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If you’ve been a regular at any NYC alleycat in the past decade, chances are you’ve seen Daniel Leeb there with an entire crew documenting it. He’s been compiling video for the past ten years and has reached the point where he’s ready to do something with it. From the looks of the trailer, Messengers is a documentary about alleycats in NYC, following two key figures: Felipe and Alfred.
Cinecycle has a Kickstarter, so head over to help out.
This in from Jake in Seattle:
“Premium Rush Race Friday, August 24th here in Seattle. It’s gonna be a fun quick race with a couple of twists for the opening night of this ever so epic bike messenger movie. The race is going to end a little after 8pm in the graffiti lot across from The Paramount Theatre at 8th and Pine St. Non racers and friends should meet everyone there to award the winners and go to the movie as a group shortly after. Movie times have yet to be released but we are shooting for a showing just after 9pm at the Pacific Place AMC (600 Pine St.). Hope to see you all there!
This race is to help fund the 2013 North American Cycle Courier Championships in Seattle next summer. For more info or if you would like to sponsor this or other NACCC fund raisers events email me : jakericker@gmail.com”
What an amazing flier. 904 Fixed’s event, Hellcat Alleycat is back for its second year. Check out more information below.
This year’s Bombing Down Broadway starts at 3pm, with a 1:30pm registration at 218th and Broadway. BE THERE! Flier is below… and above is last year’s video.
Remember these? Well, Krista just printed up a run and they’re available now. Pick one up at Lonely Boy Fabrications‘ web shop here. While I could simply bow out of Merckx Mondays with that gem, I’ve got more in store for you below.
While he’s no Lucas Brunelle, Crihs‘ race videos are always entertaining. I love the dark, grittiness of this 2011 Mash Vegas Drag Race footage.
Lucas Brunelle‘s DVD Line of Sight is now available for pre-order on his website. Check out the official trailer above and pre-order a copy of this DVD here. It’s slated for a July 1st release.
This weekend brings about the CBNC Revenge of the Nerds II and the Where the Hell is Waldo 3 event in LA, NYC and San Antonio. Check that out below.
Austin Horse worked on this event with Red Bull for the 2012 NACCC. This art-based alleycat features 5 artists, all messenger photographers. All have contributed pieces to the
event, themed on the way of the bike. The photographs are from various messengers, around the world. These photos have been divided into 6 pieces and each piece goes to a different checkpoint.
The event begins from inside the empty walls of the gallery, where the riders rush out to the first checkpoint and collect the first piece. Then the second and so on.
Where:
Gallery 5 Richmond VA
200 West Marshall Street Richmond, VA 23220
When:
May 24th
7 pm orientation
8 pm event start
9 pm recognition
Check out more information at the Red Bull Art Attack Facebook page.
The Toronto-based obstacle course alleycat, Helltrack is returning for its 5th year. More information to come.
Photo by Kevin Dillard
As a jump start to the NACCC, the Mark of the Beast alleycat went down in DC last month. Demoncats founder Kevin Dillard was there to catch all the action. Head over to Demoncats to check the rest out.
280 miles in 3 days? Sounds like a blast to me. The Beast of the East messenger challenge is coming up on May 18th.
“Welcome to the official website for the pre-event to the 2012 NACCC. The Beast of the East will be a weekend long event celebrating the bike courier culture. Expect a wide verity of all the favorite alley cats, lots of partying, all the weirdest side events we can think of. There will be 7 races during the weekend, each race will earn participants points. The rider with the most points at the end will be crowned the Beast Of the East. And after all that is done we will hop on our bikes and take a 3 day 280 mile trip down route 1 to Richmond, VA for the 2012 NACCC.
This event is put on by current and ex messengers of Philadelphia. To ensure a great weekend we ask that you please pre-register so we know how many party hats and cake to buy for everyone. Those who pre-register will get early access to couch and floor space.”
Pre-register for the event here.
Photos by Kevin Dillard
There’s more coming in from NYC and Monster Track. Long-time alleycat and bicycle messenger photographer, Kevin Dillard of Demoncats has just uploaded two galleries from Monster Track XIII. These are the best photos I’ve seen from the event and I’m sure that’ll remain the case, so don’t miss them! Head over to Demoncats’ Gallery now.
This just in from Chas:
1st – JT
2nd – Alfred
3rd – Chas (1st OOT)
4th – Crihs
5th – Eric
1st Female – Heather
Killer! Congrats to JT for pulling in 1st and to Chas for 1st out of town. So good!
This Saturday is Monster Track. If you’re in NYC, head to Affinity for the registration and be prepared to race. Rumor has it that #SF is going to take it this year. But that’s only a rumor.
