The Spring ’07 issue of Portland-based Wend Magazine, has a feature article on a recent Portland alleycat race.
Alleycats — which are usually put on by messengers, but everyone is welcome to participate — have become a regular fixture on the Portland bike scene.
Wend contributor Johnathon Allen captures the spirit of this fun, yet hardcore discipline with great images and an engaging, first-person narrative (he competed in the event he writes about). Here’s an excerpt from the beginning of his piece:
