Rhinegeist goldsprints

The Cincinnati Goldsprints happened again at Rhinegeist with the usual gut churning lactate inducing sprints they had last month and an even bigger crowd. Next month March 21 is the last event if you still haven't made it yet.
I’m still fascinated by these races as not many other cities have them. And since Brooklyn is one of the few places that host them it’s apropos I guess that I would run into Maya. She called me out a while back because I said Covington/Newport should bill themselves as the Brooklyn of Cincinnati. Now I didn't mean that as a direct comparison. What I was getting at that just like Brooklyn is across the river from Manhattan, Covington/Newport is across the river from downtown. Covington and Newport have a bunch of really cool housing stock. There is no real comparison between the two beyond that.
At any rate someone had told her that the hipsters hadn't invaded Rhinegeist yet. “Oh yeah?” I said, “there are a lot of tattoos.” And tight jeans she added. She also told me about being interviewed for a story about how Cincinnati neighborhoods compare to NYC neighborhoods. An idea I had already discovered the hard way that she found ridiculous. And it didn't strike me until later that you know what? OTR will never be as hip as Brooklyn until there is an established frame builder. OTR has a good start with coffee shops, but until someone is building bespoke bikes it just doesn't measure up.
Oh and Rhinegeist, they built a new bar, so you can stand 300 people deep with your credit card at the old counter or walk right up and and get a beer with cash money at this one.
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  1. Maxwell Lundbeck is the only 'established' builder we have in town that I can think of - http://lundbeckcycles.com/ builds custom bikes, damn nice ones too. Cool dude. Helps organize the Cincy Fondo with Element Cycles.

    Adam Eldridge of Stanridge Speed fame is up in Columbus. I think he's got more Brooklyn cred that most of the builders in Brooklyn with his endless string of Stanridge team riders taking podium finishes at Redhook. Also a very nice guy to talk to.

    There's this other guy around that probably needs to get up off his arse and do some more building

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    1. You have a beard so all you need is to build a couple frames and get your hand tatto'd.

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    2. I've got a box of tubes and 3 months off coming up. No telling what will happen.

      So far the Bremen has survived a couple beat down rides, including Southern Cross last weekend. I think its passed QC

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