ATXBS is reporting that a weekly Gold Sprints series called 42Below Gold Sprints has started up and will be running every few days through mid August. If you are not familiar with Gold Sprints, it is an indoor race where two bikes on trainers are set up next to one another and riders sprint against each other for fame and glory. An open source program called OpenSprints projects the speed and virtual distance covered up on a screen for the crowd to watch and cheer. Consider it the ultimate spectator friendly bike competition.
UrbanVelo wrote about them in a recent issue, and they sound like a blast. There was a night of Gold Sprints during South by Southwest, but I missed out. Now’s my chance for another shot.
UPDATED GOLD SPRINT LOCATIONS, TIMES AND DATES:
7/27 at Six Lounge, 6pm- 10pm
7/28 at Eden (San Antonio), 6pm-9:30pm
7/29 at Beso Cantina, 10pm- 12mid
7/30 at Cuba Libre, 6pm- 10pm
8/7 at Shiner’s Saloon (Part of Bicycle Film Festival) 10pm- 2am
8/8 at Scoot Inn 9pm- 12mid
8/12 at Cedar Street Courtyard, 9pm- 12mid
8/13 at Cuba Libre, 6pm- 12 mid
42Below, a Vodka maker, is sponsoring the even which appears to be some how in conjunction with the upcoming Austin stop of the Bicycle Film Festival. You must be 21 or older to compete, and they’ll be giving away a track bike to whoever records the best time.
on Jul 27th, 2009 at 9:09 am
Due to changes and bars being bars the schedule for goldsprints is now
7/27 at six lounge 6pm- 10pm
7/28 at Eden (San antonio) 6pm-9:30pm
7/29 at Beso cantina 10pm- 12mid
7/30 at Cuba Libre 6pm- 10pm
7/7 at shiner’s saloon (??)
7/8 at scoot inn (bff)
7/12 at cedar street courtyard 9pm- 12mid
7/13 at cuba Libre 6pm- 12 mid
on Jul 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Thanks, Rob. I’ve updated the story and calendar. I’m assuming you meant the latest dates to be August, not July.