For 12 humid hrs, the streets of St.pete were filled with racers competing to see who could complete the most laps on a 14.7mile course.. There were some impressive lap times being put up.. just breaking 41min lap times. The overall turn out was good considering the sketchy weather and horrible heat. They had 12 4 man teams.. actually 11- 4 man teams and a 3 man team that held their own finishing 6th with only 3 riders ( Ryan Magin, Joe Badessa and Billy Crupp). Top honors went to 352 Racing Bike & More for the 4 man team bracket, local shop 66 Fixed 2 man team took home 1st place and Eric Stubbs took first place in the individual bracket with an impressive 15 laps completed.. We cross our fingers this even comes back next year with more riders and sponsors.. It was a great event and great turn out.. enjoy the photo’s and congrats to all the racers and winners! For the full coverage go to our gallery...

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San Francisco, CA (April 30, 2011) —On a picture perfect Saturday afternoon, more than 5,000 people headed to San Francisco’s Justin Herman Plaza to watch Red Bull Ride + Style. The event was a collision of fixed gear biking and urban contemporary art, with the competition held on a course featuring artwork created by California artists. Red Bull Ride + Style brought together 60 riders from all over, including riders from the Bay Area, Seattle, Portland, New York and even Japan.

Participating riders competed in one of two categories: track or freestyle. The track competition was along the lines of a traditional race, with two riders going head-to-head and the one with the best time advancing to the next round. The track included a custom art installation by Los Angeles-based artists Mark Grieve and Ilana Spector that served as the starting arch. The competition was fierce on the narrow track, with riders elbowing each other for position, and multiple riders crashing into the guard rails. In the end, there was a final showdown between two Bay Area riders that weren’t even supposed to compete. Jason Clary and Kell McKenzie were both alternates, who were only asked to fill in for dropouts the day before the event. The two friends, who ride together often, put friendship aside for the final race, and Clary was able to edge out McKenzie for the win.
I’ve been a bike messenger for years,” said Jason Clary. “And this was a super technical course that really catered to how we ride – weaving in and out of traffic, accelerating quickly, and getting very close to obstacles. I’m really excited that I even got to participate, and winning is amazing.”

The freestyle portion of the competition gave riders the chance to showcase their style and best tricks on several one-of-a-kind ramps built by Jeremy Witek. The custom features donned artwork by urban contemporary artists Aaron De La Cruz, Erik Otto, N8 Van Dyke and Arlo Eisenberg. The four artists worked as a collective, merging together their unique styles to create eye-catching rideable works of art. The freestyle competition grouped the participating riders into five different heats, six riders in each. The talent was impressive, and featured a groundbreaking backflip performed by rider Kohei “Kozo” Fuji from Osaka, Japan. The trick has never been landed in an international competition, and the ecstatic crowd stormed the course to congratulate Fuji on the amazing feat. But in the end, it was Matt Reyes from Gilroy, CA whose consistent and stylish riding ultimately earned him first place, followed by Josh Boothby from Castro Valley, CA in second and Tyler Johnson from Seattle in third.

“I don’t usually win these things, and I didn’t even realize I rode so well,” said Matt Reyes. “It’s just great to have an event that brings the best riders from all over the world together. If it weren’t for today, I’d never even get to meet these guys, let alone ride with them.”

As a surprise, event partner Oakley gave out a “Sick-o Award” for each discipline (track and freestyle), with the winner getting an Oakley 12 Gauge(tm) wristwatch. Austin Horse, a New York bike messenger, took the award for clocking the fastest track time, and Fuji’s backflip earned him the award in the freestyle section.

Additional event partners include Juxtapoz, iMinusD, D-Structure SF and the San Francisco Bike Coalition. Through the Red Bull network, hi-res video and still images are captured and made immediately available for editorial use for all media channels including television, film, print, mobile, and digital. The content is centrally located in the Red Bull Content Pool for media partners at www.redbullcontentpool.com.

Media Contacts: Scott Houston, 310.740.7099, scott.houston@us.redbull.com
Lindsay Robinson, 310.463.8434, lindsay.robinson@us.redbull.com

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For full picture coverage click here.
The Burg Alley Kat and Trick Komp last weekend.

Results:

1st place and aways the # 1 hater – Mike Weimar
2nd place (and technically best young rider but we gave it to Tyler cause you got 2nd) – Klaus Gopfert
3rd place – Todd Frain
4th place and 1st place out of towner – Conner Wolfe
5th place and good comrade award – Garret Pless
6th place and 1st place female – Kristin Johnson – side note: she was pulled over by the police, held up for 10 minutes and still finished in the top 10. Thats boss status.
7th place and Ol’ number 07 award – TIII
8th place – Matthew D.
9th place – Brain O’Conner
10th place – Adam Vacha
11th place – John Ellington
12th place and best young rider (under 21) – Tyler Deline
13th place and 2nd place female – Erica Edmonson
14th place – Adam Deprimo – hope i spelled that right
15th place – Andrew Davis
16th place – Andrew Jones
17th place – Zac Marks
18th place – Tyler Thureson
19th place – Badda Skat
20th place – Ryan Vaughan
21st place – Brandon Bartle
22nd place and 3rd place female – Cynthia Kapcio
23rd place – Ashlie Taylor
24th place – Mike Brinkman
25th place – Katelyn Thureson
26th place – Angela Galecki
27th place – Quinton Hampton
28th place – Jeff Holister
29th place and WTF Bike award – Andrew Pual
30th place – Allison Tiberia
31th place and Dead Fucking Last – Jenn Belcher

Trick Comp:
1st place – Andrew V.
2nd place – Miles M.
3rd place – Ronny

Happiest Volunteer – Desiree’ Ugosmith
Hardship Prize – Dylan Felix
Bike Throw and obviously most pent up rage – Jimmy “your fuckin done” Maskiewicz
Foot down – Andrew V.
Tug-o-war – Justin Ammons

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From St. Petersburg With Love: Alley Kat & Trick KompGet ready for some good ol communist fun.Sign up starts at 2pm and You will roll out at 4pm.More info to come…

Sign up at the Rex (2061 Central Avenue. If you can’t find it just ask someone from the Booze Cruz) @ 2pm

The generous proprietors of this watering hole will be providing us with $1 PBRs and $4 drafts so come a hang out before the event.

The trick comp will probably start around 6ish.

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Our friends at 66fixedgear got some Black Friday specials.

Cyclocross Race
Sunday November 28^th – 2010
Picnic Island – S. Tampa FL

8am course build help and practice, 9am Parade Laps

9:15 AM START (SHARP!)

Race aprox 45min. $5 Five donation to ride

One Class- Cross bikes, MTB, SS – All OK to Race

ALLEYCAT STARTS AT CAFE BOHEMIA AT 2 P.M.
BEARD COMP STARTS AT 8 P.M. AT FUBAR
FREE BEER AND CORN COB PIPE WITH PAID COVER!! ENTERTAINMENT BY BOB WAYNE AND THE OUTLAW CARNIES AND THE BLOODY JUG BAND

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Arrggh… We missed another good event, but no worries, Hansley got coverage of this event on her Facebook account. Check it out for more pictures

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Great video of a tweed run in England. We do see more and more of these tweed themed bike races popping up everywhere in the world.

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Just a reminder Fixed Fight 4 coming up in a couple of days this Saturday.

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