It’s summer, the nights are beautiful, and you live in a house full of messengers with a porch and yard that looks out onto a main street with a 10-foot wide bike lane. What do you do? You throw a weekly cash sprint series and invite as many people as you can. That’s what denizens … Read more
Fast bikes and daring riders will take over Portland for the Bone Machine Crit weekend.
Our friends at Portland Design Works shared a link to a 2010 YouTube video this morning with a simple exclamation of “YES!” The video shows bicycle drag races being held in a California shopping mall parking lot in the 1970s. It’s amazing footage from the era of banana seats and ape hanger bars. One racer … Read more
A shot from last year’s action.(Photo © J. Maus) The bicycle drag races known as “street sprints” are coming back to the Pearl District this Saturday. Last year, the inaugural event drew 80 competitors, all vying to see who was fastest over the three block course. The ‘Speed Never Sleeps’ event is bike racing in … Read more
Jeff Harwood (far left) gets the win and the Street Sprints crown.(Photos © J. Maus) Portland’s Pearl District played host to a rare form of bike racing on Saturday evening when local Ironclad Performance Wear Cycling Team held their first annual Street Sprints competition. The format was simple: a three-block, side-by-side (no drafting) sprint between … Read more
Who will be crowned the fastest sprinter in Portland?(Photo © J. Maus) Next month, Portland will be introduced to an exciting brand of bike racing: street sprints. The Ironclad Performance Wear Cycling Team (read my profile when they launched in 2007) has announced a Street Sprints competition that will take place on NW 13th Avenue … Read more