Shirts from RIOT Minneapolis

Alpe d'Huez shirt, tracing the 21 switchbacks of the historic climb, from RIOT Minneapolis.






















Addict shirt, from RIOT Minneapolis.

Downers Ave 2009

One of the most popular and historic road races in the American season is this weekend. The Downer Classic, part of the Tour of America's Dairyland, will take place in Milwaukee, WI, this Saturday, June 27th. It's going to be pretty crazy, so get there early. All the details are here, and keep an eye out for the Ben's Cycle Ultra Prime competition during the race.

This Weekend

BackyardBlam & Radderday Roller Races - June 27th - Portland, OR - Details here.






















Cranksgiving in June - June 27th - Ypsilanti, MI - Details here.

Road to Roubaix Shirts

The guys in charge of the excellent Road to Roubaix movie have had some shirts printed. Get one, and the DVD of the movie, here.

Thanks to Josh at Deathlap for the heads-up.

Bicycle Art

Three paintings, inspired by the classic move American Flyers, by Steve Denis. See more of his work at Velopaint.












Three drawings by Matthew Hodson. Check out his other stuff here.

Rouleur 13

Rouleur 13 is out just in time for Le Tour. Read all about Robert Millar's KOM win, back when KOM really meant something. Details here.

Hell of the Midwest

Team race - Saturday, June 27th - Bloomington, IN - Details here.

Lucky 7 Shirt

Anyone know where to get these from? Seen on chifg.
All the details are on the LondonFGSS board.

New TrackosaurusRex Shirts

If you're lucky, Kyle might throw in a Hipster Nascar button with your purchase. Get your shirt here.

VeloCity Chicago/Milwaukee 2009 Photos

Thanks to Gavin Gould and Andrew Nordyke (with his late 1960's Polaroid 250 Landcamera) for these pics of the action at VeloCity 2009 at Kenosha. Seems like the Chicago Cuttin' Crew put on a great day. Props to Squid (the man, the legend) at Cyclehawk for starting the whole deal, and to all the sponsors who contributed prizes.

Non-messenger scratch race, with Team Pegasus well represented. Sad to see, however, that Frank doesn't race in deck shoes anymore. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Racers chilling on the bleachers between heats. Photo by Andrew Nordyke.

Early match sprint heat, non-messengers. Andrew, Tyler and Sage of Team Pegasus, and Val of Bouledogue Tout Noir. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Stan feels ill while Andrew gloats. Photo by Andrew Nordyke.

Another match-sprint heat at the line, this time with Andrew Nordyke risking death to take a polaroid. Photo by Gavin Gould.

j.dot of dispatch101 calling out laps in the points race. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Al Urbanski of the Chicago Cuttin' Crew getting ready to own his match-sprint heat. Photo by Andrew Nordyke.

Read a full report of the day over on the Cuttin' Crew page, or at dispatch101.

Guardian Bike Podcast

Chris Hoy launches The Guardian's new cycling podcast today. The first episode has Hoy talking about building up fitness, has a review of some road bikes, a piece about mountain biking in Scotland, and even the lads from Fixed Gear London talking about riding track bikes on the street. Listen to the first of these monthly podcasts here.

Kazane Road Bike

Team Pegasus rider Sage Brown just put this kickass Kazane road bike together. Lookin' good, man!

Colnago Museum Tour with Ernesto Colnago

Just watched this cool video of Ernesto Colnago giving a guided tour of the Colnago Museum. Check it out over at Bike Radar.

Kenosha Flooded!

This pic was taken by my esteemed Team Pegasus teammate Jon Raleigh when he and some people went to Kenosha to put in a bit of training time on the track. It turns out that recent rains had caused something or other to overflow, flooding the infield with sewage. Yes, sewage. More photos here.

Velodrome Infographic

Found this infographic about the banking at Stone Mountain Park velodrome on the Flip Flip Flyball site.

Thanks to Neal on chifg for the heads-up.

Coolest thing I've seen in a while...

More here.

Le Cyclisme Sur Piste — Vitesse

This is perfect. A French guide to track cycling written in the interwar years. I love it. Check it out over at Cycle Zine.

