ArtBike!, Gold Sprints, and DuckPin Bowling

Some pride is building in Indy among the tired eyes of the builders, show-goers, and ArtBike! revelers. With the record setting 1700 first-day attendees, there was optimism in the streets as people made their way to their evenings. We were running into small packs of cyclists wherever we went, mostly new faces and mostly smiling. The only complaints we've heard so far about Indy are the weather.

Critical Mass was a welcome mass of the standard Indy crowd and a good mix of out-of-towners. The ride was fast lacked solid corking, something that the Indy CritMass seems to always struggle with, but overall a decent time, with about 100 people showing up to ride.

There was a lapse as people split up to get food and drink before converging on the ArtBike! party at Big Car Gallery in Fountain Square. For those who didn't go, you missed out, and for those who did go, I hope you can remember it. Momentum Magazine was in attendance with photo booth in hand--be sure to check their websites for the documented regrets of people making an ass of themselves (IndyCog crew included).

The highlight of the event was the Gold Sprints, with Indy Boosh crew cyclist "Masi Mark" Alford squaring off against Garret Chow of Mash SF in the finals. In the first run, Masi Mark was leading by 1.3 seconds, but a gliche in the gold sprints program threw the race before the 1k was over. Chow's experience and endurance paid off, taking first by .4 seconds in the second run. Chow ended up with a set of Rasta Velocities, and Indy ended up with some pride in being able to hang with the best.

Way to kick ass, all of the riders who pushed it in the gold sprints, and to ArtBike! and Momentum Magazine who made the evening as boosh as it could be.