Stupor Bowl XII

The myspace page just went up! 

Stupor Bowl XII is the country's longest running alleycat held every year in Minneapolis, MN!

This race invites HUNDREDS of participants from all over the world! 

Thrown by local messengers, its always been about going fast and drinking A LOT of beer (not really my thing... haha).

The courses are long and the weather just as harsh... 25 degrees last year and -30 the year before that!

I've heard so many crazy stories about this race and how much FUN it is! 

Our friend Erik who is a bike tech over at ATX Bikes just moved here from MN and is going back for this race! 

Me and a couple of people might join him on this one!

Check out the Bike Jerks blog for more info and updates!

Take care, 

xChris Leex

Someone Please Buy This For Me!!!!!!

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san marcos meets college station plus skateboards!

tats!
























tortillas!


























turndowns!



























tire taps!



























tongue touches!


























timber!



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TWELVE YEAR OLDS!
ben ws little bro goes hard!


see y'all in college station tonight!

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Rear Mavic Open Pro wheel - $90 (Austin)

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Fab Friday '09

Just a reminder that Team Dix is throwing another Fab Friday race January 2, 2009!

J and Joe always throw fun races and always have some kind of EPIC challenges at the checkpoints!

Here is the low down on the race: 

Fab Friday: Slurpee Death '09

Entry fee: $2 

Registration: 4:20 (SMOKE WEED EVERYDAY!)

Race: around 5

What you'll need: bike, have fun attitude!

***Please note: this is a FIXED GEAR ONLY race***

Also, our good friend Logan from Cali is moving down here to join our community of cyclists! 

Logan is awesome and you'll see him helping out at one of the checkpoints! 

Oh, and he looks mighty fine in lycra bibs! WATCH OUT LADIES!!!

Take care everyone, hope to see you all out on friday! 

xChris Leex

Beautiful

Lug work! 

Saw this over at the Urban Velo blog  

Talk about flamboyant! But still elegant at the same time! 

LOVE IT! 

Made by Columbine Cycle Works , the flowers were modeled after the high alpine flower.

These guys won the "best lugged frame" category at the 2006 NAHBS, and rightfully so! 

xChris Leex

fixed gear cyclocross!

after seeing newman with his rear disc brake this summer, i figured it was time to slap a fixed cog on my cyclocross bike...























but now that austin horse is at it, i might as well take if off again...

kind of funny

seen on bikejerks blog!

tattooz are dum

unless you are reppin' your home turf.

ben w and zach r are 'okay' in my book.



san marcos fixed!

xmas haul

cyclone gloves?
check. j tells me they are vegan.

synthetic underlayers?
double check.

sugoi arm warmers?
check.

avid brake levers (for my fixed gear cyclocross bike?)
check and check.

extra socks?
check.

good christmas haul. ready for portland now. 8 inches of snow.

hats!

new prototypes!
winter models, too!
thanks for the pics, john!

HAHA!

wow. Saw this over at bikesnob.  I think its official... the Areospoke thing is going WAY too far:

I don't know, I still think they look pretty cool!

BTW this is Ben W. in about 10-15 years! haha jk Ben!

xChris Leex

MONSTER TRACK X!!!

Yes! This the news I've been waiting for! 

The infamous Monster Track race in New York is coming back after a brief hiatus due to some unfortunate news in alleycat racing last year in Chicago. 

Actually on a side note, NY did have a race... just for the locals though. hah! 

For those of you who aren't familiar with this race here is a brief rundown of the format: 

Every year NY has a race during the spring time where NO brakes are allowed! 

This means you either have to ride a fixed gear OR "Ted Shred" it through traffic.

This race always invited racers from all over the world; Europe to Japan and every country in between!

Check out Monster Track VIII's teaser video here

A couple of my friends around Texas and I are saving up to race this year! 

If you're interested in joining just hit us up! 

Take care everyone!

And stay warm!

xChris Leex

makin' felt caps!

ala cadence.

will post pictures as soon as we are done with the prototypes!

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Awesome!

Saw this over at Tracko:

At first I thought it was just another photo of a person on a track bike in Cali or NY.

But this was taken in 1960!

Weird, huh?!

I always get a kick out of seeing how everything comes around full circle.

Are we just that unoriginal?! haha

Take care, 

xChris Leex

Oh, and...

A friendly reminder: 

Our friends over in the City of Purp: Houston (or as I like to call it, Screwston) is having their 11th annual Winter Solstice race on January 3rd!  

Andrew "Dancakes" Stevens and I are def going... if any of you guys want to carpool there just hit us up!

