Soon we have the 3rd mini alleycat in our year long series. The first few alleycats have been quite successful, especially with the weather.

General gist of these races – Each race will be around 10 miles long, they may be longer and shorter depending on what fits.
There are no fancy arse prizes, each rider puts a pound into a ‘pot’ and the winner gets all.
At each checkpoint a letter is painted on the floor, I will hand out a piece of paper and a pen before the race starts for you to write down each of these. It is an anagram but you don’t have to work it out, it’s just an easy way to prove you’ve stopped at each checkpoint.

This race will be next weekend – Sunday the 15th of May. Meet at around 10:30am and aim to start around 11ish

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Man, it’s been sooo long since I posted up here, so my apologies for that.

What better way to get back into the swing of things though than for a bloody good cause. Tyron from The Foot Down and a couple of others (so far) are riding from Swansea to London to raise money for the many people affected by the disasters in Japan.

Swansea to London in aid of Japan continued »

Coming up will be the second event in our series of races. If you had ridden the last event you will have an idea of what’s coming up.
Otherwise – Each race will be around 10 miles long, they may be longer and shorter depending on what fits.
There are no fancy arse prizes, each rider puts a pound into a ‘pot’ and the winner gets all.
At each checkpoint a letter is painted on the floor, I will hand out a piece of paper and a pen before the race starts for you to write down each of these. It is an anagram but you don’t have to work it out, it’s just an easy way to prove you’ve stopped at each checkpoint.

This race will be on Sunday the 13th of March. Meet at around 10:30am and aim to start around 11ish

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Looking back on the last alleycat it seemed to be a success. Clean, simple racing, winner gets all. Looking at the maps I had saved on google maps while trying to come up with a few themes for the last one, the idea of a series of evens came out. As the title suggests they will all be fairly short – nobody enjoys 20 miles in the freezing cold or pissing down rain.

Each alleycat will be around 10 miles long. The idea is to have one every other month so that it allows time for events in other areas.

First race of the series – ‘Alfie’ (Railway Alleycat) Sunday 16th of January

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Alright then people – yes, it’s been a long time since I’ve posted anything and I apologise… it’s been a busy couple of months.

Anyway, what better way to get the wheels rolling again, as it were, then by announcing the first Fixed Gear Cardiff Christmas party.

Christmas Party! continued »

Oz has come up with a genius idea, a cheeky little alleycat around Cardiff that involves pubs. What’s not to like? The evenings are closing in, it’s getting difficult to ride so this is a perfect tonic to our autumn and winter blues…

Sunday November 14th, 11am – 15 miles or so, with an entry fee of 50p to £1. Not too hard.
Cheeky Alleycat continued »

As Autumn weekends go, this one was beautiful. The sky was almost cloudless and the wind was fairly steady.

Three of us headed down to Swansea for the much vaunted Owlycat put on by The Foot Down. Tyron promised this alleycat would be epic and he wasn’t wrong!

The Foot Down Owlycat Race Report continued »

The Foot Down’s first alleycat, The “OwlyCat”, takes place on October 16th and promises to be an absolute corker.

The Foot Down Owlycat 2010 continued »

Just a reminder that Cardiff’s October Critical Mass will be taking place this Saturday (2nd) starting as usual at 11am by the Museum steps. Please show your support you lovely bikers.

Stolen Bike Cardiff is a great web site has been set up by Dafydd Meurig documenting, as the name suggests, bikes that have been stolen in Cardiff.

If you’ve had your bike stolen in the past, you know what it feels like when you think there’s no hope of getting it back. Hopefully now there’s a better chance of seeing your whip again with more people keeping their eyes peeled for some little oik popping wheelies on your property.

If your bike is stolen, email the site with the details (where and when it was stolen, description of the bike and photos if possible) at stolencardiff@gmail.com.

Please help spread the word – the more people that know about the site, the more effective it’ll be.