DemonCats welcome the DemonDog- Kaos!

As some of you may know, we had to put our Akita, Mishima, to sleep in February, after 15 years. She was a good dog. Stubborn, but ever faithful and loyal, we were heartbroken.

We had talked about waiting a year to see how the economy shakes out and so, before getting a new dog. We loved our Akita, but the shedding twice a year, was hard to deal with, so we were thinking about a short-haired dog. Kim was thinking Boston Terrier, but I reminded her she wanted a dog she could jog with. I suggested a pitbull, but Kim was like, No, after 15 years of a dog that was great with humans, but bad with other dogs, she wanted a dog that was going to be nice at the dog park. It didn't matter anyway, we thought, we would be waiting at least til next summer.

Case closed.

On Saturday, she went to the Montgomery County Humane Society to donate several big bags of food that Mishima had left behind. And she walked into the shelter to look at the dogs up for adoption. Tons of unfixed adult pit bulls of all types, but in a pen, was a Cane Corso puppy named Zephyr and a Staffy-mix named Jett.

The Cane Corso had cherry-eye in both eyes and was waiting for surgery, the Staffy-mix was just chillin' out playing with the bigger pitbull through the chain-link pen wall.

We asked to see her and the staff loved the idea that we'd be looking at Jett. He was 4-months old and had been at the pound for a month. He had come to the pound, because a neighbor had called the County on the original owner for leaving a two-and-a-half month old puppy in the back yard in February. Poor guy!

He was a lover, not a fighter for sure! Friendly and shy, he pressed into your hand as you petted him behind the ears. We decided right there we would take him.

We were not expecting the bureacracy behind adopting a pit-mix dog, including a home (no rentals) visit, various references and so on. The fact that we were previous Akita owners with 15 years experience with stubborn dogs made us ideal candidates. The lady who did the home inspection told us that we would wonderfully surprised with how obedient Staffy-mixes could be.

We were called on Wednesday to tell us that we were proud new parents and that they would send the puppy to the pound to get neutered and health screened. Plus we had to agree to enroll him in puppy kindergarten. And then doggie obedient class, which he must pass!

Griffin and Kim picked him up on Thursday and we had been debating between the names Bacchus and Kaos. On the spot they decided it should be Kaos. I was expecting puppy mayhem, but he has been a really chilled out (although getting your nuts taken must lead to that) and shy and just coming out of his shell. He sits, gives his paws and has taken to potty training with glee.

That lady was right!

Anyhow, here he is- Kaos!

Slavko announces the AlleyRat and Courier Prom!

Details to come!

The Inauguralleycat Winner's Spokecard!!!

The Inauguralleycat is a GO, GO, GO!!! GoldSprints is not! :(

The GoldSprints crew had to cancel on us, but the Inauguralleycat is a GO!

The plan is to start the race at The Spanish Steps at 2 pm sharp. Registration is at 1 pm.

Remember it is a free race, but I will be charging $2.00 for the spokecard.

It's a nifty little ditty that you will be able to keep as a memento of the alleycat that took place on that winter day in Washington D.C. Limiting the run of this spokecard to 75- racers first, spectators second plus ones for the sponsors of the Obamalleycat.

The funds collected will go to the beer for the after-party, which will take place at Sgt. Steve's place near Albemarle and Connecticut Ave. NW

The Inauguralleycat. New and Improved with GOLDSPRINTS!!!

The Inauguralleycat now comes with GoldSprints!

Our original site for the after-party fell through, but I'd like to thank Sgt. Steve for offering his garage and backyard w/ bonfire to hold the event.

Mike Dee and the GoldSprintNYC crew is heading down to run a GoldSprint event, so we invite everyone to come out and race and then sprint their hearts out with the funnest roller-racing crew around.

The Inauguralleycat with GoldSprints- Free Alleycat!!!

Tuesday January 20th, 2009.

Washington DC

The Spanish Steps- 22nd St at S St NW

Registration at 1:00 PM

Race at 2:00 PM

Helmets encouraged.

Racing for Victory and free beer!!!

The InaugurAlleycat in my hometown paper!

DemonCats Racing presents The InaugurAlleycat!

The InaugurAlleycat- January 20th, 2009- Free Alleycat and Free Beer‏

In two weeks time, Barack Obama will be sworn in as President of the United States and the DemonCats have a small free alleycat to celebrate!

Fee: $0.00 Prizes: None- Just bragging rights, free beer and the chance to say you were in D.C. on the day it happened!!!

Date/Time: January 20th, 2009 @ 2:00pm Where: Washington DC at the Spanish Steps.

What you need to bring: A bike and yourself! Maps will be provided at the start.

After-party: Keg and Music.

