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Darren Hirose made this sick ass time lapse/still photo of the epic Bassett Track Sprints.
Enjoy.
I seriously need to get a 15t cog now. And maybe a new wheelset while I’m at it. It’s not like it will make me go faster, as I have been branded Andrew Ho Slow One for eternity. Damn this slow hobo life.
I also want a 40D. Since I got rid of my Xti, I have been getting the itch for another DSLR. Mark Prado was telling me about how he got his 40D refurbed from Canon. He says he’s had no problems yet. I might just have to jump on that.
Photo taken by Mark Prado
Photo taken by Darren
Lately the people at Hellyer have been really cool about us riding on the track with riser bars and other silly fixed gear modifications. As long as you sign the waiver and have a helmet you are good to go. Absolutely free! It’s great because it introduces a lot of people to the track who normally don’t get a chance to ride it.
Riding to the track was a bit of a treacherous journey with part of the trail being blocked off. No worries though, where there is a will, there is a partially broken fence to peel back and climb through.
JP came up with this flyer for the 2nd installment of the SJFixed “It’s a WRAP” Alleycat series. Clear your calendars peoples.
The Amnesty International show is going on right now at Works Gallery, so I helped out with some of the logistics for the exhibit.
A small group of us rode out to Hellyer Velodrome to cheer on a few of our guys at the track. Jun just came back from Japan with a new toy. Starf*ckers to the max!
Had a good weekend that consisted of an alleycat race in Fremont, and homemade pazooki, among other things that I won’t go into too much detail about.
So why was the weekend also ugly? I got 4 flat tires on Saturday during the race, which was really frustrating because not only was it a hassle for me to change, but it prevented others from finishing as well. A small group of my friends and some other people stayed back with me which made it a lot better. I now owe 5 people tubes. At one point I was riding for miles on nothing but my rim.
The good thing was that SJF took some of the top spots, with JP and Reggie snagging spots 4 and 5. We had at least 10 SJFers place within the top 20.
The following day, Nieman invited us over for some baked goodies, so we rode down to her place. And I got another flat. The once praised Continental Gatorskin failed me again. After inspecting the tire, we all came to the conclusion that I received a lemon. I mean 5 flats in two days? And countless ones before that too. Da succccccc?!/!?!?
Anyway, I think going out and staying late has taken a toll on me, because now I am feeling a little bit under the weather.
Alright, I’ve been a little behind in updating with the upcoming holidays and all, so here is something that went down last Saturday.
Completed Winter Wipeout Manifest
The folks up in Stockton put on the Winter Wipeout Alleycat, which had seven checkpoints at Starbucks shops all over town. It was nice to see the boys from San Jose take home a good amount of prizes, in both the race and tricks competition.
I think we had more than a few riders finish in the top ten. Except for me, I came in 42nd place, which is funny considering there were only 30 racers. Whatever. I still got a prize!
I know I used the term ubiquitous in the last post, but Starbucks is ubiquitous. The entire race was based on the different Starbucks locations around Stockton. Shoot, I mean it’s like they completely saturated the coffee market everywhere. It was really funny/ironic, because I just happened to be reading a book about Starbucks, How Starbucks Saved My Life. I didn’t think too highly of Starbucks as a company before reading the author’s (Michael Gates Gill) memoir. After reading the book, it changed my view of da Starbuk doo; I don’t think of them as the Walmart of coffee shops anymore. It was actually quite the contrary. They treat their Partners well, by providing health insurance, education reimbursement, relocation assistance, etc.
