It will end at Anchor Tattoo, who will be doing a bike themed art show that night.
It should be a fun weekend for anyone who makes the trip up with the alleycat, art show, twilight events and polo exhibition tournament downtown near the race course on Saturday afternoon.
Anchor Tattoo Art show FB Event Page: here.
This is the second of several posts I have had pending for almost a month now.
I want to illuminate some of the experiences from my last trip to San Francisco.
Philipp & I owe our stop at Trouble Coffee entirely to Andy of Box Dog Bikes.
And in more ways than one: he lent us the bikes to get us there and gave us the tip to stop by.
I am real glad we did.
As chance would have it, it was St. Patrick’s day.
That had zero impact on how awesome Trouble was
but did illicit the informative signage stage left above.
Their roast is named Elbow Grease.
Just like after puttin the hurt on some to-do list items and savoring the sweet satisfaction of a job well done.
This coffee brings that same simmering sense of serenity to your cup.
yum.
Did I mention they garner an impeccable taste in music?
You wish you could press play, i know you do.
Another cassette tape and some house rules.
Every brick and mortar business should adopt this common sense head wear ban.
Philipp had a latte. I enjoyed a double espresso. We both had a slice of cake.
We were halfway through a solid day of SF sightseeing and were both so glad we made it a point to stop by.
Before we departed we spoke with Julietta, the owner.
She saw me snapping away and asked:
“oh no, you’re not gonna blog about this… Are you?”
“yep”
and here it is. : ) Thanks for the great coffee and hospitality!
Head over to their webstore and get a dose of Elbow Grease, monthly or even weekly. Right to your door.
After we left, we headed to pay Dustin Klein of Cadence Clothing a visit...
Back for 2010 is Dick Lane Velodrome’s Pro Race Series. These events will continue to put a new spin on our previous Festival’s of Speed, bringing to the fore-front the best of the best riders that the US has to offer. They’ll be pushing the envelope of speed and danger in both hard charging sprint events and grueling endurance races. Experience the thrill of the two-man Madison, comparable to tag-team on bike, where teammates exchange postions into the action at 40 mph using the dangerous Madison hand sling. Catch the fast-paced Keirin, an Olympic event where riders are paced up to maximum speed with a motorcycle until the final lap and a half when they tear up the track to the finish. The Omnium will also be a featured event. Riders will compete throughout the evening in a series of different events to be claimed DLV’s best all rounder.
More info for racers and spectators can be found here.
The second installment of Wednesday Night racing at Dick Lane Velodrome proved to be an even fiercer evening of racing than last week.
Not only was it Record Night but the itinerary also called for Chariot Races as well, a surefire crowd-pleaser combo and a tried & true recipe for white-knuckled track competition.
Pictured above is Justin Barber of FM RACE.
He is well on his way to cat’ing up to the B’s after tonight’s performance.
After a less successful showing last week he came back swinging this week and cleaned up!
Follow him on Twitter @atlbiker.
Speaking of cat’ing up. Looks like my time has come.
Although I will still have my same little spot in the infield,
I’ll find myself shoulder to shoulder with some ‘new’ familiar faces next week in the A’s!
We’ll see how I do.
I certainly know who I am up against!
Pictured above are (from left to right) Joey Rosskopf, Oscar Clark & Thomas Brown all of Team Mountain Khakis powered by Jittery Joes. Follow the team on Twitter @cyclemk.
These guys are brutal contenders individually on the road & track but as team they are all but unstoppable.
Tonight’s victories for the Mountain Khaki’s crew were that much sweeter due to a record breaking 10 mile race.
Serendipitously, Joey’s father, Ken Rosskopf of KenBikeLaw , was manning the bell and had a front row seat for his son’s victory.
Joey, Oscar, & Thomas really put themselves through the wringer and ultimately dropped the rest of the A racer field.
After the B field’s missed by a minute failure to break the 8 mile record,
hopes rose and tensions mounted for this 3 man paceline.
Most everyone was certain they had it but by how much?
