Rides and Races - fixed cleveland

rides and races?

theres powers2b, hes from euclid. im gonna be in cleveland this weekend visiting the folks, but im in columbus mainly now.

i always thought the bike co-op there was pretty awesome

I am not living in the cleveland area any more but I know that there is some sort of ride that happens on wednesday nights that is supposed to be alot of fun

Cleveland is a damned fine city. Just sayin...

Cleveland is a damned fine city. Just sayin...

+1 i miss cleveland so much especially after being out here in the flatlands...everytime I go to my parents house I feel like I am heading up into the moutains which is just funny if you ask me

i have heard good things of cleveland, i have only driven through.. but if there were an alley cat up there i would def go up

bumped. just moved back to cleveland. if you think there's not a lot going on now, just think about 4 years ago. 7 years ago was pretty cool, many more messengers, some alleycats here and there, and general good time. but 3-4 years ago there was NOTHING really to speak of. it's getting a little better, for sure.

if you see a beardo with some 50s track bikes, that's me. say hello.

i'm from cleveland
i live in little italy.
theres rumor of an allley cat tonight
i dunno though heard about it two weeks ago
east 9th by the rock hall 7:30

bicycle mayhem wensday nights
7:30 to 8:15 meeting window
in public square in front of the terminal tower
by the statue of moses cleaveland (thats not a misspelling)

by the statue of moses cleaveland (thats not a misspelling)

don't think i don't know that, i was born and raised here! i watched a WVIZ show a long time ago about why they changed the spelling, but i don't exactly remember. how are those wednesday night things? i used to ride them with the RLR (cemetary riders for life!) back when they first started. they definitely didn't have a cool name like bicycle mayhem, but there were some fun drunken sprints through abandoned buildings and what not. the absolute best was when we got into the old subway system underneath the detroit-superior bridge!

have fun at the alleycat with the 45mph winds. i'll be warm and cozy drinking beer at a costume party on the east side somewhere.

Hey Calculus, I sent you a PM.

my bad

I'll be coming up to cleveland on the 20th for the alleycat. Anyone have anymore info on that, other than what's in the alleycats thread?

Here's the video of the Cars R Coffins alleycat, if anyone's interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS9G_R2XP_Y

Are there any pictures from the alleycat posted online yet? I'd love to see some.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWYZT3d4BKw

some more vids from the cars-r-coffins race on youtube

awesome videos. wish i could of been home for this.

what up, I'm new to BF/fixed gear/etc.

I live in Philly but I'm from Cleveland and didn't realize there was a messenger/alleycat/fixed scene over there. looks cool.

anyone have a map of where this Cars R Coffins race went? (checkpoints I guess?) I watched the videos but I can't really tell from them.

the check points were the (1) the blind pig (2) the superior viaduct (3) the erie street cemetary (4) aj roccos coffe shop (5) nicks diner on lorain (6) someones house in ohio city (7) lincoln park gazebo (8) commited couriers office (9) the park @ 12th @ chester ....hmm i seem to remember there being 10......

well the weather is getting nice, and i was wondering if anyone here was interested in trying to kickstart the wendsday night rides from public square, last summer there was a good 4-7 people turning up for them but that all seemed to die off by the end of fall..it would be nice to have that again..so if you interested holla back..you know.

cleveland
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if anyone in the ne ohio area is interested, a buddy of mine and me are gonna start doing some long"er" distance fixed rides through the chagrin river valley area on the eastside, i know its a bit out there but the hills are nice and the road are decent....so if your up for getting your but kicked by what little topography clevelands east has to offer pm me...we're starting this thursday and going from there

I'm gonna be in le hometown 2nd week of May. let's ride. I plan on bringing my fixie, if not I have a hybrid there I take out to the chagrin area sometimes. fun.

http://messengers.org/events/events2007/2007.06.09.cincinnati.jpg

Do it Cleveland!

i'll be there hopefully

this has nothing to do with fixed gear however,
if you're on the east side, or anything, this week you should go check out my roomate Kate's B.F.A. display @ C.I.A. on the 4th floor studio 416, she's the best painter there
thats all

I am on the east side all week.
just got into the city.
let me know if any rides are going down.

I just moved back to the burbs from Montreal and don't know anyone, so I'd be up for any rides that go down.

Also, is there a decently fixed-friendly bike shop around?

which burb are you in? I'm only in town for a few days so I'm not gonna help you with that meeting people part, but if you want to ride let me know.

as far as bike shops i would suggest shaker cycle in tremont or spin in lakewood, they're about as close as you're gonna get,

rides: as of late last fall Bicycle Mayhem was still going on every wensday night from public square, around 7:30pm, i don't know of its status now, couple of kids have told me its still going on, i was thinking of popping down there tomorrow myself to see if thats true

to my knowledge no sign of any races, the guy who put on the cars-r-coffins race (brian and his special lady) are due for a baby in the next week or so.. but he was saying after all that said and done maybe one by the end of summer

which burb are you in? I'm only in town for a few days so I'm not gonna help you with that meeting people part, but if you want to ride let me know.

I'm in Avon Lake, far West side. As much as it seems stupid to put my bike in my car and drive somewhere to ride, I have a feeling it's probably my only option for riding with people.

I'm in Avon Lake, far West side. As much as it seems stupid to put my bike in my car and drive somewhere to ride, I have a feeling it's probably my only option for riding with people.

you should put your bike in your car and drive it down to atlanta to ride with the cool ex-clevelanders :)

you should put your bike in your car and drive it down to atlanta to ride with the cool ex-clevelanders :)

you should put your bike in your car and drive it down to PHILLY to ride with the cool ex-clevelanders :)

i don't touch anything with more than two wheels

alley cat this friday, 6pm public square, $5

East Side beer ride; friday Sept. 14th, right now its just me and one other dude, all are welcome

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This was fun. Major props to Century Cycles for the huge prizes.

thanks for coming out.. it makes me glad to see other n.e.ohio bike nerds rocking the forums too...boo on blickblocks for bailing on the race

This doesn't really have anything to do with a ride or race, but ...Now That's Class! gives out a free beer to anyone who rides their bike up there on Thursday night (hosted by a tattoo shop...Voodoo Monkey I think). Anyway, you get to choose whatever kind of beer you want you want (from a 40 oz Steel Reserve to any Great Lakes brew). Not a bad deal is you ask me. Plus, if you're broke you can drink cheap Black Label for the rest of the night after your freebie.

P.S. I guess I didn't check that last post for grammatical errors. Sorry.

http://gozips.uakron.edu/~tpk4/rubbercityalleycat.jpg

This will totally be worth a commute down from Cleveland.

More updates soon.

i'm am there!
i don't know a.k. rowdy to save my life
but this looks awesome

Bump for the Akron Alley Cat!

More prizes and fun!

Message me if you need a place to stay!

http://gozips.uakron.edu/~tpk4/rubbercityalleycat.jpg

Just added a new sponsor!

We're giving away a free first year membership to the Cleveland Velodrome when it opens!

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http://www.fasttrackcycling.org/ for more about the velodrome.