China, Asia, Climbing and Fixed Gear Bikes

Today morning after a long interview for the COG magazine on my trick cycling background and fixe gear bikes I went to my first class of flying trapeze. It was at the Espana Streb institute in Brooklyn.

They also had space for other aerial disciplines and people were practicing.

The flying trapeze was fun but less exciting than expected. It was not too difficult for me with my long gymnastics background and anyway the uneven bars and flying between had always been my favorite element. The class was first doing swings and then some figures and preparing for the fly. Then a catcher went on the other trapeze and actually caught me. Of course for this easy one there is no real feeling of flying because I just take my hands off my trapeze and he catches my arms. Here is the video of my fourth flying trapeze back end split with catch.

I will go again tomorrow and hopefully learn something more. Too bad that there is no school in Beijing.

Then I rode fast to get back to Manhattan to be part of the first screening of bike films. The bicycle film about me called „Riding in the Circle“ was screened in this session.

My friends had come to watch this movie. After the screening we went to a nearby cafe to have some lunch together.

When I went back to the movie theater the was a gathering of girls that were about to start the „girls only“ alleycat bike race. This was a picture before the handout of the manifest with the addresses of the checkpoints.

Then the girls checked the maps on where the alleycat checkpoints are.

Then the girls had to place their bikes on the opposite side wall.

Then there was a picture with all alleycat girls before the bike race started. These are the cool and fastest bike girls of NYC. Keep the rubber side down all the time.

The guys on the other hand were hanging out in the movie theater. I watched a lot of movies today of which some were quite disappointing.

Today the different movie programs of the BFF were well attended. Especially the „Urban Bike Film“. There was a huge line in front of the movie theater.

And when we got in all the seats were filled up.

There was an alleycat race today and the prize ceremony was held before the Urban Bike Short films started.

And then there was a bikes rock cheering for the 10th year anniversary before Brendt was sent on some movie theater crowd surfing.

It was funny to see this bike outside with this huge spoke card.

I liked this card for a pregnant woman. I think if I am pregnant I will hang one on each of my bikes too.

The bicycle film festival girls had arranged the great after party on this Saturday.

I  did a late night performance in the hope that the people watching the second screening of the urban bike shorts could also come in time to watch. But I think only a small fraction of those came in time. And the one DJ lady forced me to perform exactly at 1am.

Here is the video of my bicycle performance that Nora took capturing the feeling of the event. I love the song Fire by Jess Meider.