If anyone in DC can host the after-party, let me know!

Racing for Victory and free beer!!!

John
LesDemonCats.blogspot.com

2009 VDS Team- The Smiling Hashshashins

1. Ivan Basso (Grand Tours)
2. Danielle Bennati (Sprints)
3. Philippe Gilbert (Classics)
4. Robert Gesink (Climber)
5. Greg Van Avermaet (Stage Hunter)
6. Sylvain Chavanel (Classics)
7. Martin Maaskant (Classics)
8. Christian Vande Velde (Grand Tours)
9. Rinaldo Nocentini (Sprinter)
10. Svein Tuft (Tough Guy Shit)
12. Allan Davis (Sprinter)
13. Will Frischkorn (Stage Hunter)
14. Dominique Rollin (More Tough Guy Shit)
15. Danny Pate (Stage Hunter)
16. Andre Greipel (Stage Hunter)
17. Simon Gerrans (Stage Hunter)
18. Aurelien Clerc (Stage Hunter)
19. Kevin Hulsman (Stage Hunter)
20. Koldo Gil Hernandez (Climber)
21. Rene Hasselbacher (Stage Hunter)
22. Nicki Sorensen (Stage Hunter)
23. Mike Creed (Stage Hunter)
24. Lucas Euser (Climber)
25. Alexander Efimkin (Stage Hunter)

The races I've raced.

I was organizing my spokecard collection and started combing through my files and I came up with a list of the races I've participated in and the races I've thrown.

If your race is one on the list, just a big THANKS for the fun memories.

1. 2000- The Race with No Name- Washington DC
2. May 13, 2000- Mayhem 2000- Washington DC
3. May 28, 2001- Mayhem Weekend- Washington DC
4. May 25, 2002- Mayhem Weekend stage 1, Richmond
5. May 26, 2002- Mayhem Weekend stage 2, Washington DC
6. May 27, 2002- Mayhem Weekend stage 3, Baltimore
7. August 24, 2002- The Warriors- NYC
8. October 2002- Halloween Race- Washington DC
9. November 16, 2002- Beware of Dog- Washington DC
10. May 24-25, 2003- Mayhem Weekend Extravaganza- Washington DC
11. July 12, 2003- A to Z Alleycat- Washington DC
12. August 03, 2003- Assassins- Washington DC
13. October 25, 2003- Big Balls- Washington DC
14. January 3, 2004- The Baltimore Bender- Baltimore
15. March 13, 2004-Beware! The Ides of March-Richmond
16. April 3, 2004- 4th April Fools Race- Philadelphia
17. May 28, 2004- Baltimore Blowout - Triple Crown- Baltimore
18. May 29, 2004- Mayhem- Triple Crown- Washington DC
19. May 30, 2004- Richmond Triple Crown- Richmond
20. July 3, 2004- Rumble Thru The Bronx- NYC
21. October 23, 2004- Screw Bush- Washington DC
22. December 16, 2004- Fist Fulla Dollars- Baltimore
23. January 15, 2005- Late Night Frost Bite- Washington DC
24. February ??, 2005- Love Hurts
    
