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UCI Track Video

Nice little video of the UCi World Cup event in Manchester last week. TRACK WORLD CUP | MANCHESTER | A SHORT FILM from British Cycling on Vimeo.

Hard men ride bikes

You have to give it too the pocket rocket. Knocked down but not out of the race. To see the crash check this out. Hard men ride bikes and don’t play “professional” football.

tdo limited edition cycle clothing on the way!

It’s been a long time coming but the crew have been working hard on the trackdroputs (tdo) re-branding for the site as well as a full range of limited edition cycling clothing. That’s right a full range of our own kit. This is part one of the winter range. The other style is to follow...

No Gears – Summer trip

A great little film of some of the forum members after a short trip to Belgium on fixed! The No gears crew rode thru France to Belgium to a small part of the Tour De France and here is some of what the lads got up to and what they saw on route. Oh and...

Cobble Wobble

Bit late I know but this is on today if you have time and a gear that would work to get you up that hill. The guys at Red Bull have hooked some of the forum members with VIP tickets so if you are coming then stop by and find us and say hi.

Hardlyart Cycling Prints

I was sent this photo and some information from Evs one of the forum members. And I have to say I love them. Will definitly have them on the wall of my place soon. They feature quotes by both professional cyclists and famous advocates of the greatest form of transport ever created. They are available...

Bristol Hillycat 2010

Bristol Hillycat 2010 – Everything was Beautiful and nothing Hurt!!!!! Yep right!!! Then why does just looking at this hill make most people feel sick!!!! The 2nd Bristol hillcat happend some time ago. A great grass roots events put on by the “Fixed Hill God” PJ and his side kick and partner in lung burning...

2nd tunnel sprints – Sat 17th July

It’s fast approaching the 2nd annual trackdropouts tunnel sprints event. It’s long overdue but this was just to give some of you time to lick the wounds of last time and get them sprint legs up to the size of Robert Förstemann (if you don’t know who I mean google it). If you missed the...

This Saturday for cakes and death!!!

That’s right hipsters it’s the 2nd annual Bristol Hillycat event held by the “King of the hill” PJ and the “Prince of darkness” Barney. These guy are trying to kill you with a small race up the lumps and bumps around Bristol. Just like last year but with more riders throwing up, we hope. PJ’s...

BOIKZMOIND filming goes on and on

Talk about a media night. Equipped with three film makers/photographers, 1 magic arm, 1 car, some crazy driving, good weather and a deadline the night was set to be good. As the deadline for BOIKZMOIND gets closer and closer the amount of time spent filming has been on the increase. Tuesday night saw a large...

A Good day – Leader bikes

Sorry the blog has not had any updates for sometime but as mates of mine and forum members will know I had a small accident sometime ago and broke my finger, had 8 stitches and thought I had chopped off my finger. Don’t put it in the chain ring kids! Well I thought it was...

Polo Mallet heads

Bristol has lot going on when it’s comes to fixed gear. We have trick riders, track riders, street riders, polo players and lots of other styles in between. And for all the Polo players at last someone has seen that it would be a good idea to make you a mallet head Check out this...