TagRace

alleycat

alleycat Β n.β€”Β Β«The Staten Island Invasion was a type of race known as an β€œalleycat,” a high-speed scavenger hunt that has become popular among messengers and bike enthusiasts around the country. Alleycats are like marathons for the anti-marathon...

bikewhack

bikewhack Β v.β€”Β Β«The trail we proceeded down was overgrown and required us to hike-a-bike / bikewhack a bit. This section made me think of a similar trail in a race.Β»Β β€”β€œEco-Challenge North American Championships” by John YipΒ in CanadaΒ Runningfree...

bike whack

bike whack Β v.β€”Β Β«Hit CP6 withouyt a hitch and headed to CP7 then a β€œbike whack” that would take us across a river and through a dense woods.…Most teams would back track the whole bike whack. We took roads.Β»Β β€”β€œAdventure Race Report (dhutch&birch)” by...

bike-whack

bike-whack Β v.β€”Β Β«A straight bike-whack down through steep and unforgiving terrain. We lost our only odometer, a niterider battery pack, and I broke a spoke. It was nasty stuff.….We bikewhacked again and found no bridge.Β»Β β€”β€œPrimal Quest Race Report:...

bike-whack

bike-whack Β v.β€”Β Β«We chose to take a gamble and take an old logging road deep into the forest, then bushwhack up the steep hillside to reach the Parkway.…After about a mile and a half uphill walk/ride up past a cemetery, we entered the woods again...

ambulance chasing

ambulance chasing Β n.β€”Β Β«In 1977, Steven Weinberg, then two years shy of the Nobel Prize in Physics, decided to do a little of what some theorists call β€œambulance chasing.” He heard a rumor, while spending a year at Stanford, that collisions at the...