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Dirt Track Sprint Racing Saturday!!!

Hello Race Fans and Bicycle Advocates! The Bicycle Business is throwing a private party on private property to raise funds and awareness for the Sacramento Valley Velodrome Association and the GHETO Project, a cyclocross development group supporting under-represented and/or new racers. This event will be held on a private horse ranch in West Sacramento on …

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Dean Alleger: The Man Behind the Mission

Who is Dean Alleger and why is he so passionate about getting a track built in the Sacramento region? Back in January of 2011, Dean had written a blogpost about his thoughts on the Sacramento Valley Velodrome Project. He went into detail about how he got his start as a cyclist and gravitated toward track …

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Interview of Mike Sayers, member of the Board of Directors

What would it mean to have a track in Sacramento? ‘In a word, incredible’ was Mike Sayers’ answer to my first question during our interview.  Dean Alleger had asked if Mike would be on the board of directors for the Sacramento Valley Velodrome Association last winter and he was happy to participate.  Since retiring from …

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Interview of Carlos Josa with Stantec Architectural Design

By: Heather Nielson Stantec is a global architectural company based in Canada. They started in the mid 1950’s and strive to remain one of the top 10 global design firms. Carlos F. Josa is an associate working out of their Sacramento office. Dean Alleger put me in touch with Carlos for an interview as Carlos …

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Savage Sprints finale and Alleger’s plan for the future

By: Heather Nielson In January of 2011, Dean Alleger started his first series of Savage Sprints roller racing. His hope was that it would bring awareness to the Sacramento Valley Velodrome Project. They ran on alternating Sundays and totaled 6 events. He has held them at The Hot Italian on 16th and Q in midtown …

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Jun 21

Mansker sets track record at 2011 Fixed Gear Classic

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by Steve McClelland

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. Mansker is interviewed in the video at the Fixed Gear Classic, part of the Nature Valley Bicycle Festival.

“If the weather was any colder or any more windy it wouldn’t have happened,” said Mansker who set the new track record at 10.50 seconds.

Project London is an elite track cycling team with the ultimate goal of competing in the 2012 London Olympic Games.

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Jun 15

Circulus… a mini-track for the ages

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by Steve McClelland

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.

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Jun 08

Early article from TalkingTreads.com

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by Steve McClelland

This article slipped by us last February on the “everything bicycles blog” talkingtreads.com. It’s basically a scraping of the Sac Bee article that we’ve covered here, but we thought we’d post it here as a thanks for the support.

Velodrome advocate Dean Alleger hopes to head up a non-profit with a view to developing proposals for the construction of the Sacramento area’s first dedicated cycling track destination. Alleger is a local racing enthusiast and bicycle mechanic who has been forced to commute to San Jose in order to practice and compete on a velodrome. His vision for a Sacramento track involves a public-private partnership with grass-roots support from area cyclists.

It should be noted that Sacramento has been home to several dedicated tracks in its history.

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Jun 06

Cycling supporters gather at Wolff home

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by Steve McClelland

Alleger and Sayers

Dean Alleger with Mike Sayers of Team BMC

A group of notables of the Sacramento area cycling community gathered to further the goals of the Sacramento Valley Velodrome Association Friday. Local bike store owners and other VIP’s were invited to a party hosted by velodrome proponent, Dr. Larry Wolff and his wife, Trish.

SVVA Executive Director, Dean Alleger presented the organization’s short and long term goals in a short speech to nearly 50 guests. He named each guest personally and pushed the organization’s youth motif stating, “The more we can get younger people involved and on bikes, the better off we’re going to be.”

Guests, including former pro cyclist and Team BMC Assistant Director, Mike Sayers and Sacramento Area Bicycle Advocates Executive Director, Tricia Hedahl were treated to a spread of wine and hors d’oeuvres. An impromptu tour of Team BMC’s truck, parked outside was given. Read the rest of this entry »

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Jun 01

Savage Sprints…one more time at Hot Italian

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by Steve McClelland

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!”

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May 26

Victoria Pendelton flying lap video

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by Steve McClelland

Victoria PendletonA 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 has a prestigious list of palmarès dating back to 1999 including 8 World Champion titles, one Olympic medal and several Commonwealth Games medals.

Read more on Victoria on her neck of the interwebs.
Thanks to SVVA supporter Chris Dougherty and justanothercyclist.com for the heads up.

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May 20

Cyclist of the Year!

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by Dino Dante

Today was Capitol BikeFest and we had a table set up with pictures of various velodromes and racers. I booked our table back in March thinking this would be a good way to meet people and get the word out. I arrived around 10AM to  set-up for the 11:00-1:00 event. The weather was perfect and there seemed to be several hundred people in attendance. I was soon joined by my new buddy Autumn Hardy and the gang from PedalHard. Announcements started up around 12:15 and I sorta heard my name called along with Steve Rex and John Boyer. I didn’t really pay attention until Steve grabbed me and said they wanted us up at the podium. Next thing I know I’m being recognized as the Cyclist of the Year and asked to say a few words. Of course I plugged the velodrome project and managed to say SacValleyVelodrome.org three times. How awesome and what an honor! Even though I am the driving force and the smiling face attached to the project this award is a testament to how our community is coming together to get behind it. Rik Keller was out taking pictures and posted a nice article to Sacramento Press. Read the rest of this entry »

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May 07

START LIST for Savage Sprints at Hot Italian – BFF Edition

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by Dino Dante

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 Nielson
  • Carrie Lo
  • Stace Cooper
  • Bill Nicely

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Apr 03

Velo Bozo’s First Annual Paella Cook-off

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by Dino Dante

Duelling paella chef’s and Velo Bozo members Mike Turner and Pat McAuliffe hosted a Tour of Flanders cocktail party followed by a paella cook-off that included guest chefs Rick Joslin and Ginger Bryant. All of the proceeds were donated to the Sacramento Valley Velodrome Association. I’ve always wanted a giant check! Read the rest of this entry »

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Apr 01

Photos from Savage Sprints at Hot Italian v5.0

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by Steve McClelland

As usual, the paparazzi were out in full force at the most recent Savage Sprints. Here is a list of the photos that we know of online. Please leave a comment below or tedrop us a line if you know about others.

Jeff Namba (not pictured) is a Sacramento-area amateur photographer who has graciously shared all of his Savage Sprints documentation as his part in the Sacramento Valley Velodrome project’s efforts. He has a knack for capturing the athletes at the perfect moment to show the true pain or elation that they’re experiencing. Jeff’s been to a majority of the sprint events and can also be seen clicking away at road and cyclo-cross races all over California. Here’s his entire Facebook set (worth looking at!) Jeff offers high resolution versions of his shots on his Savage Sprints Roller Racing v.5 Flikr Set and his previous Savage Sprints events on Flikr too.
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