Jul 29, 2013 at 01:31 PM

Jules said:

Cool photoset of the now defunct Union Square Crit (mixed in with random World Champ photos) from 1982...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/daneil/sets/72157603247236974/

@Jules

I showed this to my friend who is an ex-racer and native New Yorker. . He was wondering where you found this etc?

He really got a kick out of it as did his friend apparently.

You really made my friend Mike's day since that was the first race he ever entered: "Ah, the golden days, when I was young and you could buy smack in Union Square Park.

This was the first open race I ever entered. I was spat out the back of the 3/4 field after a few laps.

I recognize a bunch of the riders. Photo 99-Brian Searchinger, NYS state road champ; Photo 95--second wheel is Bruce "Torch" Donaghy, one of the guys I trained with in FL the coming year; #131 is the guy who won the race (dude named John something from NC), he got away, mashed a huge gear and won solo; at the front in #111 is Ian Jackson, another FL guy; #14 is my buddy Vince McDonald who can be seen in the opening sequences of the cinema classic, Key Exchange. "

Jules

Jul 31, 2013 at 11:26 PM

Craziest thing I've seen in ages...

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSJsD-ICOA&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DxzSJsD-ICOA

dstokes

Aug 01, 2013 at 01:29 AM

"It's sex time. Ciao"

WilliamDC

Aug 01, 2013 at 03:25 PM

is Oleg wearing a chamois the whole time?

crazy russians!

Jules

Aug 01, 2013 at 03:41 PM

He has absolutely no idea what's going on, "How are all the things going?"

Brendan Rigby

Aug 05, 2013 at 03:53 PM

gopro'd a ride i took yesterday upstate. sunny and nice. will watch when indoor riding season arrives.

http://youtu.be/D40Q2SU6hfg (still processing at time of posting)

Jeff Owens

Aug 05, 2013 at 06:43 PM

This is me on pretty much any ride anymore:

http://deadspin.com/cyclist-cramps-up-during-interview-hilarity-ensues-1030345464

Jules

Aug 05, 2013 at 06:57 PM

Tweeted. Can't stop laughing. Need that scream on infinite repeat. He's like the Grape Lady of cycling.

WilliamDC

Aug 05, 2013 at 09:29 PM

this is awesome . . . wait for it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1yeDW3dHdw

Jules

Aug 06, 2013 at 12:32 AM

Couldn't hear the commentary over THIS SOUND

WilliamDC

Aug 06, 2013 at 08:38 PM

top of the page!

this is awesome . . . wait for it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=e1yeDW3dHdw

from another angle:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dOKcEl1hCo0

Jules

Aug 06, 2013 at 08:51 PM

That guy was riding like some Crazed Beast from the Future...

Jules

Aug 06, 2013 at 08:55 PM

I don't know what wormhole WDC traveled through to find this giant satchel of AWeSOME but I hope he goes back and brings us more...

Adam

Aug 07, 2013 at 02:11 AM

Wormhole

Wes Tillman

Aug 08, 2013 at 12:00 AM

Pretty crazy footage from the San Rafael Twilight. Might be worth watching on mute unless you're a fan of awful fart step dub step.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1V5rARJEEM

twoyacks

Aug 08, 2013 at 02:19 PM

My aversion to all things carbon has led many to believe that I am a Luddite. Not true, in fact without the panoramic technology in my i-phone 5...my new profile pic would not be possible...

jerseys.jpg

Phil Maronilla

Aug 08, 2013 at 03:07 PM

RIDER VS BIKE: WHICH MAKES THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE

http://cyclingtips.com.au/2013/08/rider-vs-bike-which-makes-the-biggest-difference/

Like we don't know the answer.. right?

Craig Zolan

Aug 08, 2013 at 03:20 PM

twoyacks said:

My aversion to all things carbon has led many to believe that I am a Luddite. Not true, in fact without the panoramic technology in my i-phone 5...my new profile pic would not be possible...