What?! A whole minute! Insane! And what a killer effort. See all DLV record holders here.
Congratulations Oscar, Thomas & Joey for crushing it.
Results for the evening are here, more photos are here and last week’s recap is here.
There’s only a few more weeks before the first Pro Race Series Event, ETHIC, Inc. Presents the Keirin.
Everyone will be stepping up their game leading up to that.
I know I have ALOT of preparing to do!
See everyone next week!
Death Pedal 2 premiered here in Atlanta last night. It was a fundraiser for the upcoming Atlanta NACCCs.
With a massive turnout, sponsors stacked to the ceiling, free beer and of course, a spectacular film, the evening a huge blast start to finish.
Pictured above is the film’s director Kareem Shehab getting gnar on a box he built just for occasion.
The event’s space accommodated plenty of space for tricks and several riders took advantage of that.
In addition to the boxes there was a quarter pipe. Alex Johnson, pictured below, represented Atlanta along with…
Chris Tavel of Loose Nuts from Athens.
He suffered a substantial blow to his rear wheel.
Good thing he sets the bar for wheelbuilding in Georgia and beyond.
My good friend Bobby Costello got on Kareem’s bike and immediately busted out some old school moves.
There were SO MANY sponsors! The raffle was a huge hit and I doubt anyone left without something!
Throughout the entire evening sick prizes from around the world were awarded and tossed to the crowd.
After some heavy duty delays due to technical difficulties, the film finally began.
I had missed the premiere in Richmond during NAHBS and had been looking forward to this for a long time.
Franco of XTM Online hooked up the visuals and helped sort out the audio issues to get the ball rolling.
The crowd had been patiently waiting as well and most everyone stuck it out and waited to see what they had came for.
Death Pedal 2 featured footage that, in my opinion, tops the genre.
Not only does the film feature riders from coast to coast like Wonka, Congo, Corey Vulture, Matt Spencer, AJ Austin and Eric Puckett but cinematically its in a league of its own.
I totally agree with Bic Control, that the soundtrack is indeed killer and combined with epic footage and Kareem’s animation,
Death Pedal 2 is like no other fixed gear film you’ve seen.
Torey ‘Hfwido’ Thorton, pictured above, hails from Macon, GA.
Torey really pulled out all the stops for his part in Death Pedal 2. Of course it was rad to see lots of spots from here in Atlanta but the real jammer, the mondo kicker that that the film ends with, is what took the cake!
Torey also runs a blog called wrahw. Check it out!
Once the film ended there was even MORE prizes to be had.
It seemed like they certainly saved the best for last and one lucky guy got real freaking lucky:
My friend Scott’s homie Brien musta bought all the golden raffle tickets because he went home with a VAGX bag, Dodici rims, a Fabric Horse Belt. EDIT: AND an Eighth Inch Scrambler! WTF?!
Another prize highlight was Sean of SKIDPHOTO, who won a Volume Cutter from Shop Cultur.
Yet another Cutter to add to his stable!
Ok, that’s a ‘wrahwp’! Thank you to Kareem and everyone who rode the film for such an epic movie.
Thanks to everyone who attended and made the event such a success! More photos are here.
Make sure you attend a premiere nearest you or get your very own DP2 DVD here.
p.s. if you won the Ria’s, Sauced or Stone Soup gift certificates, I forgot to bring em! Send me an email to claim your prize!
Ok, see everyone at the track on Wednesday! dicklanevelodrome.com
The BeltLine Bike Tour follows completed and proposed sections of the BeltLine, primarily on adjacent neighborhood streets, and offers three route options catering to all abilities. Riders will gather at the start location near Piedmont Park (pending confirmation) beginning at noon and leave at 1 pm. All route options loop back to the start. After-party for all ABC and BeltLine supporters in the works as well – stay tuned! Please click here to view the routes (ranging from 3 to almost 30 miles), to register, and more!
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The weather was certainly ideal, turnout was totally solid and the racing was exceptionally superb tonight at Dick Lane Velodrome.
