"Chris O'Connell competed in Saturday's Alleycat Race, fixed gear, no hand brakes. He did it in 1:24:37 and the winning time was 1:08:44. His place was more impressive. Read on.
In his own words,
""It was an awesome weekend for me. First, there was a book signing party for New York City Alleycats (aka messenger races) and I am on the cover!
http://www.newyorkalleycats.com/ (I am in the white helmet on the right.)
Then I have a great race placing 14th out of over 150. There is tons of photos etc. but check out this clip. We started at Sara Roosevelt Park and had to go to 61st and 1st. Here is a good 3-4 minute video of the start -
http://blip.tv/file/151781
The group in the video went up Forsyth, made a right on Delancey and then a left on Allen St, crossing Houston on to 1st. I was ahead of this group and it was kind of dangerous with all the other cyclists until about 20th St. when it opened up. There was also 2 different circuits so even though everyone went to 61st and 1st, after that we broke into 2 separate races.
1st Manifest
61st and 1st Ave
100 Amsterdam
294 5th Ave
73 Morton St
Sara Roosevelt
2nd Manifest
61st and 1st Ave
1221 6th Ave
315 W 38th St
300 E 3rd St
Sara Roosevelt
3rd Manifest
Trackstar
King Kog (Brklyn)
East River Bar (Bklyn)""
More photos:
Race start:
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