2012 NACCC - Richmond Virginia

North American Cycle Courier Championships are going down this weekend.  Our very own "Haulass" will be up there repping it for DTLA and re-bidding for NACCC - LA 2014!  Wish him luck and bring back a win for us Luis!

Animal House

Animal House Alley Cat Race
(This race will consist of 8 checkpoints all based on the movie)

15-20 mile course (depending what route you take)
8 Checkpoints
(Racers will have to perform a task at checkpoints)

All Bikes are Welcome
U-locks are NEEDED!!

Meet at the BRIDGE (4th & Flower)


Course Map:
(coming soon)

Register at 12:00p
Race at 1:00 SHARP!

$5 Donation will go towards the West Side Invite - Los Angeles 2012
BBQ/Food will be at the Finish Line!


We guarantee this race to be as much fun as the movie itself.
Messenger Style Born Cycling!!

AIDS Lyfecycle Fundraiser

THE LIL HOMIE ROBERT aka "CHICKEN HAWK" IS HAVING A FUNDRAISER.  GET OUT THERE SUNDAY AND SUPPORT.

Details:
My Name’s Robert Pacheco, i’m a 21 yr old bike nerd, commuter, and ocassional street racer. From June 3rd to the 9th i will be taking on one of the biggest challenges i have set my mind to. 545 MILES, from San Francisco To Los Angeles, the AIDS Lifecycle 2012, along with thousands of other cyclist, all to raise money and awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS. We ride because the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center agencies need funding to provide the critical services and education needed to meet the growing needs of our community. Ultimately, we ride so that someday, we won’t have to.
I have been riding a bike for 3 years now. I will be doing all 545 miles on what i know best, my track back. Single speed, fixed gear. This will be the longest ride i have ever done on my bike.
On Sunday, May 27, 2012, i will be hosting a fundraiser and a race, all to raise money to reach my goal of $3,000. A cover charge of $10 will get you a plate of food, a drink, and the opportunity to race for a few prizes. There will also be raffles, a few custom art pieces from local artists. The big raffle will be for a complete fixed gear bike. Any donation is welcome, $5, $20, $50, $100, $250 anything and everything will be fully appreciated. I have set up a paypal account, the link I will provide below or come visit me at Orange 20 bikes in east hollywood.
PARTY
Sunday May 27, 2012
Starts at 600pm
Orange 20 Bikes
4351 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90029
RACE
start at 700pm
fun short fast
any bike welcome
1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes
RAFFLES
$3 CUSTOM ART PIECES
$10 COMPLETE BIKE
$5 GOLD SPRINTS
LOTERIA
BINGO
ANY DONATIONS CAN BE MADE TO MY PAYPAL EMAIL
aroxr08@yahoo.com
OR
to my AIDS Lifecycle account
OR
Come see me at Orange 20 Bikes

TOC -DTLA

The ‘Nissan Ride Before the Pros’, taking place in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday May 20, 2012 from 8:00-9:30 AM, will allow cyclists of all levels to ride on a 5-mile closed circuit course which will be part of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California’s eighth and final stage taking place that same day. FREE to participants of all experience levels, the Nissan Ride Before the Pros will begin and end at the official finish line where the professional riders competing in the 2012 Amgen Tour of California will cross to complete the 42.6-mile stage they started in Beverly Hills on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills earlier that day.   

 Riders taking part in the event, which begins at L.A. LIVE at the foot of STAPLES Center, will head up Olive Street passing Pershing Square before a “sprint” past the historic Biltmore Hotel, up a challenging incline while heading towards Disney Hall and the Los Angeles County Music Center. The riders will ultimately reach City Hall and City Hall Park before making a loop back towards the iconic Jewelry District prior to arriving back at the L.A. LIVE district.   

Along the way, riders will also pass hundreds of iconic downtown restaurants, businesses, museums and other landmarks with thousands of residents and fans lining the streets cheering them on while waiting for the best professional riders in the world to pass by shortly thereafter along the eight and final stage of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California.

REGISTRATION

D.C. Messenger Style!