Seen on Tracko.

Keirin Berlin Knows How to Throw an Alleycat

Check out more of Maria's photos of the race here.

Working Man's Classic

The Working Man's Classic Series - June 23rd to 25th
Richmond, VA - Brought to you by Kazane
Details here.

Casual Panniers

These are what your well dressed football hooligan might have had on his bike in 1999, had he cycled a bike. Which he didn't. Nevertheless, if you'd like to look like a late '90s casual biking along to meet the firm before a bit of pre-match argy bargy with the headhunters, then check out these panniers from Gruppo Bici N.A. here.

VELOCITY CHICAGO THIS WEEKEND

If you are in Chicago this weekend, and you ride a track bike but you don't go to at least one of these VeloCity events, then you are officially a gobshite of the highest order.

Tonight, Friday, June 12th - Poker Run in aid of the Ryan Boudreau Messenger Relief Fund - Details here.

Tomorrow, Saturday, June 13th - VeloCity 2009 - Washington Park Velodrome, Kenosha WI - Details here.

Munich Super Sprints

Just got an email from Kevin in Munich, Germany, letting me know about some sprints happening there this weekend. This will be the first night of a sprints series, with the second night happening sometime in the next two weeks. Straight line drag-race style sprints are always great, so if you're in Bavaria then get yourself to Munich. If the racing is as good as the flyer, it'll be a blast (plus, lots of prizes, including caps from the always awesome Cognition.) Details here.

Seattle Events

Man, what is in the water in Seattle?? There are always events planned and cool shit happening. If you're in the area this month, check these out.

Future Tense - Friday, June 12th - Details over at Zach's.

Alleycat to raise money to fight cancer - Saturday June 13th

Solstice bike scavenger hunt - June 20th - Details here.

Northbrook Track Photos

Here are some great photos, by Ed White and Gavin Gould, of the early season racing at Ed Rudolph Velodrome in Northbrook, IL. It sounds like the season is going well, with lots of strong racing and some standout performances. I can't wait to get back to the track!

Val Brostrom of Bouledogue Tout Noir, leading the combined field. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Riders from Alberto's carry their team edition Fuji Track Pros to the the line. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Henry Loud of Team Pegasus leading from Dave Moyer of xXx, Jeff Perkins of Chicago Cuttin' Crew, and Andrew Yeoman of Team Pegasus. Henry is really killing it this year. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Jeff Perkins of Chicago Cuttin' Crew, Chris Kessler of Team Beer'd and Ben VanCouvering of Team Pegasus, chillin' on the Cuttin' Couch. Lots of apostrophes in that one. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Some riders whose names I don't know. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Andrew Yeoman of Team Pegasus. Andrew won the Unknown Distance this night. Photo by Ed White.

The Chicago Cuttin' Crew getting technical. Photo by Gavin Gould.

Dave of Half Acre Cycling making an attractive "race face." Photo by Gavin Gould.

Dave Moyer of xXx, Andrew Yeoman of Team Pegasus and Al Urbanski of Chicago Cuttin' Crew gunning it in the final straight. Photo by Ed White.

Cog Mag 6

Out now! Get it here.

Atlanta Midsummer Invitational

Atlanta Midsummer Invitational Bike Polo and Alleycat - June 19th to 21st - Atlanta GA - Details here.

Outlier Pants

I really like the look of the new Outlier summer pants. Check them out here.

Yojimbo's Track Cats Fundraiser

Yojimbo's Track Cats are having a fundraising movie night this coming Sunday, June 7th, at Goose Island. The movie is The Warriors, which is classic, and there will be food and raffles and all kinds of good stuff. Everyone should try to get along and support this brilliant programme, which helps introduce high school aged juniors to track racing. Details of the programme here.

Very Limited Edition COG Brooks

Check out this unbelievably sweet, lazer engraved COG Magazine edition Brooks Swallow saddle! It's one of three that will be given away as prizes at the first annual COG invitational bike polo tournament, happening this weekend, June 5-7 in Milwaukee, WI. Details here.

Also, COG #6 will be out soon. Keep your eyes peeled.