25. March 12, 2005- Poker Race- Washington DC
26. March 26, 2005- Ides of March Alleycat- Richmond
27. April 9, 2005- 5th April Fool's Alleycat- Philadelphia
28. April 23, 2005- Crazy Backwards Japanese Alleycat- DC
29. April 30, 2005- It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad W.orld!!!- Washington DC
30. May 28, 2005- Bega's Bike Jam 2005 Courier Road Race- Baltimore
31. May 28, 2005- Holy Mayhem!- D.C. Mayhem Alleycat- Washington DC
32. June 18, 2005- Bragging Rights- Washington DC
33. July 3, 2005- CMWC05- NYC
34. July 5, 2005- King of the Fucking Streets- NYC
35. July 9, 2005- Courier Gangbang- Baltimore
36. July 30, 2005- Elvis Race- DC
37. September 10, 2005- Let the Fall Begin- Washington DC
38. September24, 2005- The Hustler!- DC (Winner!)
39. October 15, 2005- I see Dead People!!!- Pre-Halloween Alleycat – Washington DC
40. October 22, 2005- Polo Express Alleycat- Philadelphia
41. October 29, 2005- Frankenstein- Richmond
42. November 5, 2005- The Rat Race- Baltimore
43. November 6, 2005- Rolling POTluck Alleycat- Washington DC
44. November 19, 2005- The Simpsons Jeopardy Alleycat- Washington DC
45. December 3, 2005- The Rico Suave Alleycat- Benefit for Rico Palacios- Washington DC
46. January 14, 2006- Late Night Frostbite 2- DC
47. February 18, 2006- Shock Trauma- Baltimore
48. February 25, 2006- Schlitz and Giggles- Boston
49. March 11, 2006- 12 Monkeys- Philadelphia
50. April 1, 2006- 6th April Fools Race- Philadelphia
51. May 27, 2006- Ghetto Blaster III- Baltimore
52. June 17, 2006- Rumble Through The Bronx III- NYC
53. July 22, 2006- Le Tour de LeMond- Washington DC
54. January 27, 2007- The Hour of Power- Philadelphia
55. February 10, 2007- Man Overboard- Washington DC
56. March 3, 2007- The Dude Abides- Boston
57. March 17, 2007- The Ides of Mario- Richmond
58. April 4, 2007- Destination Dublin 2- Washington DC
59. April 14, 2007- 7th April Fool's Race- Philadelphia
60. April 21, 2007- Destination Dublin 3 Liquid Assets- Washington DC
61. April 29, 2007- Destination Dublin 4 GoldSprints- Washington DC
62. May 4, 2007- Destination Dublin 5 Mapper's Delight- Washington DC
63. May 30, 2007- Destination Dublin 6 Rough News Time Trial- Washington DC
64. June 2, 2007- Destination Dublin 7 Grand Finalleycat (Winner!)- Washington DC
65. June 23, 2007- Hey Riders!- Baltimore
66. July 14, 2007- Le Tour de Simpson- Washington DC
67. August 23, 2007- Race of Pain- Washington DC
68. September 15, 2007- Queens Riot- NYC
69. October 6, 2007- Viva El Che! Alleycat- Washington DC
70. October 13, 2007- Behind Bars- Washington DC
71. November 17, 2007- Checkmate- Washington DC
72. April 26, 2008- PoloCat- Washington DC
73. October 16, 2008- True Blue Alleycat- Washington DC
74. November 1, 2008- OBAMAlleycat- Washington DC

The DemonCats Alleycats- Past and Future

2005 Demoncats Alleycats

• April 30, 2005- “It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad W.orld!!!” - World Scavenger Hunt
• May 28, 2005- “Holy Mayhem!”- D.C. Mayhem Alleycat
• October 15, 2005- “I see Dead People!!!” - Pre-Halloween Alleycat
• December 3, 2005- “The Rico Suave Alleycat” - Benefit for Rico Palacios

2006 Demoncats Alleycats

• July 22, 2006- “Le Tour de LeMond”- Tour de France inspired Team Alleycat (3 person teams)- Honoring Greg Lemond’s 20th Anniversary of his TdF win.

2007 Demoncats Alleycats

• July 14, 2007- “Le Tour de Simpson”- Tour de France inspired Team Alleycat (3 person teams)- In remembrance of Tom Simpson’s death on Mt. Ventoux 40 years ago.
• October 6, 2007- “Viva El Che! Alleycat” – Free Alleycat Memorial Race- In remembrance of the death of Ernesto “Che” Guevara 40 years ago.

2008 Demoncats Alleycats

• May 2008- Planned “Il Giro dc Mayhem”- Giro d’ Italia inspired Team Alleycat (3 person teams)- Cancelled because of moratorium in alleycats after the death of racer in Chicago.
• November 1, 2008- OBAMAlleycat- Demoncats for Democrats 2008 pre-election alleycat.- YES, WE DID!!!

2009 Planned Demoncats Alleycats

• January 20, 2009- “The Inauguration Alleycat” Free Alleycat celebrating the swearing in of Barack Obama
• July 25,, 2009- “Le Tour de Lemond: Pt. Deux”- Tour de France inspired Team Alleycat (2 person teams)- Honoring Greg Lemond’s 2nd TdF win.

2010 Planned Demoncats Alleycats

• January 16, 2009- “The State of the Union Alleycat”- Planned as D.C.’s winter alleycat and as a party to celebrate or lament the State of the Union
• July 24, 2010?- “Le Tour de Lemond: Pt. Trois”- Tour de France inspired Team Alleycat (2 person teams)- Honoring Greg Lemond’s 3rd TdF win.

2011 Planned Demoncats Alleycats

• January 15, 2010- “The State of the Union Alleycat”- Planned as D.C.’s winter alleycat and as a party to celebrate or lament the State of the Union
• May 2010?- “Il Giro delle Distrito”- Giro d’ Italia inspired Team Alleycat (2 person teams)

Tour de LeMond Pt Deux- Saturday July 25th, 2009

Two-man team alleycat plus TTT.

Details to come.

The Obamalleycat Results! Skander wins another DemonCats alleycat!!!

1st Place- Skander- winner of the Seagull Champions Obama Bag!

