4 th race

map of the 4rd race

hi again!!

15 more days and it was time for another alleycat. since i really liked the concept of the last one, this race was pretty much the same. 11 check points and 40 minutes to do as many as possible. there were more spread around than last time, so you really had to count your time. the race started at 8.25 so people where suppost to be back before 9.05. . .. . . .and some did! new and old riders showed up including a girl with a nice vintage black an gold raleigh.

alex got back first within the 40th minute and before the 41st 2 more riders showed up with their maps in hand!. . .and guess who didnt have his map?? the guy who got first!!! frustration was on his face when he realized it! later that night we went back to the place where he thought he lost it. . . .and he was lucky enough to find the damn map!! nice one! that just made him share first place with ricardo.
here are the results after the race

vitor. . . . . . .. . . .. .40
alex . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
alexis . .. . . . . . . . .22
massami. . . . . . . . 15
ricardo. . .. . . . . . . .14
jimmy . . . . . . . . . . .10
nicolas . .. . . . . . . . .8
teije ... . . . . . . . .. ..7
constanca . .. . . . . ..7
muppeth. . . . . . . . .5
manuel. . . . . . . . . . .3

3rd race

map of the 3rd race

hi everyone!
there was even less people showing up this time. i dont know, everybodys riding this track bikes, meant for racing. . . but nobody races in them!! two new people showed up thou, (thanks) so it was four of us, and we did race.
on this one the idea was to do as many check points as possible in 40 minutes, and getting back to the spuistraat. getting there later than that. . .no points! there´s a time on the race where you wonder if tou can still make it to the next check point, and back to the finish. . . or not. . . .its fun! i liked it and so did the other guys. alex won with 8 check points within the 40 minutes. nicolas got there first but only managed to do 7. teije had a flat tire during the race so he didnt make it. here are the results after this 3rd race.

vitor. . . . . . . . . . 30
alex. . . . . . . . . . .24
alexis. . . . . . . . .16
jimmy. . . . . . . . . 10
nicolas. . . . . . . . . 8
massami. . . . . . .7
teije. . . . . . . . . . 7
ricardo. . . . . . . . 4
manuel. . . . . . . 3

hey everyone! i just got the footage from the last race. it was edited by a friend of mine and. .. .. .. .. . ...  its different!!  (thanks joao)   there will be more races beeing filmed in the future, and the videos will also be here       

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UhXcgoD-CY&feature=channel_page

the next race is already this coming friday and here's some info beforehand. its going to be 10 check points spread around the city and the one who gets more done in 45 minutes will take the 10 points. try to do that last one and get back to the spuistraat, 84 in more than 45 min. . . .no points!!  see you friday      vitor

map of the second race

2nd race 26 june 2009

hey, to whoever is reading!!
not so many people showed up this time, even thou this race was known to much more people than the first one! well, i hope that will change :-) most of the ones from the first one were there, and from what they told me, also had a really good time. this race was about going to several bike shops around the city and get information about the bikes on display, or about the shops themselves. there were 9 check points and everyone choose between number 2 or number 8 and those were the first ones they had to go, and from there do the rest. it was a bit longer than the first one but not that much harder. every one found them, and tom won in a final sprint against alexis, getting the 10 points and a pair of new binnenbands. alexis had a camera on his bike, i saw the footage already( really nice i think!) and also some pictures were taken both from start, at a check point and finish. the pictures you saw already and the video will come soon.  

 thanks for coming and see you at the next one on the 10th of july! oh the bikes not cars crew is organizing an alleycat for this next friday. behind centraal station at 8 pm

this are the results after the 2 nd race.

vitor ................ 20
alexis................16
tom. . . . . . . . . . 15
alex. . . .. . . .. . . 14
jimmy. . . . . . . .10
massami. . . . . . 7
ricardo. . . . . . . .4
manuel. . . .. . .. 3

pictures from the first race

map of the first race 

hi everyone!  i created this blog to post all the information on the alleycat series im organizing.  i participated on the first one some months ago, i really liked it, and i got in my mind to organize something like this.

 well, its going to be a series of 10 races every second friday, or saturday, depending on the weather, and the winner of every race will get 10 points, second 8, and so on. . . and at the end of the series who has more points gets a bike built by me. on every race who gets there first also receives a small prize, that will be a bike part .  im participating also but i dont count for any of this prizes. signing in costs 2 euros.  As the races go on i'll post here info on how it went, people's feedback, pictures, and there's a friend of mine with cameras who is going to film, or borrow the cameras to put on bikes, so the videos will be here also. 

there was already a  first one which went pretty good i think! everyone seemed to liked it and the fact that there were no people at check points was a surprise.  on this one the objective was to gather bike parts to assemble a complete bike!  at each check point there was a sticker with a bike part written on it and everybody had to do was write down all those bike parts and then in the end i would confirm they had been there. most people found them all easily and did the whole thing pretty quick. 

here are the results after the first race: 

             1st          vitor\jimmy               10 points

             2             alex                                8

             3             alexis                             6

             4             tom                                5

             5             ricardo                          4

             6             manuel                         3

             7             massami                       2

 

thanks to everyone who showed up and see you at the next one which should be on the 26th of june.  try to be on the spuistraat, 84-a  at 7.30      to start  at 8