queerpunk

yesterday, i met somebody who i will confidently say is the only other fixed gear rider in bridgeport, connecticut. he wants to throw an alleycat. we talked, and you know what? we're sick of traveling to the bike scene. we want the bike scene to come to us. so, i'm hanging a baited line here to gauge interest.

our race will visit the beautiful sights of bridgeport--the park city! the arsenal of democracy!--ncluding the bar district, several abandoned munitions factories, parks designed by Frederick Law Olmstead (the guy who designed Central Park), a polluted river or two, 50 continuous acres of vacant lots, and the manufacturing center of the largest distributor of generic tylenol.

it would likely be some saturday, late may/early june. possibly may 27th. it's a little over an hour train ride from nyc.

so, would you come?

(this is the friendly invitation. if i get no interest, then i'll post a less friendly invitation, challenging your manhood, insulting your family, and challenging the purity of your geneology)

sers

getting there wouldn't be a problem. finding a place to crash would.

transplant

guess that means you're drivin' then huh? awesome

sers

ha ha nope. i've never owned a car in my life.

shishi

be careful what you ask for...

loaf

my parents live in colchester so I might get over there and ride around sometime, just to represent. I'd be riding a white conversion or a brand new IRO frame (that'll happen when the refund check shows up)

monsterkidz

Isn't that big graffiti legal wall in Bridgeport? from what I remember that roads are pretty beat up around there. I'd be down to see what else the great city of Bridgeport has to offer.

~stella

unfortunately this is scheduled right when i'm moving out of connecticut.

jamey

loafy?

almostprofound

i am in milford now, very slowly moving to hamden. as long as i am healed up and on another bike in time i would def come down.

danlikesbikes

my family is moving to somewhere in the fairfield area in mid june soooooo if its around then i might have some place to crash

queerpunk

what about all those NYC bikerz?!

shishi

Dan will rep...seriously, if you throw the race, I am sure a bunch of us will make the trip up.

Dan, you gonna be around for the Godfather???

Wambat

QP--New Haven folks would show for it. metronorth makes this easy. Folks from Hartford and Middletown show up for alleycats here. Set a firm date and the word will spread.

There's rumors about the "Kings of New England" massive alleycat in Hartford and New Haven, with a road race in between... this is in July. The B-port one could be a one-day classic.

Aeroplane

Oh HELL yes. New Haven is just too damn pretty, we need a gritty-ass rough-town alleycat in Bridgeport.

Seriously, I'd be down. If you want to attract even more folks, talk to the GHETTODROME group on Myspace, and the folks who work at The Devils Gear in New Haven. I'm sure you'd catch a lot of interest from that crew, especially considering how their just a short jaunt down the commuter line...

Aeroplane

Kings of New England will kill all.

queerpunk

damn ****in' right.

spud

yeah so how many people are you housing queerpunk?

guerillaidiom

alright, Im from manchester/hartford.


if this happens, I might come down for the first time in a couple years.




who else here is from CT?

danlikesbikes

I will possibly be at godfather with some guys a graduated with. i am hoping for a gusher on saturday. make it real intense. no peds in the way.

also if anyone wants to help my mom find a new house in CT that would be cool. I might be coming up there too look around this week, if you know cool places to live within like 15 or 20 minutes of westport that arentt like totally super expensive but also dont suck it would be much much much appreciated information. I don't want my family moving to some ****hole

Thank You

wlennon

Grew up in Danbury, live in NYC. I would consider this mission just to bomb around Bridgeport (and sneak into the trainyard.)

christiank

I'd be interested. I grew up in Milford and I'm familiar with Bridgeport.

guerillaidiom

you bench freights?

guerillaidiom

also, I don't know alot of CT at all, like I know hartford and east hartford, manchester, vernon area just by BMX bike really. I know enfield a little.


I don't think my track bike has ever touched CT soil since I moved.



if I'm ever back in CT, I'd love to shred around with anyone there. Well, anyone that knows where they're going.



if anyone's down, PM me or something. I'm glad I moved, but it's nice to go back from time to time.

~stella

the closest thing i saw to another track bike in connecticut was a bianchi pista on car bicycle rack driving down I-95.