While I understand the jerseys are in chronological order, the symmetry is all off. You really should have the dots jersey in the middle.

twoyacks

Aug 08, 2013 at 04:00 PM

True Craig...but a reshoot is impractical as I have already placed them into a cryogenic deep freeze. Dropping them in was easy...its the getting them out part that sucks...

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Jules

Aug 08, 2013 at 04:06 PM

Curiously no mention of the fact that through the years those Jerseys have been supported by a team riding 90% carbon bikes...

twoyacks

Aug 08, 2013 at 05:00 PM

Of this there can be no question....but let's also honor some welded frames that have blazed a path...Mattio Montesano and his aluminum Co-Motion, Al Barouh and his CAAD 8, Dan Reiners and his Cyfac, Tito and his CAAD 6, Jim Nelson and his Van Dessel Hellafaster, William Doyle Capitmon = Hellafaster, Clayton Bruckert = Hellafaster, David Yang = Schwinn Paramount STEEL baby, Aaron Blume = Felt aluminum, Brendan Rigby = CAAD 10, Eloy Anzola = System Six (there is aluminum sandwiched in there, Dan McMahon = Merlin titanium, Dr. Charlie = Litespeed Titanium....there are more but I am old and forgetful....

twoyacks

Aug 08, 2013 at 05:03 PM

Norm Swygart = Independent Fabrication steel & Spooky Skeletor

Jules

Aug 08, 2013 at 05:14 PM

EGAD!

http://www.steelfiber.com/carbon_fibers.html

Jeffrey White

Aug 10, 2013 at 12:55 AM

GuysGuysGuys ....

Yeah. Yacks's poignant tribute to the metal-riding Kissenas who won him so much Lycra glory was touching. Emotional stuff. What have you.

But I don't understand why everyone on this forum isn't FREAKING OUT about the crit video Wes posted. Because I am FREAKING OUT. I've watched it three times now. That's like 20 minutes of my life, people. There's this one part, when number 80 in the white was diving all kinds of crazy-ass inside lines and picking up 5, 6 wheels at a corner, and I was all, "dude, this 80 guy is SUUUPER SKETCH," and then BOOM!, two corners later his luck runs out! He touches wheels and hurtles backwards out of the picture like a freaking Tie Fighter running the Death Star gauntlet on Luke's wing. And what about the time when about five dudes right in front of the camera bro got so hopelessly tangled with each other that it could only be THE END, but somehow managed to do some kind of weird leaning-back-and-forth-come-on-shake-your-body-baby-do-that-conga-Miami Sound Machine routine, during which time they enter and exit a 90-degree turn, and when they finally get back on their own lines, some extremely-lucky-to-be-alive bro promptly ATTACKS! Why are people not talking about this?!

Vlad gets a pass. If he saw that video he's probably gone fetal in the corner of his apartment, alternately sucking his thumb and angrily berating some unseen antagonist.

Jules

Aug 10, 2013 at 01:29 AM

#80 didn't touch wheels he got caught behind the guy high-siding straight into his HMO paperwork... 4:44 in...

twoyacks

Aug 10, 2013 at 02:10 AM

This seems like a good idea...hold a crit, at dusk, with patches of stadium lighting, bar-grabbing metal barriers and a narrow course....What could go wrong?

twoyacks

Aug 10, 2013 at 03:01 AM

Whitey since I can't send you a Xanax over the internet to calm your frayed nerves. I've decided to upload this JPEG which will wipe out any memory of the crit video (and may just wipe out any memory of anything). I give you....Clay Aiken and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat !!!

You're welcome...

Yacks

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WilliamDC

Aug 10, 2013 at 12:33 PM

bless your heart, chris

Jeff Owens

Aug 11, 2013 at 01:58 PM

I have got to get a ram. Look how cute and badass this little guy is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxdJj2blCpM#at=17

Scott Reynolds

Aug 13, 2013 at 04:43 PM

Wes Tillman said:

Pretty crazy footage from the San Rafael Twilight. Might be worth watching on mute unless you're a fan of awful fart step dub step. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1V5rARJEEM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=5Kod1q39ddE

Sweet, sweet dubstep

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