An underground bicycle racing tradition once forgotten in Boulder is pedaling back to life. Oscar Lechner, a University of Colorado fifth-year student, is using his passion for cycling and creative design to revive unsanctioned Alleycat races.
“We’re just a bunch of rowdy people getting together and biking around fast,” said Lechner.
An Alleycat race is an informal, checkpoint-based event where riders navigate across a city on fixed-gear bicycles to complete a set of tasks. The goal of the races is to find the most unpredictable route to each checkpoint, which may require darting through alleys and traffic like a cat…