Ghostship Collective in Mountain Bike Action Magazine

The Ghostship Collective's break-thru performance this past weekend in the NYCMTB's Hustle and Flow event has grabbed attention of the media.

Mountain Bike Action Magazine article...

To paraphrase:
"The Ghostship Team from Connecticut repeated their domination of the team category, breaking their own course record by a whopping 19 seconds."

"Notable performances included the team XC leg ridden by endurance racer Doug Jenne (Ghostship Clothing), whose under 4-minute time broke the previous course record by over a minute."



Official Results from 2009 are posted here

Official Results from 2008 are posted here

3min 57sec!!! Holy Crap Dougyfresh! What has India done to you?

Ghostship takes NYC Hustle 'n Flow

The Ghostship Collective defended their crown at yesterday's Hustle 'N Flow race in NYC, taking 1st place for the second year in a row. Check Tyrant's blog for a recap.


Pix from Tyrant's flickr.

Tracklocross. This Weekend. Randal's Island

Tracklocross is this Saturday! What could be better than playing with track bikes in the mud or needing a tetanus shot before the event?!?! Well, actually the tetanus shot decision's on you.

We're sponsoring this event, so head on down.

Tracklocross Update

Tracklocross is just over a week away (Saturday, 4/11) and Team Wreckstuff posted some pics from their course recon last weekend. It's going to be more brutal than last year's race, featuring a checkpoint that will simply be known as "tetanus." The guys putting on this race have been longtime supporters of New Haven's races and it's always a blast when they come up to ride with us. The Scorchers are proud to be saying that we'll be sponsoring this race and encourage anyone who isn't going to show up, ride, get muddy, or just laugh at everyone else who is. Just as a heads up on the rules, here's the deal:

We here at Tracklocross Headquarters would like to take this opportunity to announce some simple things about Tracklocross 2009:

1. FIXED OR SLICKS RULE: Your bike must either have either a fixed gear, or slick tires no fatter than 25mm. Want to ride your cyclocross bike? Fine, as long as you throw proper road tires on it. Wanna ride your fixed gear? Great. You're allowed to use cross tires. What? You only ride singlespeeds? All right, just make sure it has slicks.

2. SPECIAL TRACK BIKE CATEGORY: There will be a special prize for the highest-placing rider riding a track bike. By track bike, we mean a bike with: a fixed gear, geared at greater than or equal to 49x16 (700x23c). Plugged drop bars. No brakes. Slick tires.

Red Hook Crit. March 28th

Dave August / Trimble Racing bring you the return of the Red Hook Criterium, this Saturday, March 28th. Get down there for 9PM to race and/or spectate. Brakeless fixed-gear bikes only. Helmets required. Hit up Trimble Racing for more info.

Bike Shorts

The next Bike Shorts will be taking place on April 12th... which is conveniently the day after Tracklocross for everyone who is planning on making a weekend of it in NYC. The deadline for submissions is April 5th and it will be taking place at Galapagos. Some more details about the event:

Bike Shorts is a low-key event to share whatever you've been working on with like-minded folks. It is is not a festival. We started Bike Shorts because we know there are a lot of people out there creating great stuff, and it should be easier to share and show your work.

So get out there, strap your camera to your head, and make some movies. You know what though? If all you're gonna do is strap your camera to your head and film you & your buddies dodging traffic, you're not going to win the $100 cash prize. So be original. Be creative. Impress us.

Oh, and just so you know: the winner is determined solely by the biased opinion of the audience, so bring your friends!

Demoncats Monster Track Photo Album

Check out pix from Monster Track 10 via Demon Cats...

Album

Catch a glimpse of Scorchers Drew Deep and Raf in there, too.

Monstertrack

Tracklocross

Check out the tracklocross blog for more info.























"Track bikes are encouraged, cross and mountain bikes are frowned upon."
Thanks for the heads up Aaron, sounds like a muddy good time.

Monster Track 10

Figure 8

The inspiration...



The dream...



The dreamers...




The link...

Cyclehawk


The inspirational video...

Happy Birthday BikeBlogNYC

Happy 5th Birthday to BikeBlogNYC!!!

The Granddad Returns

No official date yet. Or is there? Got a little out of hand and "cancelled" last year, only to be resurrected word-of-mouth to those in the know. 200+ yokels on brakeless bikes in Manhattan can be a bit unnerving to a race organizer...

Monster Track 5...