For those not in the know, an alleycat is an ad-hoc, unlicensed checkpoint-to-checkpoint race that originated with bicycle messengers in all of the cool places you wish you had lived when you were in your twenties (or right now, if you are in your twenties).
Essentially, it works like this: You show up to the start, you pay your entry fee, you receive a spoke card with your race number on it and a list of checkpoints. You can do the checkpoints in any order you wish, using any route you prefer. At the finish line everybody has a blast chillaxing with friends/fellow racers, and mankind is redeemed ever so slightly.
Usually open only to fixed gear/single speed bikes, our race has different divisions so that we can have as many bicyclists as possible participate. The more the merrier, and the more cans that end up on the tables of the needy this holiday season.
Make sense?
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