RANDALL'S ISLAND TRACKLOCROSS SERIES 2008

TRACKLOCROSS: FIRST MUD PART II
APRIL 11, 2009 ***
Tracklocross@gmail.com



CLICK HERE FOR THE FLYER!

Friday, April 3, 2009

GET EXCITED

Flyer is updated, with reg and start times.

3 PM Registration - here.
4 PM race.

THIS RACE WILL START ON TIME.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

PHOTO PREVIEW

Get excited. Organizers scouted the course last night. Here's a teaser of what you're in for:








Get psyched. Eleven days to go.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Sponsoring Shops:
Trackstar has been supporting New York City races for years. They are an institution and a mainstay and they kicked off this whole thing about "track bike boutiques" by doing it right - a great shop and an excellent resource.

Continuum Cycles does right by the racinng scene and by the rest of the neighborhood, too, and we're glad to have them back on board.

NYC Velo has a rep for being a great neighborhood racing shop. Plus, Laek House got their start in their basement.

Bike Works NYC employs one of the best wheelbuilders in the city, Arone. Since we foresee crashing, it's only right to offer prizes that help address likely damages.

You heard of Brooklyn Machine Works back when your older brother was into downhill bikes, and now you can't wait to get your hands on a Gangsta Track.

Sponsors:
Taliah Lempert does bicycle portraits - how cool is that?
Ghostship Clothing, from CT, made us awesome Tracklocross shirts last year and we're psyched to have them back!
Mishka has been hooking up riders thanks to Prolly.
The Elm City Scorchers are New Haven's bad-ass bike crew. They throw some brutal alleycats and some extremely friendly parties... their races are always so well organized and I can't believe more NYC people don't take the 90 minute train ride up there to race more often. Glad to have them on board.
Swrve makes some great gear for the urban cyclist!
Outlier is getting into the game with some high-tec fabrics.
Urban Velo is a magazine about riding bikes in cities and they've sent us a full box of stuff.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

RULE ANNOUNCEMENT

We here at Tracklocross Headquarters would like to take this opportunity to announce some simple things about Tracklocross 2009:

1. FIXED OR SLICKS RULE
: Your bike must either have either a fixed gear, or slick tires no fatter than 25mm. Want to ride your cyclocross bike? Fine, as long as you throw proper road tires on it. Wanna ride your fixed gear? Great. You're allowed to use cross tires. What? You only ride singlespeeds? All right, just make sure it has slicks.

2. SPECIAL TRACK BIKE CATEGORY: There will be a special prize for the highest-placing rider riding a track bike. By track bike, we mean a bike with: a fixed gear, geared at greater than or equal to 49x16 (700x23c). Plugged drop bars. No brakes. Slick tires.

That is all. Thank you for your attention.

Thursday, February 26, 2009

TRACKLOCROSS 2009 UPDATE

NEW FOR 2009!

April 11th.
Randall's Island.
TRACKLOCROSS: FIRST MUD PART II.
See flyer here.

Are you ready for the Madness?

Mud, Sweat, and Tears was 2008's most innovative race series and the piece de resistance, Randall's Island Tracklocross was a brutal cross between alleycat and cyclocross racing, forcing riders to wade through water, run through mud (or risk a tumble), and scramble up and down soft dirt hills - to get to the finish line muddy and broken, and for only one person, victorious.

Stay tuned for sponsors.

If you are interested in supporting Tracklocross 2009, please contact us at tracklocross@gmail.com