Wednesday Night Spins – Crystal City, every Wed. in March

[PotomacCyclist]

I saw this item in the latest Crystal City BID e-newsletter.

Wednesday Night Spins

When: Every Wednesday in March from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: 2345 Crystal Drive Parking Garage – G4 Level
Registration: Coming soon! Visit CrystalCity.org for updates.

The Crystal City Business Improvement District (BID) in partnership with Vornado/Charles E. Smith and Crosshairs Cycling will host an indoor bike race every Wednesday night in the month of March. With the weather and the local cycling race calendar, March is the perfect time for an indoor race and add to a racer’s pre-season training program. The course will be fast and fun for all abilities, providing great viewing and happy hour drinks in the Washington Wine Academy beer and wine garden. With weekly prizes for top finishers, competitors will also earn points toward being the best rider of the month.

– See more at: http://www.crystalcity.org/item/ride-walk-run-in-crystal-city#sthash.rTb7GYgI.dpuf

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[americancyclo]

@Tim Kelley 112370 wrote:

Getting rad on the cargo bikes:

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UNITED STATES: MARCH 25, 2015: Crystal City Wednesday Night Spins bicycle race at 2345 Crystal Drive Parking Garage, Arlington Virginia. The race is held every Wednesday night in the underground parking deck and is open to the general public to watch and to race. (Photo by Douglas Graham / WLP)

How do you bunny hop that?

[PotomacCyclist]

Video clip from the “C” race last night. (I think it was the “C” race.)

[video=vimeo;123276516]https://vimeo.com/123276516[/video]

[PotomacCyclist]

And a video clip of the inaugural “Cargo Bike/BikeShare/Tandem Showdown” including Tim Kelley on the Bullitt (“the fastest cargo bike in the world“).

[video=vimeo;123276664]https://vimeo.com/123276664[/video]

One guy wiped out on a turn. You can hear the crowd quiet down suddenly, but he got back up quickly. (Sort of quickly.) I also saw some Rollerball-type action out there involving Tim. Cargo bike riders are a fierce and competitive lot. At least a few of them are. Another rider was delivering pizzas. A quick race in between pizza deliveries. Nothing wrong with that.

The CaBi riders were more laid back, especially the one dressed in a sport coat.

[Tim Kelley]

Official photos here:

https://picasaweb.google.com/112291291404422293154/WednesdayNightSpins32515?noredirect=1

[Tim Kelley]

[PotomacCyclist]

@Tim Kelley 112370 wrote:

Getting rad on the cargo bikes:

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UNITED STATES: MARCH 25, 2015: Crystal City Wednesday Night Spins bicycle race at 2345 Crystal Drive Parking Garage, Arlington Virginia. The race is held every Wednesday night in the underground parking deck and is open to the general public to watch and to race. (Photo by Douglas Graham / WLP)

Wipe-out caused by the power of the Tim Kelley death stare

[americancyclo]

That cargo bike rear wheelslide at the finish line was pretty sweet.

[Toonces]

Steve O – winning the most stylish rider category [ATTACH=CONFIG]8184[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]8185[/ATTACH]

[Steve O]

@Toonces 112538 wrote:

Steve O – winning the most stylish rider category [IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8184&stc=1[/IMG][IMG]http://bikearlingtonforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8185&stc=1[/IMG]

Man, that blurry background shows how wicked fast I was going, too!

[vvill]

Photos from the last night courtesy of Bruce Buckley here:

http://www.brucebuckleyphotography.com/Sports/Cycling/Crystal-City-WNS-3-25-15/

I did the Capital Bikeshare race too – I thought it was a ton of fun (especially compared to riding around on 23/25mm tires – I did some pre-ride laps on those). Thanks to Arlingtonrider who let me borrow her CaBi key for the event!

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