Wolfpack Midnight Drag Race 2012

Where The Hell Is Waldo 3

The homie Justin (KNICE) is throwing his third installment of "WHERE THE HELL IS WALDO"
 Here are a few words from Knice describing the race:

"This is an all city “Alley Kat Style” Scavenger hunt race. Cyclist are given an address and clues of where to find Waldo (real person or wheat paste) at key landmarks through out the city. No route, however you get there is up to your knowledge of the city. This year, in honor of our 3 year anniversary, we will be hosting the WHIS3 in Brooklyn NY, Los Angeles CA, and San Antonio, TX on the same day!!! After parties are TBA, but request to host have already been put in our ear. As you know we like to ride hard and play hard so lets have fun!!!!" Hope to see everyone at this event...don't miss out!

Support Knice Clothing!

kniceclothing.com/

Facebook Event here!

675 (Melissa) Memorial Bridge Race - Video

Check out this nice edit put together by our very own CACHE1:
This was one awesome race thru the streets of LA.  The concept was to race thru all the bridges that shoot out and back into down town . The route was 13 miles of heart pumping sprints and running red lights, the messenger way!  We dedicate this race in memory of all our fallen messenger friends, including our dear friend Melissa "Mouse" who past away last year on 4-20....peace out!

675 alley cat race. from cache cache on Vimeo.

Custom Road Runner Roll Top Bag

"City of Los Angeles" Custom Roll Top made by RoadRunnerBags.
RoadRunnerBags are100% hand made by two California locals, located in Long Beach.
I'm very impressed and loving all the custom touches and secret compartments!

 

Custom Material courtesy of the city of Los Angeles

I.D. / Spoke Card Display

 40oz. Holster

3lb. NY Lock Holster

And many other "secret" stashes!

Thanks Brad...We'll be in contact soon.

Shop RoadRunnerBags on Etsy here!

RoadRunnerBags Facebook here!

http://roadrunnerbags.wordpress.com/

Reckless Behavior Race!

Facebook Event here!

SAVE THE DAY
BRING HELMETS & HAVE AT LEAST 1 BRAKE!
Registration : 1:oo p.m
Race starts at 2:30p.m<---SHARP!

RECKLESS BEHAVIOR IS A CLOTHING COMPANY NOTHING DEALING ABOUT BEING RECKLESS ...

The Race is 16 miles !
Check Point# 1
Check Point# 2
Check Point# 3
Will be announced on the day of the Race,
If you done all 3 Reckless Behavior Training's
You'll do GREAT! :)
-Training Sessions 1,2,3...
https://www.facebook.com/events/351690748216167/
https://www.facebook.com/events/324432680950220/
https://www.facebook.com/events/179644005487600/

Yes there will be Route slips to tell you where your checkpoints are at on the day of the race.

Men's Category : 1st 2nd & 3rd Overall
Women's Category : 1st 2nd & 3rd Overall
18 & Under Boy's : 1st
18 & Under Girl's : 1st

After Party BBQ/Food Not Bombs & Prizes for winners : Sunset Triangle

Sponsors : Would like to sponsor the Race?
Email me: Jun28lin@yahoo.com
Or Message MeMeiMeow.
http://www.recklessbehaviorla.com/
http://1000bikes.org/
http://www.cranklaclothing.com/
http://palmscycle.com/
http://www.etsy.com/shop/RoadRunnerBags
http://www.kniceclothing.com/
http://www.trafikpictures.com/
http://www.originalbikeco.com/
http://www.freqntflyr.com/
http://strykerlosangeles.com/blog/?p=2234
http://la-bike.org/projects/bici-libre (BIKE VALET)We have bike valet for afterparty

675.....by Cache1

Still in our hearts.  We miss you Melissa!

675 (Melissa) Memorial Bridge Race

675 (Melissa) Memorial Bridge Race
(This race will consist of going up-and-over 9 bridges)

13.08 Mile course
7 Checkpoints
(Racers will not have to do anything special at checkpoints, just a simple hand-stamp. This will be a fast-paced course/race)

All Bikes are Welcome
Messenger Bags or U-locks are NOT needed!

