BGMBCV2 // Toronto Alleycat // Fixed Gear (Full Race)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- "Bike Gods Must Be Crazy" is an annual alleycat event that took place on August 6th 2023. I followed Mickael, who ended up finishing 3rd overall, and first in the open- fixed gear category. 27 racers took part and it was a tonne of fun. A big thanks to all the organizers, volunteers and sponsors who made this all possible. All proceeds from the race went towards "foodshare toronto", a food justice organization.
Race details:
-Race began at Bickford Park.
-There was 1 manifest with 11 checkpoints. Each checkpoint was a local Toronto bike shop and you had to take a selfie in front of the storefront.
-End location was Riverdale East Park.
-Our time was 1hr 11 minutes, and our route was 27.1km
Race Winners:
-First place WTFNB-Fixed: Sonia (and first overall)
-First place Open-Fixed: Mickael
-First place WTFNB-Geared: Rosie
-First place Open-Geared: Isaac
Terry B. Of the T. Dot! Keep these coming - outstanding work! 🔥 🔥 🔥
Aww. Thank you so much. And there's more races I plan to film in the coming weeks!
Absolutely beautifully filmed. Glad I found your channel. Camera settings and post processing are amazing! Very cinematic. Can't wait to see more!
Thank you!! Your channel was a big inspiration and I really appreciate you sharing your settings in your video descriptions. Mustafa and Dan are my fave videos on your channel and are outright masterpieces. Looking forward to more Philly fixed gear.
@@358Narada Wow, that's unbelievable to hear, I didn't even know you've seen my channel! You're too kind. I'm excited to film more people this year!
I just moved away from Toronto for work and your videos remind me of home and the city I love cycling in! thank you!
I'm glad you liked it!
I've been waiting YEARS for toronto alleycat videos to come back. DON'T STOP!
yo I'm a longtime courier from MTL just wanna say what up I love these videos keep em comin'! 🤙🤙🤙
Amazing! Glad you like them. More are coming for sure!
Thank you so much for the video, it was a pleasure to watch!
I'm glad you liked it!
Some killer cycling footage out of Toronto these days, I love it
Thank you! I plan to upload more stuff in the coming weeks
More of these!!!! Coming from Terry B videos, too bad I don’t ride fixies, would love to be on these
More are coming in the next few weeks. And it's not too late to start riding fixed!!
DAMN BIKE LOOKS HEAVY
Great way to see something of the city
I'm jealous you guys have some power of getting a ton of green lights vs when I ride lol
😅 We just got super lucky that day. And there was less traffic because of the long weekend!
Joya 👌🏽🔥
Of course the first thing they say is 'ooh, sorry' ;)
😅
love your videos brother
lol... I was at that concert that day when you rode by the Danforth music hall. this is hillarous
Hi 👋
Great video, using a GoPro for recording?
Thanks!! Yes, I used a gopro hero11.
Woah, this guy is pretty wiley on that fixie!
You guys are super human. Dupont to St. Claire hill with one gear and a chain ring with I assume has fifty plus teeth. Sure you are professionals but still impressive.
You definitely build the leg muscles after you do that hill for the hundredth time
@@358Narada Know what ratio your friend runs? Do you run the same?
@@_vilepenguin I run 48/17, and he was running 49/17
That hill from Davenport to st clair they did wasnt that bad ,caledonia/dufferin/christie/bathurst/spadina and Avenue are some of the hardest hills to get up to stclair
@@carlobrigante881 yeah. Anything between christie and dufferin isn't as brutal for sure. Poplar plains is probably the worst. But Avenue is the scariest because of all the cars going full tilt!!
hi sir can you show us your camera setup
I can make a video about it. But it's basically just a gopro 11 with a feiyutech gimbal and nd filters. You can search on TH-cam and you will see other people's video on it!!
Yo what's your camera setup? footage looks nice and stable.
Its a gopro hero 11 on a feiyutech gimbal.
Race? Looks more like a brisk Sunday ride! Where are/were the other 26 racers?
It's definitely more of a scavenger hunt than a traditional race. Doing well in alleycats also relies on knowledge of the city, routing and on the fly decision making rather than speed!
This guy reminds me of that movie with Kevin Bacon and Joseph Gordon Levitt, can't stop don't want to either 😂😂
How can fixed gear go uphill?
Oh damn! I didn't realize they were doing this track work on Broadview... This video is how I find out? 😂
Anyways, smashing stuff!
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🫡🤙🏽😎
How bike friendly is ol Toronto aka the home of Reggae rapper "Snow" anyways?
Great video but LOL @ doing this AND not wearing a helmet 🤦♂️🤡
I remember when we only allowed actual working bike messengers to race. Who are these clowns? This is exactly why I stopped doing alleycats. Much like the rest of mess-culture, its been co-opted by wannabees and posers.
Lame.
For sure. A lot of Toronto alleycats are still planned and run by bike messengers actually. And I would say a majority of those who race them are messengers. The person in this video is a messenger as well, as am I
Yeah bro you’re so cool , enjoy living below the poverty line and gate keeping bicycles lmao
@@ItsBunCha yes, best cyclist in the city! theres no old people doing this job lol
@@JK-yi9gk You have no fucking clue what you are talking about. There is literally an 85 year old bike messenger named Steve who has been doing it longer that any two of you have been alive. HAHAHAHAHA!!! More proof youre talking out your ass.
@@ItsBunChaalthough it sounds like typical old head you have soft hands rookie, he is kinda right, a lot of the non messenger that show up just saw some videos and want to show off, the same kind that create bad situations with bad riding