**** it. I'm racing!

brakeless trackbikes only. leave your roadbike at your parents house.

awww shiit

I'll be making the drive to Chicago for this one. Terror Trials was too much fun.

How many people raced last year?

about 90.

Cool. What kind of race is it?

How about at your mom's house, next to your sense of humor?

how about conversions?

"track bikes only"

they're the same thing.

You're killing me

dude.. the tortoise and the hair! channel the tortoise.

btw i caught your baby up on FGG.. looks pretty speedy to me! ;)

i got top out of towner on a conversion last year. that is how i got enough money for a real track bike....

no derailer hangers any more! it is a basic alleycat with set checkpoints so it is a straight up drag race. last year kicked so much ass with a bunch of drafting and pothole jumping. i got into this lead group of about 10 locals and just picked the right one to follow...

*newbie in the back w/hand sheepishly raised*

um, SR, what's um, drafting?

seriously. cuz i don't know.

Are there challenges at the checkpoints or do you just get something stamped or whatever?

Using the rider in front of you to break the wind so that you have an easier time pedaling and don't get as tired.

thanks NT..

not very hard challenges.

one stop last year you had to slam a red bull.

this isn't the stupor bowl that we are talking about here....herent can tell you about that!

Somehow I ended up with a sugar free redbull. What a terrible time that stop was for me.

Bump...

I'll be there and racing. I almost didn't last year at Terror Trials, but salome talked me into it. I had only started riding fixed about 2 months prior and still rode with a brake, but I took the brake off the day before in order to race. I was riding a conversion and even still had the non-aero metal brake hoods on my bars, with the levers removed. I did OK but made the mistake of following a couple people who turned out to be out-of-towners who got me kind of turned around, went past a couple checkpoints. It really wasn't that bad, and it was one of the most fun times I had on a bike. I would encourage anyone who is even considering doing this to go out and race. Fun times will be had.

Oh yeah, that was the first and last Redbull I've ever had (outside of a Jagerbomb), it was rather warm and nasty as heck.

i'll be there - i don't know if i'm racing or not (we'll see) but I'm going to dominate the skid compition.

I rock the brake. I'll probably show up.

I'll check out the party (and the bikes) but I'm not going to race — I'm scared of winning.

i will race. if only to represent the DCC and prove that we actually race and don't just talk about it.