Meet at the BRIDGE (4th & Flower)
Course Map

Register at 8:30p
Race at 9:30 SHARP!

$5 Donation will go towards the Westside Invite - Los Angeles 2012

The finish line will be at the Battle of Los Angeles!
Get your game face one....go out there and study the course!

L.A.B.M.A. - WILA2012

About:  

Los Angeles Bike Messengers Associations host our 1st WestSide Invitational 

 

Description:

The Westside Invite is an Annual Urban Bike Messenger/Cycling Event that brings bicycle messengers, bicycle commuters, cycling advocates and community leaders together for a week end of biking events, community forums and awards ceremonies.

Running for over 10yrs strong, (originating in Portland, Oregon) the Westside Invite has moved along through several different cities, including Seattle and San Francisco. 

Downtown Los Angeles is thrilled to play host to this year’s event for our booming crowd of cycling enthusiasts, bicycle messengers and guests from all over North America and the all over the world.

We will be hosting one benefit race each month from now, leading up to November.
WILA 2012 will be held from November 9th - 12th (Veterano's Day Weekend)
Please mark your calendars, as this will be an Epic Event you will never forget.


For all future events, updates and details...please "like" our WILA2012 Facebook Page.
Anyone interested in promoting or sponsoring WILA2012, please contact: ashdtla@gmail.com or iggycortes@gmail.com


Thank You Very Much for you support and don't forget your passports or greencards!

"Pot of Gold" - Chrome Yalta

It's going down tonight.  

Tonight's race will be a quick, fun checkpoint style race all inside DTLA.

Winner will take this Chrome Yalta BackPack.

All proceeds will go towards the WILA2012.

Please "like" the WILA2012 Facebook page and spread the word.
Thank You CHROME & ORANGE20 BIKES for sponsoring our Alleycat!
Come and support your local Messengers.

 

"Pot of Gold" Scramble

LABMA (Los Angeles Bike Messenger Association) brings you the 2nd installment benefiting the Westside Invite - Los Angeles. Iggy has put a nice scramble for everyone to enjoy.....Messenger Style!  Please come out show your love and support for your local bike messengers.   See ya'll Friday!

Marco Pantani Commemorative Ride

Meet @ the WALL 7:00p
Click here for meet point

Ride at 8:00p
Click here for Map
BYOB (Bring Your Own Bike!)

Facebook RSVP here!

Concrete Jungle 2/28/12

Hey Everyone, the LABMA (Los Angeles Bike Messenger Association) is going to be throwing monthly race's to raise funds for our featured upcoming event, the WestSide Invite. We will be holding races each month from Febuary thru November and all proceeds will be going to help fund this enormous undertaking. Your participation will highly be appreciated during these upcoming events. We are working our hardest to bring you a blowout event in November and we hope that you can join us. THANKS..

3yrs of BASTARDNESS!!

4TH Annual "YOU'RE NOT WORTHY" (Winter) Century Ride is coming up at the end of this month.  Be there Bastards or else.....!

4th Annual "YOU'RE NOT WORTHY" (Winter) Century Ride

You know the drill.....if you don't show up.....YOU'RE NOT WORTHY!  BYOB!

Lucas Brunelle on Vimeo

Lucas Brunelle from Benny Zenga on Vimeo.

TOLA x CHR Winter Series 2012

All race details here:
http://takeoverla.wordpress.com/

First TOLA Races of the year. Every Friday in February. Starting this Friday!

Details on all the races for Feb:

*Race #1
Feb. 3rd: (**This Friday**) There and Back
Meet up: Chinatown Metro
W. College St. and N. Alameda St. Chinatown, DTLA
Registration: 7pm
Race: 8pm

*Race #2
Feb. 10th: Crit
Meet up: TBA
Registration: 7pm
Race: 8pm

*Race #3
Feb. 17th: Sprints
Meet up: Orange 20
4351 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Registration: 7pm
First Draw: 7:30
Style: Head to Head, Single elimination until winner.
Grudge Matches to follow. So feel free to call fools out.

