A big leap forward here at Velo Magic. Kinda hopped to keep this blog going over the past summer (2017), but whatever. I was active in my pursuit of magic via velo adventures. A short list of updates to follow: Did all of my Spring Classics early in the season. The summer came and I squeezed in a few Road races (local). In July I picked up a Long-board Skateboard as a cross training tool for balance and agility. Then in August got more focused on Cyclocross preparations. However, the local CX season became a bit skewed do to some grassroots scheduling issues. Be that as it may the most spectacular Velo Magic event of the year happened late in the summer. A core group of local Pittsburgh area BMX racers dating back from late 1970's to late 80's got together, myself included, and held a PGH/BMX Old-School Racing Group Ride. We met at the Bicycle Heaven Museum in Pgh. and rolled out along the Three Rivers Heritage Trail into downtown Pittsburgh. We had a light lunch break on the South Side. When we got back to the museum we chilled and hang-out for about an hour. Very cool! We all agreed this was worth doing again and may even make plans to organize a little BMX club and take on a regularly scheduled group ride next summer.
PS- if your wondering why the "4130", it's a reference to the type of steel used in the early BMX bikes commonly used in the early developmental years of the sport. Cool right!
Above photo: Founding members of the PGH/BMX Local 4130. (2017).
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