Just thought I’d let people know that Darran from Freestyle Skate Store in Newport is putting on a two day sale a few weekends away. He’s a lovely guy and also a fellow FG rider

Link to his blog

Some of us chaps at Fixed Gear Cardiff with those fancy GPS phone thingy-majigies have started tracking our rides using a great service called Endomondo.

It’s like a MyTracks or similar service but with a bit of a social twist to it meaning that you can see your friend’s rides and stats, create routes for yourself, friends or the wider community, take part in challenges and make abusive comments against historical routes if you think that someone isn’t putting the effort in.

My absolute favourite bit is the ability to give “pep-talks” to someone while riding/running providing they’ve got their headphones in. This is clearly meant to be for motivational and encouraging remarks from friends but is just as good for on-the-go-abuse.

Check out Fixed Gear Cardiff on Endomondo here, or head over to our new Ride Tracking page using the link on the right.

The weather forecast for the day looked promising on the days leading up to the alleycat. A little drizzle at most, lucky enough this happened hours before the event. A little bit of needless panicking on my behalf caused me to forget a couple of things but it was easy enough to buy them on the way. The harder part was not taking out other shoppers with my bag full of prizes!

more after the jump…

Porter Alleycat Results continued »

So here are the checkpoints for the race!

Starting and ending at the grassy bit next to Cardiff High School, we’ll be taking in some of Cardiff’s major hotels.

Everyone is to meet by the City Hall/Museum at 7pm then at around 7.45pm we’ll ride to the start location.

View The Porter Alleycat checkpoints in a larger map.

Sign up over on Facebook, or just turn up on the day!

Well, it’s long overdue but as you can see the site has finally had a bit of a refresh. There’s still a couple of bits to do, but it’s midnight and well past my beddy-byes so I’m leaving it like this for now.

Enjoy.

(if it still looks a bit yellow and manky but with a new graphic up top, just hit refresh on your browser and everything should update).

It’s definitely worth heading over to The Foot Down where there’s a very interesting and dare I say, sensible debate going on about the merits of wearing a helmet (or not).

Ty has put together a very balanced post (unusual for him ) and the comments have so far not descended into stupidity as can sometimes happen.

Head on over and voice your opinion.

Some of the goodies available for the Alleycat.

As you can see the start time will set it in the dusk/dark so we advise that lights are used for your own safety.

For those travelling by train from Bristol or further afield The last train from Cardiff Central leaves at 10pm.

Checkpoints will be released 7 days before the start

Discussion and suggestions  can be found here :-

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=133379050039000

The St Davids Spiral Sprints will see riders racing up (and maybe down) the awesome spiral entry ramp of the St Davids centre car park.

Meet at the pen and wig on Thursday 12th August at 8pm for a couple of pre-ride drinks and then it’s on to the venue. Click here for more details!

For the past 4 years, there has been a collection (or gaggle – what’s the term for a group of cyclists?) of riders that make a 100 mile journey through the night from Bristol to Exmouth,

This year, Fixed Gear Cardiff were part of that collection.

For us the ride started at Bristol Parkway which, as many of you know, is nowhere fucking near Bristol – 6 miles to be precise. Things didn’t start well with Oz losing his chain after just 3 miles.

Still, we all made it to a hotel-come-pub, the start point where a cheeky pint was necked and the final bike checkovers were done. It was nice to see some familiar faces from trackdropouts, in particular Jason who clearly knew that Cardiff was going to kick his ass that night! It was also good to see Rich, one of our polo regulars who travels from England to Wales most weekends…

We set off at about 9pm and headed over Clifton suspension bridge, each of us with an idea in our mind as to how harsh it would be. It was a mixed bunch – 13 of us intending to stick together for the distance – some fixed, some single speed, some fully geared.

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