(CPCV2009: Championat de Paris des Coursiers a Velo 2009)
we (urban cycle, our boss/dispatch Pat's idea) are organizing the 1st Paris bike messengers Championships it'll be the weekend of the 2nd of may: a weekend (3 days) of riding, racing and chistole a la parisienne the main race will be an open course the program will include jboule's panamalleycat more info soon
i might bring my beer belly and outlandish tales of past glories over. cant begin to imagine what time i'd post in a paris alley cat. should think it would need a calendar.
ok. i'm going to be in paris for the weekend (of the event) so i shall try and come see the festivities. i'll be staying at my friends in oberkampf, wheres the event? don't think i'll have my bike so maybe i'll come on a velib!
cool, if you do the alleycat on a velib, i'll buy you a beer (make it two)... if you need a bike you can borrow my girlfriend's or my polo bike. there's an alleycat friday at 18:00 at La Defense the main race will start at/near republique on saturday and the bike polo tournament (plus trackstands, skids, sprints and stuff) on sunday, location to be confirmed (either Champs de Mars, near the eiffel tower, or the museum Palais de Tokyo)... i'll post all the details next week. joschz@gmail.com
friday 1st of may. Alleycat "LA DEFENSE". La Defense, esplanande Charles de Gaulle à la Défense (bassin Takis) @ 18:00
saturday 2nd of may. main race start/finish: "Checkpoint Alleycat" : passage du pont aux biches (middle of the steps) (post code 75003, 3rd arrondisment).
list of checkpoints: CP - ALLEYCAT : passage du pont aux biches (middle of the steps) 75003 CP - FIXIE : chez Cyclope, 100 rue de la folie méricourt (it's a shop in a basement, street rue de la folie mericourt, number 100, you need to go inside the patio, it's the black door) 75011 CP - URBAN : chez Urban Cycle, 53 rue de la Fontaine au Roi (our office) 75011 CP - CHISTOLE : Au point Ephémère 186 quai de Valmy (it's a bar by the canal st. martin) 75010 CP - FREERIDE : Place Raoul Follereau (under the arches) 75010 CP - DH : number 10, cité Paradis (end of the "passage" to the right) 75010
well my wheels never got built in time so i'm coming to paris without a bike. inbetween doing things with my friends i'll try and catch up with some of the events. funnily enough, i nearly lived on rue de la folie mericourt. thats one checkpoint i could find.
it's my fault really, lack of commitment as my teacher used to say. kinda got dragged into drugs and partying and that was really it for me. fuck knows where i spent saturday but i know paris quite well and it felt more like i was in berlin. kept thinking i'd find you using the internet without considering i couldn't use it while i was out and about. boo. nevermind, velibs are way harder to use than i remembered anyway and if you'd have lent me a bike i would have given you back a taco...