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Event Overview (see event schedule)

Messenger Race

 All competitors have two attempts to qualify for the final. The top two-hundred advance to the main event.
Finalists will sweat it out on a closed course in downtown manhattan. Picking and dropping packages, Locking up and calling dispatch. Racers are ranked based upon the order in which they cross the finish line.

GoldSprints

 Introduced at the Zurich CMWC 99, This event features riders competing on stationary hometrainers. Everyone has the chance to post a time in a 500m sprint on rollers. The fastest will compete on a voyage around Manhattan.

Sprints

 Sprint down the street, as fast as you can. All bikes.
  

Cargo Race

 The cargo race will test each competitor's ability to carry cargo the fastest. It will take place on the same closed course as the main race. cargo bikers will pick up items such as hay balls, bricks, long tubes, pieces of carpet, traffic pylons etc. Competitors must use a cargo bike for this event.

Bunny Hop

 Riders will vie to see who can hop the highest! We'll start at a height of 20cm, then raising the bar 10cm at a time, up to 50cm from which the height bar is raised 5cm at a time or in accordance with remaining competitors.

Fix Gear

 No brakes allowed! Track stand, track skid and quick stop are the categories.  

Free Style

 Anything Goes! Riders are given two minutes (negotiable) to do their best! We let the crowd decide who's got the best style.

Foot Down

 This is a favorite of Track and BMX riders. Packs of 30 duel in a crash up derby style competition. Last one to put a foot down advances to the Final.

Dispatch Race

 Just like work! Dispatcher communicates with their riders by two way radio. The team to complete the most deliveries takes the title.

Arm Wrestling

 Start doing your pushups now! The biggest guns will face off under the watchful eye of Professional Referees. Take on NYC Champs Massamba and Amy!

Polo

 Scattered groups of west coast freaks will play this game every chance they get! Although unofficially banned in New York, we will not abuse or break up any games.

Tattoo Show

 Messenger Tattoos, we love 'em! Strut your stuff and show the world at our World Welcome Party. Our panel of celebrity judges will award the best ink.  

Graffiti Expo

 If you write then let's get up! Got a crew? That's cool too! Legal wall will be available  

Microphone Fiend

 So you got something to say!? Compete on stage and let the crowd decide who's got the stage and who's got the Golden Mic!  

Art Show

 Bring one or two examples of your work, Art will be displayed at the World Welcome Party and in a Manhattan gallery.  

Schedule of Events* (see event overview)
*Schedule is subject to change without notice.

Thursday June 30 location time
Coffee/Bagels 49 E. Houston 8am - 10am
Labor/Organizing Forum
  Sponsorship w/ Squid
  Indie Companies w/ Ho
  BMA/Labor issues w/ Ben		 49 E. Houston 10am - 1pm
  10am
  11am
  Noon
Registration/Housing 49 E. Houston 1pm - 10pm
Goldsprint Qualifiers Capone's
115 N. 9th St, Brooklyn		 4pm - 10pm
Friday July 1 location time
Rolling Blackouts:
 Messengers in Recovery
 Open Meeting		 Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery Noon - 1:30pm
Registration/Housing 49 E. Houston 1pm - 10pm
Meet & Greet Rockstar Bar - S. 5th & Kent, Williamsburg Brooklyn 1pm - 7pm
Grafitti Wall Williamsburg, Brooklyn 1pm - 7pm
Open Forum - download agenda Bowery Poetry Club - 308 Bowery 2pm - 5pm
Art Show Rockstar Bar 3pm - 7pm
Group Ride 7pm - 8pm
World Welcome Party / Goldsprint Finals Warsaw Club, Brooklyn
  261 Driggs Ave.
 (Williamsburg/Greenpoint)
  At Eckford St.		 8pm - 2am
Saturday July 2 location time
Qualifiers
  Main Race
  Cargo Race
  Sprints
  Bunny Hop
  Track Events		 Jersey City, New Jersey 9am - 4pm
Skids & Sprints Finals Jersey City 4pm - 6pm
Bar Crawl/Arm Wrasslin' Tournament Manhattan and Brooklyn 9pm - 2am
Sunday July 3 location time
Cargo Final/ Dispatch Race Jersey City 9am - 12pm
Main Race Final Jersey City 12pm - 3pm
Announcements Jersey City 3pm - 4pm
Group Photo Jersey City 4pm - 6pm
Group Ride Jersey City to Manhattan via George Washington Bridge 6pm - 8pm
Film Night Riverside Park @105th St., Manhattan 9pm - 12am
Monday July 4 location time
Open Forum Queens Museum 10am - 12pm
Panorama Tours Queens Museum 12pm - 2pm
Velodrome Racing Kissena Velodrome, Queens 12pm - 2pm
Awards Ceremony Kissena Velodrome, Queens 3pm - 5pm
Bunny Hop Finals Red Hook, Brooklyn 8pm - 10pm
Farewell Party/BBQ Red Hook, Brooklyn 7pm - ???





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