Day Late, Dollar Short

Totally missed this news for yesterday's rant - One of the granddaddy alleycats, NYC's infamous Monstertrack has been canceled (to be specific, the main race only), in part due to the tragedy in Chicago. Writing's on the wall kids. The trend is dead. Best quote on the matter, as usual is from BikeSnobNYC... "Indeed, alleycat racing is surely the slam-dancing of the bike world, and it is now well into the "moshing" phase, thanks to the overwhelming all-inclusiveness referred to above combined with the unprecedented popularity of riding brakeless track bikes on the street. Right now, if alleycat racing were a concert, it would be Woodstock '99 and Limp Bizkit would have just taken the stage." -Inshalah.