Swansea's first Alleycat(as far as i know) was put on by the good people of Fixed Gear Wales on Saturday 3rd October 2009.....21 riders turned out on a blustery Saturday afternoon for what looked a pretty big course with plenty of hills...can't go too far in Swansea without hitting a hill and some of them are steep, steep, steep......I wish i was in this race, it looked like a lot of fun but my long standing torn muscle put an end to cycling 8 weeks ago at Cuckfield bowl....soon though, i can feel it.
Didn't know anyone from the Swansea fixie scene so felt like a bit of an intruder at first hobling around with ione in the pushchair pointing a longlens camera at people having a quiet race on the streets of Swansea but i soon made it clear i wasn't the man bringing things down man...i hope...everyone was super friendly so it was cool.
I'm pretty sure there are no couriers in Swansea but some of the out of towners from Cardiff, Bristol and Dublin could have been....not that that makes any difference, this alleycat had published all the checkpoints on the Fixed Gear Wales website a week before so it was pretty different from the alleycats i've been in....how this worked out i don't know as i was tied to the start by my injury, lack of bike and puchchair...it was the Bookworm Alleycat so book in back pocket the riders sped off to a selection of Swansea's libraries to collect stamps.....check out the website over the next few days for results/report/video and pictures.......in the meantime here are a few pictures i snapped.
Not only did they get 21 riders for their first race they also managed to get a mountain of prizes so it looked like everyone who entered must have got somekind of prize, looking forward to seeing the reports and the next race if this one didn't put them off, don't think so somehow with all the smiling faces. Cool prizes came from Hell Yeah who have some cool designs especially their homage to Nausea..... Tokyo Fixed Gear, Howies....the list is a long one but Fixed Gear Wales has the list......Anyway roll on the next one and in the meantime i'll try riding my bike again as soon as the pain goes away.
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Cheers for coming down (even with bad leg and small child!) Was good to meet you. I was left at the Start/finish, first watching everone leave, then waiting and hour for people to come back in. Was a success and not a bad effort for our first ever race! Keep in touch and we should hook up for a ride/skate when you're better. Evs
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