2nd Place- Zak- winner of the R.E.Load Obama Bag, which was supposed to go to Top Outta-Towner, but nobody came from out of town, (except for Diablo and his wife, but he didn't race this time around! Good to see you Bro!

3rd Place- Bega!- winner of the Crumpler courier backpack! Good to see you still kickin' ass old timer!

The only bit of controversy was that four of the top six racers (Soda, Bruuuce, Nick plus one more) were disqualified because their manifests were not completed correctly. The rules are the rules. But even then they kicked ass!!! They were FLYING!!!

Anyhow, thanks to the 35 people who did come race. It was the PERFECT day!!!

Thanks to Caleb for the party location. Thanks for the open offer for next time!

Many thanks to all the volunteers who manned the 10 checkpoints flawlessly and got people through the race!!!

And last, but not least, to all the sponsors who were so generous with the prizes!!! R.E.Load, Seagull, Crumpler, Evomo, Fabric Horse, Flirtees and Kryptonite- you guys rock and we HEART you!!!!!!

Until 2009 and the Tour de LeMond Pt. Deux!!! Two-man team alleycat and TTT!!!

Racing for Victory and free beer!!!

John
LesDemonCats.blogspot.com

www.demoncats.com

The First R.E.Load Commercial

One of our original sponsors, R.E.Load had posted their first commercial on YouTube.

That's Ro, the master, plus his Jedi crew making a backpack.

In case you ever wondered how they make them, check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcJX6XBnSXU

TRUE BLUE 10/18/2008

Another election inspired race from the master, Bruuuce!

Saturday October 18, 2008.

Logan at 4:00 p.m.!

You can always email Bruuuce at sunshinesc1589@comcast.net

Bring your game-brain on!

Track Obama!

Squid sent me this link.

I love it!

OBAMALLEYCAT SPOKECARD!!!

Announcing Tour de LeMond Part Deux...

20 two-man teams

2 separate courses

1 team time trial

Get your game ready

July 2009

OBAMALLEYCAT!!! Nov. 1st, 2008

The Obamalleycat will be raced along the line of the Viva El Che race.

Start will be at Logan Circle. You will be given the address of the first checkpoint. Proceed to that checkpoint. You will find or will be given the address to the next checkpoint. At the last checkpoint, you will be given the address to the finish.

Here are the checkpoints- in no certain order.

Enjoy!

OBMALLEYCAT CHECKPOINTS:
START: Logan Circle NW
-7th St. @ Illinois Ave. NW (Obama is the Senator from Illinois)
-W. Basin Dr @ Independence Ave SW (Proposed MLK Memorial Site)
-430 S. Capitol St. SE (Democratic National Committee)
-15th St. @ Belmont St. NW (Malcolm X Park)
-3211 M St. NW (UNO Chicago Grill)
-1525 H St NW (St John's Episcopal Church)
-12th St. @ East Capitol St. NE (Lincoln Park)
-4th St. @ C St. NW (Judiciary Square)
-10th St. @ G St. SW (Benjamin Banneker Park)
FINISH: To Be Announced At Last Checkpoint.

Sponsors- KRYPTONITE- R.E.Load- Seagull- Crumpler- Fabric Horse- Evomo- Flirtees

2007 Campaign- Results So Far.

D.C. Behind Bars 10/13/07

NYC. Queens Riot! 09/23/07

DC. Race of Pain!!! 08/23/07

B.more. Hey Riders! 06/23/07- Top 20 out of 70 registered racers. Awesome race!

D.C. Destination Dublin 7. 06/02/07- Grand Fin-Alleycat- Winner! Top Racer of 31 Registered! 6th Overall- Six of seven races raced.

D.C. Destination Dublin 6. 05/30/07- Rough News Time Trial. 18th out of 23 racers. 16.22 minutes over 5 miles. That first 1.5 mile climb kills my fat ass!!!

D.C. Destination Dublin 5. 04/04/07- Mapper's Delight. 11th out of 21 racers.

D.C. Destination Dublin 4. 04/29/07- GoldSprints- 32 racers. Advanced to Sweet 16 with a time of 21.65 seconds over 300M. Posted 20.05 seconds against Shawn S.'s 19.55 seconds over 300M

D.C. Destination Dublin 3. 04/21/07- Liquid Assets- 18th out of 30 racers.

Philly. April Fool's. 04/14/07- 6th out of 300+ registered racers! Sweet!!!

DC. Destination Dublin 2. 04/04/07- Workday Scavenger Hunt- 9th out of 19 racers. Only racer to collect all three W/C tokens.

