Monster Track, *****es
10-03-07 | 02:12 PM
#201
*****es love tarck
Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 3,301
Likes: 1
From: Sandy, UT
Bikes: so many
10-03-07 | 02:20 PM
#202
PINK THUNDER
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 999
Likes: 0
From: BROOKLYN!
Bikes: IRO (track), Aegis (road), Trek (Mtn)
PEACE OUT BF, ya'lls a bunch of sissies these days.
10-03-07 | 02:41 PM
#204
Brakeless
Joined: Aug 2007
Posts: 447
Likes: 0
From: Home of the Hyphy....
Bikes: Brew, Felt TK2, Masi Coltello, and Unknown French Frame.
Ill make my way out for 08
10-03-07 | 02:51 PM
#205
Dances With Cars
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 10,527
Likes: 0
From: Toronto, Canada
Bikes: TBL Onyx Pro(ss converted), Pake SS (starting to look kinda pimped)
I liked the vid....
DO you have ANY idea how hard it is to film an alleycat what with x number of riders taking off in every direction, and only so many cameras? I liked the edits for the most part, fairly informative and not extraneous to a huge degree. When I saw him reachin' too far for the skitch I was thinking to myself "oh man this isn't going to end well....then the sound that can only be a bike hittin' and slidin'. Props to the car behind him for not making it his last alleycat. Glad all are well. Good rides lads, good times.
As for alleycatting, the riders are putting all the skill they've gathered up on the job and putting to the test. It takes a bit of time before you can read the traffic the way you need to in order to be able to carve a nice line. The changes taken in the race are not generally done on the job, and I'd hazard that most of those look worse on video. When I ride I'm invisible, and I'm not about to jump out in front of cars at a red....however.... if I were say......racing...I might think about it. Again each rider uses his/her cumulative judgment so to if the bumper will stay far enough away for the required time, and how many -Karma points to attribute to ripping the sidewalk..
As for the above posts regarding owning the roads....damned straight. From my 6 years of messin' Montreal I took away some traffic skills that will make non-messenger blanch. Now 20 years later at 41 I still ride like a messenger, I've raced two AC's and done top ten in both. Alleycats are a whole different breed of race for a different breed of cyclist...and you'll not see one rider bar tap another out of contention. The camaraderie of the messenger circles is seriously something I haven't felt in any place other than the Army. These are generally good folks to have in your corner. You know they'll drop your **** if you get smashed on the road, and look out for your ride if it gets ripped off. Non urban riders,
See you at the World's here in Toronto in '08!!!!
DO you have ANY idea how hard it is to film an alleycat what with x number of riders taking off in every direction, and only so many cameras? I liked the edits for the most part, fairly informative and not extraneous to a huge degree. When I saw him reachin' too far for the skitch I was thinking to myself "oh man this isn't going to end well....then the sound that can only be a bike hittin' and slidin'. Props to the car behind him for not making it his last alleycat. Glad all are well. Good rides lads, good times.
As for alleycatting, the riders are putting all the skill they've gathered up on the job and putting to the test. It takes a bit of time before you can read the traffic the way you need to in order to be able to carve a nice line. The changes taken in the race are not generally done on the job, and I'd hazard that most of those look worse on video. When I ride I'm invisible, and I'm not about to jump out in front of cars at a red....however.... if I were say......racing...I might think about it. Again each rider uses his/her cumulative judgment so to if the bumper will stay far enough away for the required time, and how many -Karma points to attribute to ripping the sidewalk..
As for the above posts regarding owning the roads....damned straight. From my 6 years of messin' Montreal I took away some traffic skills that will make non-messenger blanch. Now 20 years later at 41 I still ride like a messenger, I've raced two AC's and done top ten in both. Alleycats are a whole different breed of race for a different breed of cyclist...and you'll not see one rider bar tap another out of contention. The camaraderie of the messenger circles is seriously something I haven't felt in any place other than the Army. These are generally good folks to have in your corner. You know they'll drop your **** if you get smashed on the road, and look out for your ride if it gets ripped off. Non urban riders,
See you at the World's here in Toronto in '08!!!!
10-03-07 | 03:01 PM
#206
switching to guns
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 1,968
Likes: 0
From: kings county, nyc
Bikes: allez fuji tracku nishiki TT GT KHS arrow Miner 29'er CIOCC Corsair and now a f*cking awesome waterford skeet velo
damn, a nine page thread in BFSSFG that isnt stickied
can only mean one thing...
can only mean one thing...
10-03-07 | 03:02 PM
#207
thomas masini lives
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 3,495
Likes: 1
From: i aint dh no mo'
^that the found my stolen bike now what thread should be stickied
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