We’re doing it again this year and racers are already getting their training laps in well before the June 27th kickoff date for the 2012 Summer Race Series. Come up to Encino Velodrome at 7pm every Wednesday night to get your race legs in shape.
I know I know. I’ve been totally off the grid these past few weeks. Joblife has been getting in the way of bloglife lately. But tracklife is going strong and tonight is the final race in the Summer Race Series. So come down to Encino Velodrome and enjoy the racing!
The man! Nice profile on Woody who tells us about his history with bikes from BMX’ing as a kid all the way to opening up Golden Saddle Cyclery and hosting rad events like the Golden Saddle Grand Prix. Check it!
The next event in the Summer Race Series is coming up on August 24th so mark it in your calendar. Predator Cycling is putting up over $1,000 in prizes and we’ll be seeing some fast Keirin action all night. Don’t miss this one!
Well I’m in the middle of one of my heaviest work weeks of the year at my “real job” so I haven’t been able to post much lately. I will be trying to catch up on everything over the weekend. I promise!
In the meantime, the Golden Saddle Grand Prix last Wednesday was nothing short of AMAZING. We had over 60 racers and almost 200 spectators at Encino Velodrome and everyone had a great time. The races were fast and exciting, the grill was serving up delicious food and there were tons of prizes going out to both racers and spectators who bought raffle tickets. The boys at Golden Saddle Cyclery really hooked it up and made this an event to remember. Their raffle alone raised nearly $1200 for the velodrome! We are all astounded at how the event turned out and want to give a huge thanks to everyone who came out to support. I will have a full race recap coming shortly plus lots of photos.
This video was the Crawl Race between all the sprinters who didn’t qualify for the tournament. They had about two minutes before they were allowed to cross the finish line and then it was a one-lap sprint for the win. Thanks to Pat Benson for filming.
If you weren’t able to make it out last Wednesday, you can still show your support by grabbing a Save The Track Bike t-shirt available in BLACK or WHITE.
…to come to the Golden Saddle Grand Prix tonight. These exclusive Golden Saddle Cyclery t-shirts will be available for sale to help out Encino Velodrome recover from the recent break-in. We’ll also have prizes, raffles, food, music, good times, good friends and of course some bike races.
Well the thieves did not steal everything — I was able to hide away a big prize for the Summer Race Series. Thanks to Chrome Bags, I’m pleased to offer up a brand new Sherman backpack to the winner of the Sprint Tournament this Wednesday at the Golden Saddle Grand Prix.
This backpack is designed to carry your entire race kit including a set of wheels (you can pretty much fit anything in on or around it). I love it and use it all the time — check out my review from earlier this year.
Don’t miss your chance to win it on August 10th at the Golden Saddle G.P.