RVA. Ides of March. 03/17/07- 7th out of 27 racers. Top Out-of-Town

Boston. The Dude Abides. 03/03/07- 36th out 37th finishers. 140 registered

DC. Man OVERBOARD!. 02/10/07 - 18th Place Finish-60+ Racers

Philly. Hour of Power. 01/27/07- D.N.F. Sucked big time!!!

Viva El Che! Race Results

Thirty cyclo-revolutionaries descended upon D.C. to take up bikes against the DC masses and ride in memory of El Che.

Reinforcements came from RVA and Boston. We'd like to thank them for the support.

We'd also like to thank Comandante Daniel at Seagull for the DOPE champion bag. Originally there were were supposed to be no prizes, but Dan liked our idea so much he sewed one up and it is BEAUTIFUL. Thanks Dan. Pics on the website soon!!!

But one revoltuionary was vying for the title of Comandante and riding for Che and that person is (drum roll, please)...

Andy Zalan, who completed the 23-miles struggle against the hordes of cars thrown against him by the oppressor, in an astounding one hour and 29 minutes. He ended up at the finish line 15 minutes ahead of his nearest comrade. The UCI has been in contact with me to request his DNA to compare to bags held in the Operacion Puerto scandal.

And Comandante Ah Zeta (as he is to be known now) also won the MARCUS COOKE AWARD!!! Joe Hendry had emailed me about a week ago and let me know that Squid and Amy were trying to get down here and present him with the trophy. They weren't able to make it, so we announced the prize to him, which was a real pleasure, as I had to bite my tongue the three or four times we had hung out before the race.

We had hoped for more racers to increase the donations we collected, but I want to thank those who did throw money in the pot for your generosity. We were able to come up with $150.00, which we split in two for two different causes.

I handed out the manifests as I announced the placings and so I forgot to make a list, but here is something, and I ask that you send me your name and placing if I left you out. Here goes.

First Place: AZ/DC

Second: Willits/DC

Third: Will/DC- who is not a courier, but a "failed grad student" who's now looking for courier work. Good rider! Anyone hiring?

Fourth: Buckley/Boston- Top Outta-Towner/Top Track Bike

Fifth: Chris/Boston

Sixth: Kevin Keefe/DC

Seventh: Bruuuce!/DC

Eighth: Need Name and City

Ninth: Need Name and City

Tenth: Byron/DC

DFL: Slavko (Lil' Borat)/DC- He won a Harden The Fuck Up bracelet.

Several people were riding their first alleycat and all finished! Congrats to Kat (Top Female) who was racing her first alleycat and ended up eleventh!!!

Thanks to Comandante Brian P for the tunes.

Thanks to Begin for the party and HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!!!


Racing for Victory and free beer!!!

John

Comandante 666
DEMONCATIC FORCE for the LIBERATION of the DISTRICTof COLUMBIA (DFL-DC)

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Viva el Che!!! Alleycat

On October 6, we will be commemorating the 40th anniversary of the death of Ernesto "Che" Guevara.

Summarily executed by the Bolivian Army in a small field school, his legend was only born that day.

He modeled himself the New Man and in many ways he was. But there are many who despised him as a judge, jury and executioner who shot many a prisoners himself. Live by the sword, die by the sword.

Two sides of a tumultuous life.

I hope to honor the more noble side of a true revolutionary.

Le Tour de Le District 2007- Le Results!!!

Le Tour de Le District 2007 has come and gone, and while attendance was down a bit, that did not prevent 30 of the best racers on the East Coast alleycat scene from battling it out on the streets of Washington DC.

DC's own Skander, winner of the recent Destination Dublin Alleycat Series, won the overall title, smoking the 34 mile course at an average of 21.93 miles an hour!!!

It almost wasn't to be, as the third member of 3,2,1,Contact! (Chris Soda) had his femur fractured in a freak training ride accident. They originally were intending to ride without him without intentions of winning, but then decided to race as they were able to get a replacement rider in the form of Chris THC Schmidt, one of DC's fastest riders! They rode where Soda couldn't and took not only the top rider in the race, but also ended up as the Top Team Overall thanks to their collective efforts!!!

We'd like to thank everyone that raced, all the companies that donated the prizes (everyone walk away with something!) and to the volunteers who manned the checkpoints! Special thanks to Bruuuce's dad for helping man the Blair Rd/Piney Branch checkpoint!!!

With 30 registered racers, we were able to raise $450.00 for the BMEF!!! Hoping for more next year!!!

The raffle to raise funds for Chris Soda while he convalesces raised a total of $235.00 for Soda!

Hoping to have a benefit race for him in the near future. Anyone have a place in D.C. that we can use for the finish line and after-party???

Let me know!!!

Racing for Victory and free beer!!!

