Spoke cards
 

i think thats what there called? sometimes i see them in pictures on bikes and was just wondering how you get them? i have seen some on some track bikes that look really nice. thanks for all the help

Traditionally you get them for competing an alley cat or messenger organized race.

A variation of this, a poker race involves you getting cards at each point of the race and who ever has the best hand wins something. Thats why you see playing cards stuck in spokes.

A lot of peeps make 'em too. Your spokes are the perfect place to show off some art.

so where can i get these if i dont race? or how can i make them??

I lost my favourite spoke card recently (sniff) went too fast.

Hey if anyone has one of that race, Best Little *****house Alleycat, gimme gimme?

bah, no one woud give those away

Yo Yeti, if you ever read this, make me another! Those were classic! Yeti made the flyers and cards and I made the race. Checkpoints were known *****houses and you had to visit each and find the landmark that would let you answer the question on the manifest correctly. The second to last checkpoint was a sex shop and you had to go inside and ask the counter lady for good time and buy one of those novelty...body parts that start as a capsule and expands in a glass of water. Then she would give you the address of the last *****house and you raced there, answered the manifest question then hightailed it to the bar that was the finish line. But don't worry, you didn't actually have to "visit" any of the establishments! Just get to the addy and find the answers. Not very PC but all the other themes had been done that year, drinking, gambling etc so we hadda come up with an original one :D

www.ahalenia.com/cherokee

she makes them to preserve the cherokee language. prett cool cause, and they're free.

I could be the first in my town!

yeah, i got some from her. i still need to send her a pic, though. she sent me a bunch, so i gave them out to friends.

http://twothreesix.com or is it www.twothreesix.com
that's my friend braden's site...plenty of spoke card art, as well as some odd skate decks he's painted

It would be as pretentious as wearing a national champion's jersey to have them if you don't race.

Now that poker race idea sounds intensely cool. I need to get me a deck of cards (Bicycle brand, natch) and some beer.

or as pretentious as saying that only racers can have cards in their spokes.

Absolutely! Like BUYING trophies and putting them on your shelf.

thanks for all the help filtersweep! i didnt know that i couldnt have spokecards because i dont race, i guess now i wont get any! (*end sarcasm*) does anyone have any extra they could maybe send me?

Nothing wrong with buying trophies for decoration. They're shiney.

Just remember there is a huge difference between the earned/won trophy and the bought one.

Do what you like, I really don't care. I'm just pointing out that some people might find it in bad taste if you haven't "earned" them.

keep you eyes open for some upcoming alleycat races (messengers.org) in pittsburgh, or columbus. make a day of it and go for the experience. its not too far from cleveburgh...

cheers

I should totally fill my wheels some time with GI-Joe toys. I think their hands are the perfect size for grabbing a spoke and it would sure look fun!

well i have a laminated monster in my spokes....
maybe one day i'll o an alley cat,
but i think everyone should be able to put whatever they want in their spokes :)

Why don't you just make some? That seems like the most obvious and simple thing to do. Just draw or print an image on some paper or cardstock, laminate it, and stick the thing in your spokes. No one can say a damn thing if it's a card you made.

If that won't work, I could sell you copies of any of the cards from my illustrious Chicago racing career. How about $50 a peice?

If you really want spoke cards, just do some alleycats. Ohio's pretty central, we've had people from there at some of our races, you aren't far from a bunch of other cities as well. And it's not like you have to win or anything to get a spoke card, just show up, pay your five bucks and ride, that's all.

Here's a company I found that provides spoke cards... I am in no way affiliated with this company, nor am I profiting from them. I'm not only the president, I'm also a customer!

Thats 1-800-7765-2739 for those of you with rotary phones. Its one of those 8 digit phone numbers they have now.

The mother of all spokecards:

http://www.turbospoke.com/images/large_photo_psa01.jpg

The Turbospoke

Another good way to make a spokecard is to stick a flattened pbr box (empty, cretins) in your wheel. It will look like you have a disc wheel and a Pabst sponsorship, the ultimate street/track combo.