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BEIJING'S FIRST FIXED GEAR ALLEYCAT
北京第一个死飞ALLEYCAT

That's right, it's happening! And it's happening soon.

A weekend of parties, bike polo, skid competitions and a grand 'Tour de Pekin' is all set to kick off this June.

Thanks to support from Adidas, some amazing prizes are up for grabs.

ALLEYCAT DETAILS:
Go here: http://tiny.cc/4SwEf for a map of the checkpoints.

Locations are to be confirmed but more or less decided. Any changes will be published with plenty of notice. The race so far includes 12 checkpoints and will start from the gates of the Forbidden City (what a setting!).

First to collect stamps from all checkpoints and reach the finishing station (near the Drum Tower) wins.

Fixie friends from Hong Kong, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Taiwan etc may want to study this map before coming to familiarise yourself with possible routes.

ALL FIXED GEAR RIDERS IN CHINA ARE WELCOME!

Those without places to stay will be able to 'couch surf' with riders in Beijing.

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DRAFT SCHEDULE:

Friday June 12th:
- Night: Party

Saturday June 13th:
- Lunch: Get together
- Afternoon: Bike Polo training
- Late afternoon/early evening: “BEIJING ALLEYCAT // 胡同大猫”: This is Beijing's first fixed gear alleycat race 北京第一个死飞ALLEYCAT
- Late evening prize ceremony and big party for Fixed Gear friends

Sunday June 14th:
- Morning: Skid competition, backward circle competition, track stand competition, best trick competition and prize ceremony
- Afternoon: Big Bike Polo match: Teams from different cities playing for the China Bike Polo Champion and prize ceremony
- Evening: Bike movies screening

Note: Ines (who is the fairy godmother of fixed gear tricks) will not participate in the trick competition, she'll act as judge.

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Comment by Koji Ogawa on May 27, 2009 at 8:08pm

gr8!!
I wanna attend it If my visa acquisition will be done in time.
but now is vague.....

Comment by Ines on May 21, 2009 at 9:30pm

"飞轮" means freewheel. "死" means dead, so
"死飞" means non-freewheel = fixed gear

Comment by WILL on May 20, 2009 at 3:59pm

so cool!
I can"t attened this event,but I hope all of U will be HAPPY!!

Comment by Johan v B on May 17, 2009 at 7:53pm

Much as I would like to attend, my plane ticket to Beijing only says August 19, so I'm looking forward to meeting some riders then.

So, "死飞" means fixed riding, or fixie bike? That's interesting.

Comment by James on May 15, 2009 at 7:08pm

hey nick, the bike polo might open up to other bikes other than fixed if you're interested?

tyler - if you and your mates click 'attend' for now, we'll try and sort out a proper register soon and get back to you. still organising checkpoints etc atm. looking forward to having you guys up here!

Comment by Nick on May 14, 2009 at 4:10pm

Sounds brilliant! Sorry I've been out of touch, been busy with music stuff but I won't miss this. Might be more a spectator than anything due to still lacking a bike but looks like it should be a sweet event!

Comment by Tyler Duncan Bowa on May 14, 2009 at 3:00pm

how do i 'register' for the event ??

we have a team of 4 riders that want to enter the alleycat race, and a team of 3 that want to enter the polo competition . .

please let me know !! thanks - all the way from shanghai.

Comment by James on May 13, 2009 at 10:01pm

The alleycat will be on Saturday but we'll be throwing a welcome party on the Friday night which would be worth coming to. The Polo etc will all take place on the Sunday.

Looking forward to having you ride with us!

Comment by MikeB on May 13, 2009 at 12:53pm

Cool, and would it be possible to know the date of the race itself? I'm begging my boss to let me go to this but in case I can't get the whole weekend off I'd like to try and at least show up for the race.

Comment by James on May 13, 2009 at 12:35pm

It's going to be limited to fixed gear and track bikes with single speed for now.

It's not likely to be opened up to others but, we'll look at the demand and maybe re-evaluate later.

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