John

Le Directeur
Societe des DemonCats
Le Tour de Le District

General Classification

1. Skander- DC- Team 3, 2, 1, Contact! (LE CHAMPION!!!)

Individual Time: 1hr 6min (22.6 miles)

TTT: 33 min (11.4 miles)

Total Time: 1hr 39min (34 miles) 21.93 m.p.h. average

2. THC- DC- Team 3, 2, 1, Contact!

Individual Time: 1hr 8min

TTT: 33 min

Total Time: 1hr 41min

3. Brian L.- DC- Team 3, 2, 1, Contact!

Individual Time: 1hr 9min

TTT: 33 min

Total Time: 1hr 42min

4. Austin- NYC- Team Euro (TOP OUTTA-TOWN)

Individual Time: 1hr 5min

TTT: 41 min

Total Time: 1hr 46min

5. Coach- DC- Team Trailside- Placed 2^nd in Peloton One

Individual Time: 1hr 9min

TTT: 38 min

Total Time: 1hr 47min

5. JacobS- Boston- Team Scumbags- Placed 4^th in Peloton Three

Individual Time: 1hr 9min

TTT: 38 min

Total Time: 1hr 47min

6. Becker- Boston- Team Scumbags

Individual Time: 1hr 10min

TTT: 38 min

Total Time: 1hr 48min

7. Collin- DC- Team La F.A.M.

Individual Time: 1hr 6min

TTT: 43 min

Total Time: 1hr 49min

8.1 Kai- Germany- Team Euro- Placed 1^st in Peloton Two

Individual Time: 1hr 9min

TTT: 41 min

Total Time: 1hr 50min

8.2 Luke- NYC- Team Euro- Placed 3^rd in Peloton One

Individual Time: 1hr 9min

TTT: 41 min

Total Time: 1hr 50min

8.3 AZ- DC- Team Old School All-Stars- Placed 4^th in Peloton One

Individual Time: 1hr 10min

TTT: 40 min

Total Time: 1hr 50min

8.4 Shane- DC- Team Old School All-Stars- Placed 6^th in Peloton Three

Individual Time: 1hr 10min

TTT: 40 min

Total Time: 1hr 50min

8.5 Max- DC- Team Trailside

Individual Time: 1hr 12min

TTT: 38 min

Total Time: 1hr 50min

9 Eric- Philly- Team PBMA

Individual Time: 1hr 6min

TTT: 45 min

Total Time: 1hr 51min

10 Bruuuce- DC- Old School All-Stars

Individual Time: 1hr 12min

TTT: 40 min

Total Time: 1hr 52min

11 CRoth- Boston- Scumbags

Individual Time: 1hr 20min

TTT: 38 min

Total Time: 1hr 58min

12 Caleb- DC- Team La F.A.M. Placed 7^th in Peloton One

Individual Time: 1hr 24min

TTT: 43 min

Total Time: 2hr 7min

12 Vinnie- DC- Team La F.A.M. Placed 8^th in Peloton Two

Individual Time: 1hr 24min

TTT: 43 min

Total Time: 2hr 7min

13 Ansel- Philly- Team PBMA

Individual Time: 1hr 34min

TTT: 45 min

Total Time: 2hr 19min

14 Jonathan- DC- Team Trailside

Individual Time: 1hr 46min

TTT: 38 min

Total Time: 2hr 24min

15- Justin- Philly- Team PBMA

Individual Time: 1hr 50min

TTT: 45 min

Total Time: 2hr 35min

16- Rob- Boston- Team Cannibal Fan Club

Individual Time: 1hr 10min

TTT: 44min

Total Time: 1hr 54min

17- Seth- Boston- Team Cannibal Fan Club

Individual Time: 1hr 16min

TTT: 44min

Total Time: 2hr 00min

18- Bee- Boston- Team Cannibal Fan Club (D.F.L)

Individual Time: 2hr 35min

TTT: 44min

Total Time: 3hr 19min

DQ’d (one team rider got lost)

DQ- Izumi- NYC- Team Scramblers

Individual Time: 1hr 20min

TTT: 1hr 44min

Total Time: 3hr 04min

DQ- Chombo- NYC- Team Scramblers

Individual Time: 1hr 23min

TTT: 1hr 44min

Total Time: 3hr 07min

DQ- Prentice- NYC- Team Scrambler

Individual Time:

TTT:

Total Time: Got Lost

DNF: American Gladiators: Blaze, Laser and Thunder . DC.

