2009-02-15 - Leeds valentines alley cat

looking forward to it. bit nervous bout the route but should be fun!

I've just remembered how little I really know Leeds. Looks like I'll be getting in at about 10pm. Is there a prize for the lanterne rouge?

i'm nervous too! dont worry, all will be lovely and fun... see you soon!

I haven't washed my bike...

a really good day, good weather, good turn out, a few scrapes at the end but everyone seemed to enjoy it. nice one leeds!

Ohhh, that was amazing! Chapeau to whoever designed the route (Sam ...yes?) - it was quite, quite brilliant. I can't remember the last time I exerted myself so much. Nice touch, taking us up the hill, and then back down, and then back up again. And it was nice to meet everyone (and their bikes) afterwards.

When's the next one?

soon we hope!!

thanks for coming guys and big props to sam and max for organising

and well done to warren who won a beautiful low-pro hhsb frame!!!
i am knackered. everyone else is at hukas now watching fixed films drinking muchos hoegaarden while i am at home back in harrogate waiting for work tomorrow... pics to follow tomorrow

x

p.s yes adey did break his face but after 3 hours in casualty is now in hukas enjoying beer with the rest of them...

if anyone else has pics could you please send them to me (pm me or something) as i will be creating a pool of some sort.

~t~

Excellent day out that! Thanks to the organisers and for everyone else for making it such a sucsess.
Roll on the next one!

Can't wait to see the photos.

A great day! Dangerous, knackering, hilarious, friendly, stylish, humorous and all inclusive. Fantastic people, great organisation. If you were there, you will have been enveloped in the brilliant atmosphere. If you weren't, you missed a treat.
P.S. I was the one representing the forces of tweed.

to everyone who made it, thanks for coming. it would have been nothing without you guys. words can't really describe how happy i was to see all the time me and sam have put into this pay off. I was so pumped on adrenaline at the finish that i might have acted a little scary ha!

sam my home boy....WE DID IT!

wozza- my dream kinda came true...sick rider

ady- sorry about your crash. kinda pissed me off but im glad that it wasn't too bad

again, a big thanks to everyone who helped out and did the check points. NASTY big up yourself - nice one gov

Big Kudos to Sam and Mule! Really good piss up, and apparently there was some kind of racing involved.
Great vibe though, everyone was really friendly. Maybe next time i wont try buying rounds with the biggest guy at the event, riding to the station after huka's felt like i was in some kind of starwars X wing scene!

Such a good afternoon!
Really enjoyed the race and the atmosphere!
Gutted i couldn't hand around for the apres ride activities.
many thanks to the organisers!

A massive thank you to everyone involved in the organisation. a superb event from start to finish.
Who'd have thought that adrenaline and strong lager were so well matched.
And to the various people I chewed the ears off, they weren't idle threats, I am coming to your town to ride with you soon.

hello!

some pics on the blog... full race report to come up later but just a quick summary of the stuff...

Ladies & Gentlemen start your engines.....

Hell yeah....!!!!

Great day out.... Only spoilt by having to get up and sit in front of a computer pretending to work.....

oo nice russ... nicked that and put in on the blog if that's ok?

if anyone has pics can they send them to me please? gonna sort out an album/pool

thanks!

tom

Yeah go ahead and Blog it.... how about sorting a Flickr group for the Alleycat? my pics will all end up on flickr once i've had a chance to sort them out.....

oo nice russ... nicked that and put in on the blog if that's ok?

if anyone has pics can they send them to me please? gonna sort out an album/pool

thanks!

tom

http://www.flickr.com/groups/1036150@N23/

check out the vid!!!

http://fixedgearleeds.blogspot.com/

Cheers to Sam and Max and all the Leeds crew for putting this on. Had a top day, nice to meet some of the London lot too.

please take a min to visit the blog for write-ups and pics over the next few days

http://www.fixedgearleeds.blogspot.com/

just to reiterate- i am so, so grateful to everyone that came along and helped organise.

Boys, you did the north proud with your organisation of this.
Proper traffic stoppin stuff.
Cheers to everyone for a crackingly good day out in the city, well apart from that bloody bollard that snuck up on me, just about got all the blood off my bartape now.
Me and the Fuji shall return for some evening ridage once the summertime starts to return.
Hallo peeps to anyone I did some speaking to, twas a jolly friendly place to spend a sunday afternoon.

proper good! see yah again soon! wicked times!

Not sure about the soundtrack, but here's a quick edit of some shots from Leeds.... and by the look of things iMovie is adding some white frames into the mix too.... nice... like I said Ruff Draft....

http://www.vimeo.com/3246101

http://tricknology101.blogspot.com/2009/02/ruff-draft-pt1.html