Bristol Hacksaws Alleycat Photos/Results

The Bristol Halloween alleycat was yesterday, I couldn't go but they had near 40 racers and from the pix it looks like I missed a corker!

Results:
PJ
Adam
Jamesy
Timpo
G bitch
Chris punk
Dave
Steve smith
Toby
John

Photos by White Duck on Flickr, click any of them to see the full set:

Well done to Steve for putting on another event, check out Trackdropouts for more info...

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Hacksaws Challenge Fixed Gear Race

Bridge the Gap events in Bristol are running their second event on HALLOWEEEEEEEEN, oooooooohhh! Click on the poster to go to the site for more info...

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6 Cat Bike Race - Cardiff - October 24th 2009

The Fixed Bristol dudes have got an event planned in Cardiff next month, check it out...

Click on the pic for more info
Maindy track in Cardiff is outdoor, tarmac 460m, banking's pretty gentle. Unlike Newport, you can ride your own bike whatever it is, as long as it's fixed/brakeless (for these events).

Other stuff: £5 to ride, 2.30pm 24 October. Prizes!

Pre-register at: 6ix.cat@googlemail.com

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Fixed Gear Wales Does No Gears Bristol

Yesterday a few of us went up to Bristol for the 2nd No Gears event, we missed the first one because we are complete idiots. Luckily the weather was good so we had a couple of short rides around the city (turns out that Park Street is actually a piece of piss to go up!). We managed to worry some of those English drivers with our Welsh "any side of the road will do" steez. Owen managed to run into a parked car when one of his straps failed and just came apart then later on went straight into a wall, he was on form :-D

Amy, Kerry, JT, Evs, Ty, Owen
Round the corner from The Cube Cinema was a nice short but steep hill which we enjoyed going up and then skidding down to the detriment of mine and JT's formerly rubber coated tyres. There was a BBQ at the venue which catered for all, except me, I say all vegan BBQ's need to have vegan sausages not just "burgers" made of peas and sweetcorn cause that is just peas and sweetcorn in a circle in a bap. I ate a packet of biscuits instead. We put up shit loads of posters and flyers for our alleycat, hopefully people noticed them. In an ideal world I would have dished them out to people and had a chat and stuff but chatting to 3 or 4 people in a day is plenty for me, 80 is too many.

They had loads of awesome t-shirts for sale by Death Pedal, No Gears, Hell Yeah! and the, frankly, incredible Death Before Derailleurs one below. I tell you I couldn't get that 15 squids out of my pocket fast enough when I saw the opportunity to be a genuine fixed gear fascist...

Click the picture for more info on the design and why it was created.

The films kicked off with the trailer for a Bristol documentary about the fixie culture called BÖIKZMÖIND. It looks like a banger, check out the trailer then go and 'like' and comment on it over on Vimeo.

BOIKZMOIND Trailer from Xynthetic on Vimeo.

Second up was Death Pedal which was ok but pretty much entirely trick based, there was no good hill bombing or anything which left us (The Swansea lot) all a bit deflated. The locals seemed to love it, there is clearly a strong trick based culture in Bristol, something which is missing from here, although we do try some tricks we are all about the riding in traffic with some trick practice at the end.

The last film was Macaframa which kicks some serious ass, JT had bought it the week before so 3 of us knew it already but seeing it on the big screen was great. If you haven't seen it yet it's like Mash but shot really well with colour grading and proper editing.

After the films there was a skid comp outside where a few of the locals blew us away, one dude (on the Nelson frame with Zipp front wheel) took a pretty nasty slam which I half missed luckily. The longest skid went to a guy in a yellow t-shirt, he hammered it and his skid went on, for, like, foreverrrrrrrrr!!! There was also a girl from Oxford there who was terrifying to watch bombing the hill in hotpants and a boob tube, she was proper mental. All in all it was a great day out and I think I speak for us all when I say I can't wait for the next one.

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No Gears - Bristol - 31st August

We missed the first one of these events a while back so I really wanna get up to Bristol for this, £6 entry, 2 films (one of which is Death Pedal), some drinkies, some riding and a BBQ which, according to Juliet Elliot, will cater for Vegetarians, no mention of vegans though so I may have to pack a disposable! Click the poster for more info.

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Bristol Alleycat

Who's up for entering this? I know I am!

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A Night Of No Gears at The Cube Cinema, Bristol

At the end of this month there is gonna be a fixed gear film / music night in Bristol. Watch Pedal and MASH on the big screen, have a few drinks, talk bikes and listen to some music, check out the blurb from The Cube Cinema:

Fri 23rd Jan - 7.30pm - £4adv

An evening of film, art and music dedicated to singlespeed and fixed gear bikes,
presented by Denim and 45rpm.

In the auditorium screenings of some of the finest fixed gear footage available,
featuring riders from New York and San Francisco, as they battle traffic, show
off their skills, explore urban environments and injure themselves. Featuring
the incredible stories of amazing riders and modelled on the style of skate and
surf videos, these films bring out the style and beauty of fixed gear riders,
and are landmarks in the emerging subculture of urban riding.

The venue will be taken over by Street artist 45rpm who alongside friends will
be providing work associated with the single speed/fixed gear bike culture.
Artists so far confirmed include Sums, Black Cloud, and 45rpm himself.

Music in the bar from Nadoone (Illegal Seagull/Splashback) playing hardcore,
skatecore & fixedcore!!

Go to The Cube Cinema Page

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