Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - Coolest race in the world.

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Portlandonian
01-16-06, 11:23 PM
Sorry it's not an alleycat, but this is the coolest race ever.
There's a fixed gear category and the prizes are cherry pies!

http://obra.org/flyers/2006/cherry_pie.html

Super Rookie
01-17-06, 11:48 AM
oh I thought you were talking about the stuporbowl.

http://www.super-rookie.com/Main/uploaded_images/sb9preflyer.jpg

Info at www.super-rookie.com on the right task bar...word.
32:17
01-17-06, 11:56 AM
Sorry it's not an alleycat, but this is the coolest race ever.
There's a fixed gear category and the prizes are cherry pies!

http://obra.org/flyers/2006/cherry_pie.html
Fixed gear category is pretty short though. Only one lap?
My morning commute is tougher than that.
Nice prize though.

zerobug
01-17-06, 12:08 PM
Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on your love of misery) due to it being so early in the season, the weather is usually a pain... but it's a good way to begin race season.
humancongereel
01-17-06, 12:09 PM
32:17? you must really like spinning. i guess that is sort of a good thing...
humancongereel
01-17-06, 12:11 PM
oh, and while i like pie, not so much the cherry pie. still, seems like a cool race.
rattlecan
01-17-06, 12:13 PM
if its not fixed or single why have it here :)
humancongereel
01-17-06, 12:15 PM
there is a fixed category.
32:17
01-17-06, 12:33 PM
32:17? you must really like spinning. i guess that is sort of a good thing...
32:17 was my fixed mountain bike gearing - now it's 34:20.
I ride 49:19 on the road. I like spinning but not that much.
humancongereel
01-17-06, 12:43 PM
ha ha, yeah, that makes more sense to me. i just recall when i had a geared bike, i used the 39 tooth chainring and the 15 or 16 tooth sprocket just to spin...it was good for me, and not bad when i got used to it. but now that i'm used to slightly taller gears, it'd feel weird.