The NorCal Rotary BBQ #2 was held today, and it was a blast! Good turnout, nice cars, great weather, cool time. Can’t go wrong with breaking away from the daily rituals and being able able to grill some food and check out some legit whips. We had a variety of cars showing up, which all added to the flavor.
There was a small drive near the end, and while the line of cars was a sight to see, a park ranger and later 2 CHPs came along as well. Fortunately they left us alone. Check out the pictures.
As a throwback to the oldschool classics, here’s one of my favorite cars. You can really appreciate the sense of styling and overall conception of a sports car with this Alfa Romeo 33 Stradale. With all the sweeping curves, the Stradale is a fine example of craftsmanship from a bygone era… rarely seen nowadays with all the composite, econo-oriented tin cans.
The Alfa Romeo was a light-weight contender at 1500lbs and a high-revving machine. It’s 2.0L V-8 produced 230BHP at 8800RPM, with a peak redline of 10,000RPM. Another interesting statistic of the car is it’s low stack roof height, at only 39″. Getting burgers from a drive-thru with this thing might require some reaching.
There’s a group of local people here who decided that riding a fixed gear in a straight line is too boring, so they throw their bikes off ledges and do other unorthodox activities instead. Hence their name, Gnarcotix. Check them out, they throw down some illness. They’re currently in process of filming for a movie they’re doing, and I tagged along one day and snapped a couple of photos. I mainly focused my time trying to get some secondary video and some rather entertaining bike checks… more on that in the future.
This is most likely one of Mobb Deep’s most famous songs. Keep a positive mind, walk a straight line.
Want it? Here’s a 320KBP/S version of Part 2, enjoi.
After my unfortunate Head-Downtube incident, I was without a track frame for a while. I recently (yesterday) got a new track frame, it is a Rush Hour Pro, and Velospace informs me that this one is a 2008 prototype non-production frame. It rides and feels like the sturdiest aluminum bike I’ve been on, and I’m very happy with it!
Sugino 75, Phil Wood, typical stuff on a SF rider!
I’m not entirely sure how to grasp the total image of this car, but it is unique to say the least. The body of the BMW looks like it was dumped into a vat of battery acid. I’m guessing the smashed windshield and whatever that random vise grip is holding on adds to the style… At first glance, I was going to just shrug it off as another car bound for the junkyard, but the fact that it has a set balling 18″ BBS RS’s changed my mind. That makeshift, lowriding trailer being pulled has a pair of 17″ BBS RS’s, you can never have too many of those wheels.
Saw this on the come up, Mutiny Bikes puts out some good video production. Their previous endeavor, Stoked on Being Pumped was some good stuff as well. This new video is coming out on September, 2009, and it looks even better.
The Rotary folks are holding a BBQ at Lake Elizabeth in Fremont, CA soon… and of course GRANDMIGHTY has something to do with it.
Professional rally driver Marcus Gronholm takes the wheel of a 800HP Ford Fiesta RallyCross and runs up the Pikes Peak course. This is a tribute to the famous Climb Dance run held at Pikes Peak in the past. The sounds alone in this video will make it worth watching. You will never look at Fiestas the same way again.