It was great to catch up with so many people I had not seen since last season, to scope familiar rigs and brand new bikes.
Below are some examples. A Fuji with the ever increasingly rare Kazane race wheels that belongs to Chris Kelly, of FM Race and below that a totally smoking custom Tiemeyer with all the fixins belonging to Carleton Hall, a racer for Peachtree Bikes.
Before it got real dark I stepped out into turn one to catch some shots of the C races. I know several of these guys will be cat’ing up soon!
The C category may sometimes get a bad rap for an occasional squirrely maneuver or honest novice mistake. But tonight these guys were crushing it with fierce competition yet all C races flew by without any “awhoa! Stay!” yelps.
Even very recently battle scarred sprinter Howard Buckley (below) who was involved in an unfortunate spill Tuesday night here, was in there mixin’ it up without missing a beat!
I had been nervous all day. It’d been since last season that I had even been on the track.
I know I have been “training” but who has been training more? or training less? I saw familiar faces and new ones but didn’t know who’d be the ones to watch out for.
Luckily, I wasn’t in there flying solo.
My good friend and Kazane Racing teammate Stafford Brooke (below) was out there with me. We accumulated some points towards the 2010 DLV Team of the Year prize.
It was our first night sporting our new kits and competing as a team. In hindsight we could have work together much more in the Tempo.
But, we had a good first night racing as a team and will continue to improve.
I think tonight set the precedent for some really fast racing this season. Lots of people have stepped up their game and will do so even more after appraising their competitors tonight.
I’ll be eagerly looking forward to next week and will expect even more riders to come down to get in on the action and prepare for the upcoming first Pro Race Series event, ETHIC, Inc. Presents the Keirin.
Quick thank you to Darren of the Marlay for convincing me to do my first Madison too!
Full results are already available here. More Photos are here.
See everyone next week.
Its about to really heat up down in East Point as the 2010 Season gets underway. Tonight will be the first Wednesday night race for the A, B & C Category racers.
Last night already ushered in the initial Master’s, Beginner’s & Women’s races.
Some classic photos are featured above of Trent Wilson of Jittery Joes rolling on Kazanes and below of Iona Winter-Parks of Colavita.
Not only do I plan to bring the hammer down with Stafford Brooke on behalf of Team Kazane but I aim to introduce twotoneatl.com as a weekly source for velodrome race coverage and commentary.
Feel free to submit photos, comments, racing tips etc. to be included.
Leading the peloton above is Joe Eldridge of Team Type 1 and my good friend Billy Santana, former teammate of mine with the East Point Track Club.
See everyone tonight at the the track!
My visit to Mission Workshop’s headquarters was one of the highlights of my recent trip to SF.
Their bags had caught my eye quite some time ago and I knew I needed to see them in person.
Rob, of Mission Workshop, gave my friend Philipp & I the full run through.
He walked us through every functional nook & cranny. The Vandal, their flagship bag is steeped with practical features.
Its nearly impossible to fathom its potential by merely looking photos of them in a couch.
For that reason and the fact that Rob & co. can’t provide personal tours of the Vandal & Rambler for every customer, they have recently released a very well polished short film depicting the broad capacity for various everyday uses Mission Workshop bags possess. Check it out:
Grocery Run – Vandal Cargo Backpack from Mission Workshop on Vimeo.
Needless to say, Philipp & I left with bags.
His Vandal is with him on the streets of Freiburg, Germany and I brought a Rambler home to my wife, which she naturally was delighted to receive and even more delighted to use!
They have a messenger bag in the pipeline (photos of samples above) and an even larger bag. Stay tuned! www.missionworkshop.com
The third round of Gold Sprints are upon us. With last round’s major upset victory going to Brian Tester, all bets are off now that Billy can be beat! Head to the Star Bar in Little 5 Points on Saturday May 15th for some white knuckled, crowd pleasing and quad crushing GOLDSPRINTS!
Also new in Atlanta NACCC news, registration just opened:
More info on the sprints & registration at http://dirtysouthmessengers.com.
