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 …
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 …
Nov 09
New video of the Giordana Velodrome under construction in Rock Hill, SC has surfaced recently on YouTube. “We pitched the idea [of the velodrome] to the city of Rock Hill through the Parks and Rec,” says Michael Cowan, Rock Hill Velodrome concept founder in the video. Sound familiar? That was in 2002. We have a …
Oct 19
Be the envy of all your velodrome desiring friends with the Scalextric Team GB Velodrome Set. At 272cm, it’s not Olympic distance, but Scalextric reports that this slot racing set follows the traditional slot racing format. However instead of using cars, there are two miniature cyclists dressed in GB kits. The set features a banked …
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 15
Not exactly what we’re aiming for, but this is really fun to watch. Track cyclists are a rare breed… Circulus build from PDW on Vimeo. Building Circulus Circulus Teaser from PDW on Vimeo.
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 26
A beautiful video taking a look at World and Olympic Champion track cyclist, Victoria Pendleton at the National Cycling Center, Manchester Velodrome. Stay ’till the end to see some dizzying footage of Victoria showing why they call a flying lap well…what they call it. Pendelton is a British cyclist who rides for Team Sky and …
Mar 14
Bobby Gee rides a fixed gear and on this night shot with a fixed-focus lens to put together this gorgeous video of Savage Sprints at Hot Italian v5.0. Music by Rudy Reynon. Video by: Bobby Gee. Also check out the men’s and women’s finals videos from v5.0.