Sunday December 13th, 3pm Stony Brooks T Stop JP

I also am sponsoring this race with a head badge.

BostonBiker.org is sponsoring the race with a custom head badge.

Be there should be a blast!

Not your average bicycle messenger and his lovely lady are getting hitched, and to celebrate they are having a little alley cat! If you have ever met these two you will know they are adorable, this is going to be awesome.

do it, do it, DO IT, you know this will be a fun time. I hear tell of a special after party as welllllll……

Royal Flush PokerCat – December 7, 2008

5 Stops, 5 Cards– beer, pizza, and prizes, prizes, prizes for best hands.

BoldSprints, After-Party with Free Beer & DJ’s at Middlesex Lounge

more info here

Ohh my goodness. This was a blast. My poor stomach is still recovering from the amount of pure sugary crap I stuffed into it. Fun check points, powdered sugar, smacking Twinkies into the Charles…epic fun. Goodness it was cold, and going back down drydock was like climbing up hill that damn wind was BRUTAL. We all ended snotty and red faced, but it was so worth it.

Race results:
(The race started at approx. 1:50 PM.)

Eric S 3:20PM
Shane 3:20
Tom E 3:20
Julia K 3:40
Denny K 3:40
Ian S 4:00
Dan K 4:01
Matt W 4:02?
Brad 4:02?
Dan C 4:18
Jeff O 4:18
Matt F 4:18
Chicago Karl 4:21
Evan C 4:22
Claudine C 4:22
Greg N 4:23
Pete M 4:35
Jordan A 4:35
Carl F 4:43
Aaron 5:30
Jenny T 5:30
Kim 5:30
Matt 5:30 DFL!

Blammo. Good job everyone. And special thanks to Tammy, Jeff L, and Kevin for CP assistance. Did you notice that umm a certain someone (me) was FIRST along with Tom and Eric. Good job team first!

November 8th, 2008 Noon
Noon, By the Pavillion at Jamaica Pond (The Arboretum is a bitch to get out of)
This will be a hunting themed alleycat.
Bring your bullhorns and gunracks.
That sort of thing.
There WILL be beer at the finish line. And a B B Q.

I heard a rumor someone might even be deep frying a turkey….more here.

WOW! So this weekend was the bicycle film fest. In a word, AWESOME! Great time, great people, great movies. It was a fantastic time, and if you missed it, SHAME ON YOU.

The whole thing kicked off with a sweet party at Underground video/Revolution Cycles in JP. BoldSprints, over 200 PBR’s (mostly tall boys, all free) veggy dogs, food from veggie planet, and a whole lot of fun. Natasha took some great pictures of the event, here is a taste.

Here is some guy betting five bucks that I wont beat Phil (who is a really nice guy) at bold sprints…too bad for phil, and that guy, I ROCKED HIS ASS.

Faster Phil…faster.

The next Friday was the first round of movies at the Somerville theater, in Davis Square. It rained…a lot, but that didn’t stop a huge number of people from showing up to watch some awesome movies.

Saturday was a blast, much nicer, much sunnier, more awesome movies, there was tricks out front, valet bike parking from MassBike, and a whole host of great bike people around all day. I got to see Lucas Brunelle, got to be at the finish line as Peter Bradshaw WHOOPED everyone (he was in like a couple minutes faster than the person in second place) at the fastforward alley cat, and got to see a lot of nice bikes and meet a lot of nice people.

This was followed up by even more fun at Great Scott for the after party, and if that wasn’t enough a sweet brunch/ride on Sunday. Wow…

Like I said this was a really fun event, thanks to Seth, Dorothy, Brent and everyone else who made this a fantastic event. You guys ROCK. Also be sure to check out a lot more of Natasha’s sweet pictures here.

If you missed it this year be sure to check it out next year.

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Know this, films are fun to watch, but doing things films could be made from is even more fun.

The start time on this race was changed to allow people to see as many of the programs at the Bicycle Film Festival as possible. To do this race you can catch the first three shorts in Program 4, but you have to leave the theatre before or during Pedal. Pedal is an older film and I think a lot of people have already seen it, while Program 5 and 6 are chock full of newer and very relevant films. The race finishes at the ICA in time to catch both of those programs.

Fast riders will finish in just about 1 hour. There are a couple of hills. One of the proposed courses for the Boston 2009 NACCC bid will be featured in this race.

Race is free to anyone holding a Festival Pass (which gets you in to all the movies in the whole festival for $27, buy online: http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2008_site/boston/), or $5 for anyone else.

Prizes/Awards at the Bikes Rock! Afterparty at Great Scott in Allston.

anyone who wants to volunteer to work a checkpoint, contact croth…

More here.

Boston will be participating in the 8th annual Global Gutz alleycatthis year. Our race is starting at 10PM SHARP at St. Stephens church on Hanover St. 10PM means 10PM, so don’t be late, and please don’t get there before 9:45. No registration, racing for bragging rights. Top global time for male and female contestants wins a ticket to the CMWC in Toronto! The format and race rules are available at the Global Gutz site. Party to follow with the BBMA’s favorite host DJ Ghostdad, with all refreshment sales benefiting the BBMA.

(be sure to check out the BBMA for more awesome events)