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Reportage By: John Watson

Dan Chabanov’s Lens – Training and Racing in Arizona for Foundation

I’ve been a long time fanboy of Dan Chabanov, in case you can’t tell. He rode through the alleycat rankings in NYC, raced at Kissena and then moved rapidly up through the road racing circuit. Last year, he even raced for Richard Sachs. Before the Red Hook Crit, he and his Foundation teammates went to Arizona to train and race.

While Dan was there, he shot some disposable cameras for me and when I was in NYC last month, he dropped them off on me. These four rolls follow Dan on solo rides through Oro Valley to Oracle, on training rides with his team, in hotels, back porch haircuts and finally, a 75-minute long crit.

The thing that’s most interesting to me about the subject is that Dan’s a bike racer with a photography background. His playful and whimsical photographs really paint a portrait of what it’s like to travel, train and race. For me, this was a very compelling Guest Gallery. I love that they disassemble their bikes completely and fit them in suitcases. Brilliant.

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Double O Championship Heat 4

Here’s Flwrider‘s 4th heat of the Double O Champtionships.

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The Red Bull #RideNStyle Minidrome is Coming

The 2012 Red Bull Ride N Style event is approaching. The Thursday before the event, the Minidrome will make an appearance and give you a chance to qualify for the race. It doesn’t matter who you are or where you’re from, if you don’t qualify at the pre-event, you don’t race!

Red Bull Ride N Style Pre-event
Mezzanine (444 Jessie St, SF)
6-10pm
Thursday, April 26th

More information to come!

Reportage By: John Watson

Andrew Franciosa at Tour of the Battenkill

This weekend, the last thing I was thinking about was Tour of the Battenkill. Referred to as “America’s Queen of the Classics”, Battenkill is a grueling course, filled with dirt, gravel and any other excuse for a road covering found around Cambridge, New York. For those data-seekers, here’s the Pro Cat 1 / Cat 2 course and here’s the UCI course, where these photos were taken. Bottom line is: this is a grueling race and while I’ve yet to attend, Andrew Franciosa did a great job photographing the event. See for yourself below.

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Rec Fail: Ride + Style Crit Qualifier

Photo by Matt Lingo

This weekend was the Ride N Style Crit qualifier in Phoenix, Arizona. Matt Lingo went down to shoot photos of the event for State Bicycle Co and there’s a post up on Recfail with a lot of great shots.

Don’t worry, this isn’t the official Red Bull RideNStyle qualifier, that’ll take place in SF at the MiniDrome.

Reportage By: John Watson

The 2012 Red Hook Crit

With the media buzz following the Red Hook Crit, I wanted to wait a little bit to put up the rest of my photos. This is a big set, probably the biggest I’ve posted but my intention is to give all the racers a chance to grab their photo if they want. So these photos are free reign, just throw in a little credit. I wanted to thank Dave Trimble for throwing this event and Cinelli USA for making my attendance possible this year. Ok, enough chit chat, check out the photos!

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Tears for Gears: Paris Roubaix Throwback Tech

Guess what year this photo was taken at the Paris Roubaix. Give up? Head to Tears for Gears for the answer and tech background. Nice post Jeremy!

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Rock’n’Rollin: Paris Roubaix Le Film

This project has been in the works for over a year and the RnR team finally has a release date for their Paris Roubaix documentary. Stay tuned on April 25th.

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Backyard Blam’s Cross Up at the Lumber Yard

Dude, I would have destroyed this shit on my Bruiser. Here’s James Wilson‘s video from Backyard Blam‘s the Cross Up at the Lumber Yard. I need to make it up for the next one of these. Thanks for the heads up Amanda, scissor me timbers!

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Hors Course

How are you spending your Sunday? If you’re in Australia, check out the FYXO Hub for your Paris-Roubaix viewing needs and Rapha’s got those bases covered for the Paris-Roubaix Sportive:

“Five Rapha riders set out to ride the Paris-Roubaix parcours in early March 2011 as preparation for the inaugural Paris-Roubaix Sportive to be held one day before the pro event.
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What’s this Easter thing everyone’s talking about? Isn’t that a pagan holiday?

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Night Bike Race São Paulo

I’m sure someone will note that there are a lot of people on the hoods here, rather than the drops for a race. Since I did it for you, can we just get down with this? Looks like a lot of fun and in São Paulo!

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24/7 Bigtime Crit Promo

Here’s a promo video for the 2012 24/7 Bigtime Crit coming to Malaysia.

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Levi’s 2012 Commuter Series Austin Party at Fast Folks

Last night was the Levi’s 2012 Commuter Series party here in Austin at Fast Folks. The event started off with the Hustle and Flow 6th street time trail and ended in a haze of booze and randomness at Cheer Up Charlies. Like last year’s event, people got loose and had a blast. Check out some photos below!

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Manual For Speed: Arrival

Photos by Emiliano Granado

A new chapter of Manual For Speed means a new photoset of inspiration. You don’t have to race to appreciate photos like this. The MFS crew was at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Golden, Colorado. See the rest of the set here!

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Mash SF: Rainier’s Red Hook Crit Report

Mash just posted up Ranier’s Red Hook Crit race report. It’s a great read and considering that he beasted it the whole race, bringing in a very respectible 2nd place. Check out the report here at the Mash SF Blog.

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The Hunt Registration is Open

Tokyo Fixed‘s long-awaited TRACK BIKE crit, the Hunt is now open for registration. Do so here and check out more information below.

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Red Bull Mini Drome London

I have still yet to race at a Min Drome and they look like so much fun. Check out the video here, Red Bull Mini Drome. Juliet, you took a nasty fall! You’re one bad-ass girl!

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Fast and Loose: Thrown Blown x PiNP 2012 Red Hook Crit Video

The first GoPro footage from the 2012 Red Hook Crit comes from Alex at Thrown Blown with the music selected by Tuesday Teardown PiNP. It’s dark, fast and loose with tunes by Krallice. NYC black metal fits perfectly for NYC track racing. All hail the Necronomicog!