bloodline bicycle racing is in decline.....

you have been instructed to meet me
at http://moonshinercx.blogspot.com/

what is the difference between a fool and kook

gravel road racing
almonzo
dirty benjamin
gravel world championship

mountain bike racing
wors
mnscs

february events

so far in MSP we have

• stupor bowl on february 6th
  
• ice bikeloppet

ice bike racing 2009

moonshine cyclocross
sunday nights
9:30 pm

54th str. W and Penn ave. S
in

S. MPLS

december 6, 13, 20, and 27
january, february & march... etc

moonshine cyclocross
sunday nights
9:30 pm

54th str. W and Penn ave. S
in

S. MPLS

december 6th, 13, 20, and 27
january and february... etc

a recent exchange(final update)

1. By moonshiner at 10:30 pm on Dec 2, 2009 | Comment | Reply if you are on a bike, it’s timed and there is a trophy it’s a race, fucking roadies… promoters are getting raped for insurance, support and ’sanctioning’… bootleg it all
2. By Smithers at 12:00 am on Dec 3, 2009 | Comment | Reply

   @moonshiner: bootleg it all

   Great idea. I look forward to your next bootleg criterium. Good luck running that past the local cops.

   Your bootleg cyclocross races are a great idea too. Bikes in parks totally pisses off local residents as it is. Having no permission from the city for your race will assure that any promoter that wants to actually promote a legit race in the park in the future will get refused due to all the ill will generated.

   Bootleg road race? Go ahead. And when the parent of some kid who crashes and gets paralyzed comes looking for someone to sue their ass off I will go ahead and POINT THEM TO YOUR FUCKING FACEBOOK PAGE PROMOTING THE NON-PERMITTED EVENT.

   Hope you have lots of personal liability insurance.

3. By andrew rosenberg at 7:56 am on Dec 3, 2009 | Comment | Reply

   all interesting points, let me see how this works: i register(read pay money) my ‘club’ with MCF so i get the privilege to promote a race, then do I pay a second fee to USAC for the sanction and insurance or not? and how much is the city/county permit? feel free to enlighten me, the ‘closed door system’ of information management surrounding these questions baffles me. believe me i have gone to the executive of MCF and met with resistance and indifference. let’s have an easy and informative session for independant promoters and we’ll talk, until the ‘the man’ stops harshing my mellow i’m goin’ to continue to promote non-permitted events/races i’m trying to get the bean counters and insurance accountants out of my race that’s all. is it any wonder that the president of MCF is in the finance industry?

update:;4 hours later

By Smithers at 12:33 pm on Dec 3, 2009 | Comment | Reply

@andrew rosenberg: you really are a dumbass. you totally missed my point.

good luck, you’ll need lots of it.

i let it go on for a while after this, in the immortal words of bob dylan

let me see who is the dumbass and who is being left behind, when you go your way and i go mine

evening cyclocross race tonight, next wk, and the week after that, and so on...

ran across the venue just down from cafe maude. i looked for the terrain along the creek and a little spot to whet your whistle before and after. stay tuned for the date but i think we'll do it on a sunday . night or day?

update: follow up here
http://www.facebook.com/pages/bloodline-bicycle-racing/132436985471?v=app_2344061033#/event.php?eid=203358413981&index=1

embracing the role of independent promoter

i have a few ideas for winter bike racing:
1. cyclocross on cross country trails in wirth park
2. cyclocross in a construction zone
3. historic cyclocross, bring an 80's frame built up for cyclocross, nothing that you could buy at a 'new bike' shop
4. off road night racing: course marked by light stix, flares, torches, or better yet rabbits dipped in gasoline coated in tar and lit on fire

do you sense a theme? i'm planning on creating races that i would like to see. that i would like to compete in.... anybody else interested?

alley cat in beijing?

http://pedalblock.com/2009/11/beijing-alleycat/

http://teambeerd.com/?p=220

loaded for bear...

there is a 105 mile gravel road race next month, the ragnarok 105. This competition is becoming a minnesota classic steeped in viking lore, 'ragnarok' in the sagas signifys the twilight of the gods.

I will be competing in the randonnee` and hope to be among the few making it in just under the time limit of 12 hours(or less). it's going on in Redwing, MN and the surrounding environs, surprising there is no charge for registration, there is also very little outside support, compete at your own risk, said the man.

wish me luck.