Team Classification:

(1.) Team 3, 2, 1, Contact! DC 3hr 56min (Overall Winners)

(2.) Team Euro NYC 4hr 04min (Top Outta-Town)

(3.) Team Old School All-Stars DC 4hr 12min

(4.) Team Scumbags Boston 4hr 17min

(5.) Team La F.A.M. DC 4hr 37min

(6.) Team Trailside DC 4hr 45min

(7.) Team PBMA Philly 5hr 15min

(8.) Team Cannibal Fan Club Boston 5hr 45min

(9.) Team Scramblers NYC DQ’d

(10.) American Gladiators DC DNF

TTT RESULTS:
1. 3, 2, 1, Contact! 33 minutes
2. Boston Scumbags 38 minutes (finished ahead of Team Trailside)
3. Team Trailside 38 minutes
4. Old School All-Stars 40 minutes
5. Team Euro 41 minutes
6. La F.A.M. 43 minutes
7. Cannibal Fan Club 44 minutes
8. PBMA 45 minutes

DemonCats take Race #7 of Destination Dublin! 6th Overall in Series!! Thanks AZ, you ROCK!!!

race 7 featured 5 checkpoints, each sending out 2 p/u's and accepting 2deliveries. packages ranged in size from a bank deposit slip to fedex tubes and usps mail tubs. there were 10 jobs total, and racers could make the same delivery up to 5 times. jobs were assigned a $ value from $3 to $8, based on size and distance, and racers were given 2 hours to make as much money as they could.

there were 3 main rules: 1- racers could only p/u one package at a time. 2- racers could deliver up to 2 packages at a time, provided they came from different p/u addresses. 3- after visiting any particular checkpoint, racers had to wait at least 5 minutes before making another pick or drop at that checkpoint.

there were also 2 bonuses - $10 if a racer could complete the same job 5 times, and $20 for completing all 10 jobs at least once. the race went as smoothly as a courier race can be expected to run, meaning there were a number of minor mix ups at the checkpoints, as well as some bad math when tabulating the results. so despite what was announced at the party on saturday, the REAL results for the grand finalleycat are:

10. suave $127
9. marco $131 (philly)
8. mark katz $132
7. kyle $136
6. colin $142
5. bruce $144
4. ansel $147 (philly)
3. meredith $149 *top female
2. skander $151
1. john demoncats $156 (sorry i botched your score, buddy! maybe you could retroactively give me the stage victory i deserved to have won in the tour de lemond...)

the last race counted for double points in the series, and provided very dramatic come-from-behind victories in both the male and female categories. the overall results for the series are:

10. kyle: 100pts
9. james w: 103
8. james m: 111
7. bruce: 132
6. john demoncats: 133
5. lola: 141
4. meredith: 151 *wins r/t tix to dublin cmwc
3. brian l: 158
2. soda: 176
1. skander: 187 *wins r/t tix to dublin cmwc

dfl in the series (person with the fewest points after doing all 7 races) was: kevin keefe. kevin wins a custom "panter's choice" paint job from jill at i.f. and in a stroke of wild luck, kevin also won the custom desalvo track bike in the grand prize raffle! now he has something worth getting a trick paint job on.

thanks to everyone who came out and everyone who helped with all the checkpoints throughout the series!

and let me not forget the many awesome sponsors who's incredible generosity really made the entire series extra special. (there were nearly $10,000 worth of prizes distributed over the course of the series). please consider these companies/stores when making your next purchase, as these are the people supporting the messenger scene. in order of donation value, the sponsor were:

crumpler
desalvo custom cycles
action courier service
bailey works
capitol hill bikes
chrome
jill from if
independent fabrications
outdoor research
dcbca
bagaboo bags (from budapest!)
kryptonite
nikko dale
bedlam custom bags
pac bags
seagull bags
freight bags
reload baggage
city bikes
surly
level components
waba
fabric horse
the bike biz
hajtas pajtas

full results, photos and more will go up at dcbca.org very soon. thanks again to everybody for coming out!

dc's best is coming to dublin to kick YOUR ass, so y'all better watch out.peace.

az

(reposted from the messenger server)

2007 alleycat campaign results so far!

Philly. Hour of Power. 01/27/07- D.N.F.

DC. Man OVERBOARD!. 02/10/07 - 18th Place Finish-60+ Racers

Boston. Abide. 03/03/07- 36th out 37th finishers. 140 registered

RVA. Ides of March. 03/17/07- 7th out of 27 racers. Top Out-of-Town

Destination Dublin 2. 04/04/07- 9th out of 19 racers. Only racer to collect all three W/C tokens.

Philly. April Fool's. 04/14/07- 6th out of 300+ registered racers! Nice

Oh, the pain! Paris-Roubaix? No. The R.E.Load 8th Annual April Fool's Race!!!

AZ and I got a bit of a late start on our way to Philly and as we arrived 5 minutes before race time, we were confronted with a sea of humanity and bikes on the streets behind the R.E.Load headquarters.