*Final Race:
Feb. 24th: Checkpoints
Meet up: Orange 20
4351 Melrose Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90029
Registration: 7pm
Race at 8pm

Phuk CARS!

13th Annual Cranksgiving Charity Ride -NY

Time: November 19, 2011 from 12:30pm to 7pm
Location: Midtown
Street: 23rd St and East River
City/Town: New York, NY
Website or Map: http://cranksgiving.org/2010/

Wolfpack Hustle - The All City Century - 11/21/11

From Midnight Riddaz website:

Hard to believe that this is our 5th Annual ALL CITY CENTURY.

MEET: SUNSET AND FOUNTAIN
START: 10PM SHARP (show up at 9:30 and review the route)

100 Miles to celebrate 5 years of weekly Los Angeles Street ASSAULT We've hit just about every street in EVERY corner of Los Angeles County and on this night we will take this superior experience and knowledge of LA and bring the pain. The route will cover some of LA's BEST downhills.... which of course means... you know the deal.

WOLFPACK HUSTLE BRING IT:

HELMETS
LIGHTS
THORN RESISTANT TIRES
YOUR HUSTLE

Facebook event here!

My Message is Bicycle - Jimmy Lizama

DTLA Messenger (Jimmy Lizama) has a message for you!

Cranksgiving XI - Los Angeles

Everyone get ready for the biggest Alley Cat of the Year.....Messenger Style! 
This year's Cranksgiving will be in loving memory of our fallen soldier Melissa (Ride in Paradise)

U-lock Mob, EPC & DTLA Messengers invites everyone to our 11th Annual Cranksgiving Benefit Race!

We've been doing this Messenger Style Alleycat race for the past ten years and every year it just keeps getting bigger and better. The format will basically be the same with... slight changes.

FREE Registration @ 5:30p
Start at Orange20
Finish at Orange20

Race Starts @ 7:30p

Racers will be required to bring a bag and u-lock and $ for purchasing items at given grocery stores. To be accounted for, racers MUST check in at the finish line with all items on manifests and a receipt for each.

  All food is donated to Para Los Niños, and then distributed to local families in need. Come support an awesome race for an awesome cause!

Afteryparty behind Orange20!

Track Cycling

Colombian Juan Arango (L) stands by to compete in the Omnium 1 Kilometers Time Trial race of the XVI Panamerican Games in Guadalajara, Mexico on October 19, 2011. Arango won a Gold Medal (Photo by Raul Arboleda/AFP/Getty Images)

 Jolien D 'Hoore of Belgium competes after she fell during the European Track Cycling Championships in Apeldoorn, on October 22, 2011. (Photo by Anp/ Vincent Jannink Netherlands Out - Belgium Out/AFP/Getty Images)

Czech cyclist Denis Spicka (R) falls in the keirin heats at the European Track Championships on October 23, 2011 at the Omnisport in Apeldoorn. AFP PHOTO / VINCENT JANNINK - netherlands out - belgium out -

 Iljo Keisse of Belgium takes the relay from teammate Kenny De Ketele, right, during the men madison at the European Championships Track Cycling in Apeldoorn, eastern Netherlands, Sunday Oct. 23, 2011.

 Britain's Jason Kenny, foreground, pushes his wheel over the finish line ahead of Maximilian Levy of Germany during the quarter final of the men 200 meters time trial at the European Championships Track Cycling in Apeldoorn, eastern Netherlands, Saturday Oct. 22, 2011.

Images from here:  Yahoo Sports!

Messengers Stage Race from Boston To Washington DC

From:  Messengers Race From Boston To Washington DC - BikeRadar

This week a handful of cycling messengers finished an alley cat-style stage race, called East Coast Messenger Stage Race (ECMSR), spanning from Boston to Washington DC. Team Wolfpack swept the podium, with Aram Dellalian winning the race with a total accumulated general classification time of 26:21:54.
Dellalian's teammates, Fabian Vazquez and Jon Budinoff took second and third respectively, with respective times of 26:23:30 and 26:49:13.