Take care everyone, and get stoked for this!

xChris Leex

LOVE STINKS '09!!!

Okay ATX, here is something for those of you who aren't busy with your male/female counterpart:

Info:

Love Stinks Alleycat

Feb. 15th (thats a Sunday!)

Registration is at 4pm

Race at 4:30 pm

Entry fee: Well, not really an entry as it is a donation to help charitable organizations around Austin...

Its going to be TWO canned foods (which will be donated to the City of Austin Food Bank) and $5 (which will be donated IN CASH to Yellow Bike Project)

What you need: You'll need your bag or something to carry luggage, an iron stomach, a bike and a have fun, POSI attitude!

Come on, its a race but you gotta have fun!!!

Oh, and helmets are STRONGLY encouraged... skid lids make you look cool. I mean, look at me!

I'm still working out the prizes (if everything goes as planned, it'll be along the lines of custom luggage and something gold) and sponsors. But any new info will be posted here!

Usually I don't give this much notice for races (usually its week of haha) but I want this to have a good turn out, not for me but so we can raise more food and money.

So ask off of work NOW!

If you guys have any questions or want any more info please contact me at: chris_topherlee@yahoo.com

Also, I know this is on a "fixed gear" blog but as far as races go, I HATE exclusive races, thus this one is OPEN TO ALL BIKES!!!

I want to see a unicycle win this!!!

Take care everyone!

xChris Leex

BCSTX teaser from council of doom premier!

some of the best riders and nicest guys on bikes. more on the even soon, but i can't even begin to tell all y'all how awesome and amazing these guys were.



oh, and btw, peru is my favorite fk/fg boyfriend.
his throwing star skills are unparalleled.

the footage from this weekend is going to be so sick.
can you say 360 to fakie on a quarter pipe, anyone?

this just in...

we'll have the council of doom photos up soon!

Cycle Passion

Cute Commute: I think they've got one up on you.

CALL ME CADEN!

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all i want for xmas...

priest bars!


tempo 42cms!


rocky mountain racing team!



holla!

"and that's how you wheelie barspin!"

great edit! i love the brazilian drum line at the end!

Fixed Gear Barspin Tutorial from Tom Mosher on Vimeo.

he makes it look so easy!

i'm really excited about this!

see you in bryan on saturday, guys!

and here is the manifest!!!

thats how you bring out of town racers in!

some more race pictures!

this month's race was dope. here are some pictures i took.


minutes after winning second in the race, and an hour before breaking his collarbone on the ride home.

get well, will!


joe got first in limbo and in footdown.


cloyd and ahlee threw my helmet around for awhile.


joe: a real class act!

Fabulous Friday!!!

So Fabulous Friday was a BLAST!!!

It was the best Fab Fri race to date!

We all had a great time and there were lots of new faces!

For those of you that couldn't make it, here are some details of the race: 

It was a ghettodrome style race.  In each heat, there were four racers.  The top two racers from each heat got to advance to the next stage(basically it was tournament style).  

I got to advance to the next stage (which surprised me because I absolutely suck at sprints! haha)... but like always there were plenty of fast people ahead of me!

Also, I decided to bring my camera out for this race.

Unfortunately, I lacked foresight and didn't bring any sort of lighting system or external flash with me.

I had to make due with a crappy built in flash and the incredibly low lighting that the street lights gave off.

But its all good, here are some of the pictures from the race and side events: 

Artsy fartsy photo 1.

Curtis showing some of us how its done.

Brian "Brilife" Miller BACK FROM THE DEAD!

Fred decided to man up and race.

I can't wait to see the video of the race!!!

Artsy fartsy photo 2

This was at the starting line for one of the heats.

4th place: Evan!

3rd place: Joe!

2nd place: Will Wolfe!

Ladies and gentlemen... the winner of the race, the custom bag, the crown, $80 cash and of course Fab Fri: Cloyd!

Ahlee's new roadie! Just looking at it makes me want pasta!

Ben's Bomber Pro!

Joe killing it at bike limbo!

Andrew gettin' LOW!

And Joe winning Bike Limbo!!!

Footdown was a GREAT time like always! 

Again, I apologize for some crappy photos... I promise there will be adequate lighting next time! 

Be sure to look out for the next Fabulous Friday in January!!!

Take care everyone! 

xChris Leex

some more pics from san marcos

taylor with his 'hats off to ya' move


ben w


tony tied for best trick with aj at power cat two


baker pogoing through the frame. sick.



oh and keep checking the comments on tracko concerning our "copyright infringement"

the only person NOT interested in changing the name is matt b, so we'll see if i can get dustin k himself to give us his blessing...