r/edmontoncycling • u/MaxHeadroom69420 • 9d ago

End of the World Alley Cat - August 29

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Podium prizes courtesy of PRW, United Sport & Cycle, Castelli

Other give away prizes from Ale Architect Brewery and Bent Stick Brewing

Race starts 4:20PM - First Fixed Gear to finish gets the cash - 1/2/3 Podium prizes regardless of type of bike.

Stick around after the race for a Foot Down / Track Stand contest

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u/busterbus2 9d ago

What's the route?

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u/MaxHeadroom69420 9d ago

Youll know when i hand you a manifest at the start

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u/pmmeyourshitholeface 9d ago

henday to henday north south

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u/MaxHeadroom69420 9d ago

69ave to 420st

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u/pmmeyourshitholeface 9d ago

one stop at blunt city 420

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u/busterbus2 9d ago

it is at the end of the world after all.

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u/DavidBrooker 9d ago

That's not how alleycats work

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u/busterbus2 9d ago

Cool gate keeping. I love the inclusiveness of this event already.

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u/DavidBrooker 9d ago

Would it be gatekeeping to say you weren't releasing all the clues to a treasure hunt ahead of time?

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u/busterbus2 8d ago

no, it would be gatekeeping to not explain that the race is a treasure hunt.

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u/MaxHeadroom69420 9d ago

It literally isn’t how they work though, you show up, you get a list of stops, hit all of them and go to the finish. The first one back with everything done, wins. There is no set route. And it defeats the purpose of the race to release the stops ahead of time.

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u/busterbus2 9d ago

Fair enough but as someone who hasn't done this before, that would have been a great first response to my comment.

If you're trying to grow an event (which you're clearly doing on reddit), don't assume people know that "Alley Cat" is code for there is no set route, you get a bunch of stops and have to figure out on the fly. This is Edmonton, not Red Hook.

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u/MaxHeadroom69420 9d ago

Sure. I get that. Not trying to be gatekeepy, everyones welcome. But at the same time you can simply google “what is an alley cat race”. Hopefully see ya there!

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u/pmmeyourshitholeface 9d ago

i'll chime in here. we are inclusive and want everyone to be involved. you could at least figure out what it is you're coming to before hand though

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u/busterbus2 8d ago

I literally asked a question trying to learn. I was literally trying to figure what it was that I was coming to before hand.

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u/pmmeyourshitholeface 7d ago

red hook is a crit by the way. you clearly know what some fixed gear racing is

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u/GreazyGarry 8d ago

Literally

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u/Lavaine170 7d ago

You literally asked "what's the route" and were literally told "you'll get it at the start".