Feb 09
Version 2.7 of Savage Sprints was a huge success with a small but extremely loud crowd. Watch Hot Italian worker bee and sprint regular, Autumn Hardy post against Missy Erickson of Team Badass. Kevin Mansker showed up with his game-face on, but Nick Oliver’s no stranger to winning sprints. Watch the men’s final as the …
Feb 05
Scores of hard-bodied types adorned either in clingy Lycra or bike-messenger-casual came to Hot Italian, the sopraffino Italian bistro in midtown Sacramento, not to consume calories but to burn them. Knock yourselves out, guys. I’ll just sit here eating pizza and watching you sweat and strain and contort your faces into a rictus of pain …
Jan 30
Version 2.7 of Savage Sprints at Hot Italian proved to be a fund-raising boon despite the small but enthusiastic crowds. Bill Nicely, the president of Stevens Bicycles p/b Pactimo, showed up to race and support the likes of Heather Lipana. But he started off the event by giving a pledge of $100 toward the Velodrome’s …
Nov 14
Don’t want to race a fixed gear track bike all-out on rollers this Sunday? Absolutely hate to try delectable trend-setting pizza and mouth watering gelato? Can’t stand to be around a wild group of rebel-rousers cheering on their favorite athlete? Here are 739 other reasons (try to pick them out in the video) to come …
Oct 25
With the new registration, timing and results system from TimeYourRace Results our events are more organized than before and move along at a nice pace, getting everyone home at a resonable hour. Pre-reg is up for the next event and we are extending our offer for the season discount one more time. Seven races for …
Oct 14
The dates: October 23, November 6 and 20, December 4 and 18 Holiday Break January 8 and 22, February 5 and 19 Remember this is a fun and low key “race” (excuse to party) to raise awareness for our velodrome project. We are putting on a show for the community and local government. We are …
Jun 29
So there’s this thing called the Google which searches the interwebs for hyperlinks or something, and it’s really quite amazing what you will come across. Project London posted an interview shortly after Kevin Mansker raced…ahem, won…no, crushed the Savage Sprints roller races at Hot Italian. The post titled Kevin Mansker Interview – How I Crush Rollers includes such Manskerisms as “I came, I saw, I crushed and less than 8 seconds later I was out the door,” and “Hah, [a] trucker hat would have been a great touch.”
Jun 21
From Project London’s Facebook page comes a link to this video of highlights from the Fixed Gear Classic at the National Sports Center Velodrome in Blaine, Minnesota. The 2-minute collection of clips includes Kevin Mansker’s track-record run in the Flying 200 meter. Mansker, a two-time Savage Sprints competitor, is an avid SVVA supporter–he recently drove 1100 miles round-trip to compete in the championship event which he won.
Jun 01
Heather Nielson (BikerChick5683 on You Tube–presumably since BikerChick5682 was already taken) shares this montage of one last night of Savage Sprints at Hot Italian for The Bicycle Film Festival, this one outdoors. Best quote from the video? “Ahhhh, somebody touched my ass!”
May 07
Friday May 13th 6-9PM We will accept 25 women and 25 men for pre-registration. If there are any spots left day of we will open sign-ups at 5PM on a first come, first served basis. If you want to race please RSVP Autumn Hardy Mary Maroon Robin Edwards Sharon Mandell KitKat Racer Katie Stonebraker Heather …