Hell of a review.

The Hell Yes Sprints went off great this past Saturday, with a solid turn out. Nicola Fester and Todd Hayes took home the wheelsets for winning their respective categories. Thanks to all who made it out to compete and to all who showed up to watch, you made it a great event!

Plenty of stories to be had, from the beer and Velocity crew races to those in the crowd putting up prizes as the day went on. A special thanks goes out to Rick for the Barry Roubaix entry, Kevin and Carly from 360 Massage for putting up a few massages for their on the spot sponsorship; and once again a thanks to Freewheeler Bike shop and Commute Bike shop for putting up prizes for the winners and Hop Cat for hosting!

Check out some more pictures from the day here and here.

Heck yes.

Oh yeah, Hell yes that is! We keep getting more goodies for the Hell Yes! Sprints race at Hop Cat in downtown Grand Rapids on Saturday. You'll have the chance to win a Velocity road or track wheelset from us, two local shops have stepped up and have contributed some good prizes also. As mentioned yesterday Curt at Freewheeler Bike Shop has contributed a few items like some Oury grips, Pake top tube pad, a handlebar and some pedals; then today we got some shirts from Daniel at Commute Bike Shop and Hop Cat has contributed not only opened it's doors to the event they are putting up a $25 gift card, an empty HopCat growler with koozie and a shirt.

We also heard that it's going to be a Founder's KBS weekend at Hop Cat, which is just an amazing cherry on top. Haven't had KBS before? Stop in, try it out and watch some racing. The beer alone might change your life! Plus this can serve as a nice primer to St. Patrick's Day next week.

Oh Hell.

Hell yes! Think you're fast? Really? Do ya punk?

This Saturday at Hop Cat in downtown Grand Rapids come and prove it. The Hell Yes! clothing crew from up in Traverse City, MI [or better known from FixedGearGallery.com fame] are leading the charge in putting on the Hell Yes! Sprints Series. We've joined in with them in providing some swag for the event and the winners. Freewheeler Bike Shop here in Grand Rapids has also thrown in some goodies all of which should make the event all that more interesting.

Here's the raw details:

When:
This Saturday, March 13th Registration opens at Noon. Races start at 2pm

Where:
Hop Cat, Grand Rapids, MI

Cost:
$5.00 to race/FREE to watch

How does it work?
3 riders hop up onto fixed gear bikes which are fork mounted to a Kreitler roller setup. The bikes are adjusted for the rider and the race gets staged up. The rollers are wired to a computer which reads the speed of the roller and translates it to distance, each race is a 500m sprint. Progress of the rider is shown head to head to head in real time on a projector.

Here's a video from the Blind Pig [Ann Arbor, MI] races last year:

As if racing and beer wasn't enough to get you out this weekend. The local legend and the man of Up'er folk...lore, the Fiddler, will be announcing this event... that's right the head of our wheel department, Ryan. We're certain he'll be plucking the heart strings of competitors and spectators alike. Either way, goods times will be had.

For more information please check out the Hell Yes! Sprints page or check out the Facebook event page.

If you can't make it out to the event this Saturday, you haven't missed out completely. There will be another event in August [see tab on the left] and I'm sure there will be another series next year. Hope to see you out there!