Cross Club starts tonight!

It’s going to be epic.

Are you registered?

I am.

Really? WTF does this error mean?

At lease Final Cut Pro is good for a laugh.

An era in Seattle messenger and cycling culture has ended. The Queen Anne Counterbalance has closed. There’s a lot of culture on those walls.

R.I.P. CBB QA

Saturday saw a Glee themed flash mob in Seattle. Over 1000 dancers danced in three locations around town. Watch the video here:

of what’s to come soon.

I’m so excited to get the photos from todays shoot out that I couldn’t even wait to long enough to get my own watermark on this photo:

Thanks to Bobby Bonsey for taking the photographs and Jermaine, who’s bike is showed.

More photos coming this week.

Bicycle scavenger hunt and roller races
presented by:
Counterbalance Bicycles

Saturday February 13th.
Scavenger hunt meets at Counterbalance Park (Roy st. and Queen Anne Ave N) at 12:00 pm
Race starts at 1:00 pm
Fun House doors open at 3:00 pm
Gold Sprints start at 4:00pm
2 Person teams

Kona Bikes has generously donated prizes for the alley cat and roller race to be held at The Funhouse on Feb 13, including a bike that will be raffled off! Can’t beat that.

Other prizes and services provided by Traitor Cycles, Babeland, Nuun, New Belgium, and Emerald Sprints.

The sun may set at 4:20 pm, but who cares when it looks like this?

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The Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships 2009, Portland OR.

Check out the full gallery of pics here.

Saturday morning. Pouring rain. Freezing cold. Good thing I don’t own a rain coat.

There were more Seattlites that showed up than Portlanders (so it seemed). No one from SF was there.

Saturday night hosted the first of a three part competition to find out who would host the SSXCWC in 2010.

SEA vs. SF

Isn’t that a grudge match you’ve been waiting for your whole life?

Sally from Seattle answering the most important question of the night:

“IUD’s or DUI’s?”

This is the part where I scream so loud I completely lose my voice and can’t talk for a whole week.

As muddy as cross should be.

At this point you should all be wondering where the Holy Grail of NW Cyclocross was. Let me show you.

And of course, the main race.

A botched Le Mans start:

Heckled through the thunderdome:

What it really felt like:

By the way, SEA beat SF in the race, of course.

Two gladiators face off in the thunderdome after the race for the final competition to see who will host the SSCXWC in 2010.

Yes, that is Seattle body slamming San Fransisco in the mud. That’s right.

Good bye, and good night.

Ahhh Yeah. Messquerade 2009.

and

Photo courtesy of Gergis Maximus