The first annual event finished Tuesday 26 September after a competitive five days of racing and orienteering inspired by a combination of popular underground urban messenger events and traditional road racing. “I've used the term messenger partly to honor my background and this event's inspiration, and partly to signal to participants the unconventional and largely self-sufficient spirit of my race,” said event promoter Austin Horse.


“Competitive tours have long been the ultimate form of bike racing, or at least the most inspiring,” he said. “Often when I'm racing alone and unsupported on open roads I take courage from the stories of the early years of the grand tours. Over the years people in the messenger community have organized point-to-point races across long distances. A primary goal has been to get everybody from one city to another for some purpose.”

Organizers of the ECMSR limited the field size to 30 messengers, who were categorized individually or as part of a team.

The event will kicked off on September 22 at Revolution Bikes in Boston, Massachusetts. From there messengers made their way to Devils Gear Bike Shop in New Haven, Connecticut. Stage two took riders from New Haven to Times Up! and the Brooklyn Bike Jumble in Brooklyn, New York. Stage three took riders from New York City to the Sweathogs Racing and ReLoad Bags in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The penultimate stage four ran between Philadelphia and the HoldFast and Bmore Fixed in Baltimore, Maryland. The final stage of the five-day event finished in Washington DC on Tuesday.

The USA is no stranger to top-level messenger racing and will host the 2012 Cycle Messenger World Championships in Chicago, Illinois. The event is expected to attract upwards of 800 messengers, as only those who working as bike messengers are eligible for the world title. This year’s Cycle Messenger Championships was held from July 27-31 in Warsaw, Poland.

You can follow BikeRadar on Twitter at twitter.com/bikeradar and on Facebook at facebook.com/BikeRadar.

Chicken Hawk Racing Presents: Trick or Treat Race!

Support the lil' homie Robert Pacheco aka Chicken Hawk. He's throwing a Halloweenie Checkpoint race this October. Check out his Tuesday Night Track (TNT) Ride as well. TNT is every Tuesday night @ 9pm, starting from 20.

DTLA GPX2011 - Crit#1 Tunnel Vision (Video)

Sick footage....thanks to BICINITY. Music is perfect!

DTLA GPX2011 from The Bicinity on Vimeo.

DTLA Messenger Bike of the Day!

G-Stars Landshark!

Stolen BIke - $500 REWARD

Fellow Downtown Messenger's Bike was stolen Friday night in DTLA.  We are asking for everyone's help in getting it back.  If anyone's sees or knows anything about its disappearing, please message our Facebook Page.  The owner of the bike (Sammy) is offering a $500 reward!  Please help.  Below are the specs:

2004 Titanium Frame (with red INDEPENDENT sticker)
Carbon Reynolds Fork
FSA Carbon Cranks
FSA Stem
Chris King Headset
Dura Ace Brakes
Dura Ace Shifters
Dura Ace Pedal
Dura Ace Rear Derailler
Dura Ace Front Derailler
Thompson Seatpost
Easton Wheelset
Black/Red bar wrap
.

Premium Rush Official Trailer!

KNICE Clothing - Fall Release Party!

Justin is throwing his KNICE Clothing Fall Release Party!  Be there tonight after the TERMINATOR alleycat! 

District Designs Online Store

MADE IN LOS ANGELES!!

Shop DD here: 
http://districtdesigns.net/

"the TERMINATOR" - First Place Prize

Are you guys ready for TERMINATOR??  Don't forget, it's going down tomorrow 6p Sharp!
First Place overall will take this Leader 725 Frame/Fork, courtesy of EL MAESTROS Bike Shop.  Thank You Mannie for the awesome prize and for always supporting your local messengers.  Everyone, make sure to stop by this shop and check out their huge selection of bikes and bike accessories.

806 S Main St
Los Angeles, CA 90014
Neighborhood: Downtown

(213) 627-0580 

Hours:  Mon-Fri 10:00am - 6:00pm / Sun 11:00am - 3:00pm

elmaestrobicycles.com

DTLA Messenger Bike Porn of the Day!