I was at a Cyclocross Race in Pennsylvania.

Nittany Lion race 1 in the bag. I performed about as badly as could be expected for my amount of preparation. Which was zero. But, I had fun hanging out for the Pro race! Here are some pics:

 The Pros get their race on.

 Dusty barrier carnage on the first lap of the Pro race.

 J-Pow in his fancy Rapha nat. champ. jersey.

 It was pretty slick for the 4s, but by the Pro race it had dried out and gotten dusty.

 Pros go over the barriers faster than I can sprint.

Pretty happy with this shot.

Paralympics on Now!

Irish tandem team James Brown and Damien Shaw in action at the London Velodrome. 'Wan the lads!

This Guy!

What a beast! Anchoring the team sprint at the last minute. Incredible.

More of Tom Jenkins' photos from today at the London Olympic Velodrome over on The Guardian.

CMWC Events

Here are a couple of the events coming up for the CWMC. Can't believe I'm going to miss all this stuff!!

 

Details!

 

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Wiggo by Kristof Ramon

Great shot by Kristof Ramon of Wiggo getting ready to destroy the field in the last individual TT of the Tour. Check out more of Kristof's excellent photos here.

Paul Smith's Jersey Collection

Yeah yeah, I know, I know, you can't have a pro season go by without the obligatory story about how Paul Smith loves cycling. But whatever, he's probably the most famous cycling fan in the world, and he has a sweet collection of jerseys. Head over to The Guardian to listen to him tell the story of Fabian Cancellara riding the final stage of last year's Tour with a jersey for Smith in his back pocket.

Help Six-Eleven Bicycle Co. Win a Grant!!

Okay, so my good, good friends Aaron and Michelle over at Six-Eleven Bicycle Co. are hoping to apply for a small business grant, but they need help. They need 250 votes to be eligible for contention but voting ends THIS WEEKEND, so please head over to their blog to read about how you can help them get to the next stage of the competition.

Details HERE.

Bicycle Film Festival New York is This Weekend!

Bicycle Film Festival New York

June 28-July1

Anthology Film Archives

2nd and 2nd New York

Details here.

CMWC Chicago Cycling Caps

Help Chicago prepare for the upcoming CMWC and pick up one of these Cinelli-made caps!

Get the caps here and get details of the CMWC here.

Look Mum No Hands

A lot of people try to pull off the bike shop/café combination, but it looks like the people over at Look Mum No Hands have gotten it right. I must visit next time I'm in London.

More photos here.

Beerster Chicago!

CMWC Chicago fundraiser race/ride. Details on facebook and tumblr.

CMWC!

Deeeeeetaaaaaails.

611 at NAHBS

Aaron of Six-Eleven Bicycle Co. won best cyclocross bike at NAHBS with this beauty. See more pics of this and his other beautiful bikes over at Cyclocross Mag, Prolls, and Urban Velo.

In other NAHBS news, this weekend was the one year anniversary of me having some titanium surgically added to my forehead!

CMWC Chicago Bingo Night at Comrade Cycles

new image blog

Hey all, so it's been a while since I've done much work on Hipster Nascar, mostly because I don't really have the time any more. I'm working full time on my dissertation, and lecturing, and on a lot of other school/work projects, so I really don't have a spare minute to write anything of substance for Hipster Nascar, which is why it has kind of been just an image blog for a while. However, this platform isn't really the best for running an image blog (it drives me mental to have to use picasa to upload images bigger than 400px wide) so a while ago I started a dedicated image blog here. It's not specifically about cycling, but will have bike stuff up there, especially when the weather gets better, racing season starts, and I get out there taking photos again. For now it's just a random collection of stuff I think looks interesting. Check it out. Or not. Whatever! This isn't the end of Hipster Nascar necessarily, but content is going to be thin here for the foreseeable future.

New blog here.

Cycle Messenge World Championships Chicago 2012

Have you booked your flight yet?? Details here.

Tommy Godwin at Herne Hill

Check out this excellent audio slideshow about British Olympic track medalist Tommy Godwin revisiting Herne Hill velodrome, site of his 1948 Olympic races. Fascinating photos of his racing career, as well as great shots of the newly resurfaced Herne Hill today. Tommy, who is 92 years of age, even gets a lap in on his original BSA 1948 track bike! Slideshow is on The Guardian page here.

Rouleur Derby 2012

Rouleur Derby is a brilliant fantasy cycling league put together by Luke, of Chicago Bike Racing. His plans for the 2012 edition are amazing, super PRO looking, so check it out here.

Cog Magazine 11

Thanks for the new issue, Cog folks. And Happy New Year everyone! Got some huge plans for Hipster Nascar for 2012.... just kidding, I'm probably not going post again for months.