Only two hundred spokecards and manifests had been printed. Three hundred racers showed up. Hmmmmm. What to do? Roland announced that the registered racers would get sent on their way. Unregistered racers could ride for free sans the t-shirts or spokecards. They would ride to a print shop Critical Mass style to get more.

As the race officials started handing out manifest, I stuck my hand out and ended up with a manifest. AZ got one from someone who didn't plan to race. Jacob S. gave me his spoke card for the race, since he had DFL in mind.

Who do we ride with we ponder? We see Squid and mosey over. Since Squid won the race last year, he's a good bet to follow, since he has an uncanny knack for choosing good wheels in a city not his own.

The serious crews have since taken off and we see a good group moving out. We latch on, but at the first stop sign, one of their riders on a fixie falls over. Followed by another. And another.

A Philly rider named Jeff rides up on us and after a quick chat we decide to follow him. As he takes off FAST on his fixie I see the R.E.Load winner bag for the HOUR OF POWER race. Fuck, this is going to be fast and hard.

I've raced in five of eight April Fool's and have never had the opportunity to get in a good break.

This was a good break.

At this point the race becomes a blur. For me, it was to become a ride of constant gap closing and riding within sight, praying for traffic to slow down the front a bit for me not to permanently dropped. Early on our group was whittled to three as Squid dropped off the pace. After that, it was a ride of only twenty miles, but at the max and full of craziness.

There were five bar check points where the beer stops were much appreciated. Bob and Barbara's, The Tattoed Mom's and so on.
In one we had to write an essay to our female pseudo-East Block Female Prison Guards who kept us in JAIL for 5 minutes.

At another we wrote Haiku:

I bike messenger
I am always riding fast
I am always late

The Exercise Girls whipped us into shape with push-ups, jumping jacks and a two block bike portage- cyclo-cross style!

The skateboard ride while shooting at a spinning target, followed by a shot of tabasco or a shot of vodka. I discovered that the tabasco followed by the vodka leave a pleasant Bloody Mary taste in your mouth. Yummm.

The drag race back along the river for several miles back to the R.E.Load store to look for Bilenky Pat who was dressed as a Playboy Bunny. Anna Nicole had nothing on him! At least not now. That ride was run between 23 and 25 milles an hour through traffic! Jeff and AZ were constantly a good 500 feet in front of me and was the only gap I could not close down. Thank God for the checkpoint!

We stopped and made calls to Crown Fried chicken to check on the price of a 15 piece box. A beauty parlor to check on the price of a styling.

Finding the flyer for the NoteKillers show on a wall of flyers. Multiple signatures. A minimum amount of fake checkpoints for a change.

I must say that we worked the course really really good as a riding group.

Finish time was 6:15, so at about 6:05 we sprinted the last 20 blocks to the warehouse in North Philly where the party and awards ceremony. Later in the night a rave was to be going on, so we had to vacate the premises by a certain time.

It was nice to chill on a beautiful afternoon. Going to get some chinese. Having a safety meeting with good friends. Catching up on old times. The Mr. Softee Ice Cream truck and the Double Dip Double Cone. I hadn't had one of those since I was five years old in South Texas! Wow.

I poured a beer and set myself in a big comfy chair. Roland came up to me to clarify why he had two manifests with #106 on it. One with 10 points and one with 1900 or so on it. After taking my explanation and the fact that I had ridden with Jeff, I was left with the vague feeling that I might have done really well!

Awards came! The Top Six Men in reverse order:

6th- ME!!! DC. HA! That was an awesome race! My best April Fool's ever!
5th- AZ. DC. He rode absolutely perfectly!
4th- Eric? Philly.
3rd- Sharky- Philly.
2nd- Austin Horse- NYC- Top outta-town- The National Champ shows why he is the National Champ!

drum roll please-

1st PLACE AND 2007 APRIL FOOLS CHAMP- Jeff O'Neall!!! There couldn't have been a more deserving winner. He guided us through mile after mile of checkpoints on a trackbike no less. He won the beautiful RE Load Bag, a Fuji Pro Track bike and fork, crazy amounts of schwag and the crowd's applause and adulation and AZ's and my eternal thanks for a great race!!!

After the party, we rode back to the car and ended up at a small pizza take out on N.2nd called Rustico. Had a slice, while AZ got a sub. They allow you to bring in beer, so I got a big bottle of some Carlsberg special edition brew to celebrate.

We finally rolled out of Philly around 10 pm, spent from the day's event. AZ dropped me off. I walked into my quiet house. Sat at my new table, had a smoke and a glass of milk. It was time to climb into my big comfy bed and dream of First Place next year! Not! :)

Racing for Victory and free beer!!!

John

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