and rules of different track racing events. For the past 6 months we’ve been running the program and tweaking the curriculum and now we’re finally ready to make it legit!
“Intro To Track Racing” is a six-week course where...
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125 Jahre Diamant - Huebner's Story
[Photo from Tomity]
Martin from Ertzui Film just left a comment on my post for 125 Jahre Diamant — a beautiful German documentary celebrating 125 years of Diamant bicycles — and I had to post it up. In one part of the documentary, Michael Huebner tells a story in German but there are no subtitles (I commented on how I still have much admiration for his story even though I...
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