Yesterday I went to an event put on by the Chicago Parks District. This event was to cap off a great year full of events that the park district and the kids of Chicago have been involved in. I was there to give insight into our world of BMX and bicycles in general. It was fun. The kids were all super cool, asked great questions and I even go to hang with Jamie Bestwick. All the kids involved won some sweet prizes including one lucky guy who won a brand new DK complete! The winner was so stoked when his name was announced that my camera battery couldn’t keep up to take a photo of his face. It was awesome. He’s going to have a fun summer on that thing for sure.

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If the Tour de France is the Champions League of cycling, this is the World Cup, drawing cyclists representing nations from Eritrea to Belize to do battle on the empty streets of Copenhagen for the title of World Champion in Road Racing. If one solution could be to do away with the cars and let bicycles roam the streets – what freedom that might be – and it’s taken one of the world’s most esteemed bicycle races to do just that. One of the world’s most prestigious cycle races comes to Copenhagen city centre next week, putting the city in the global spotlight. The competition will be Copenhagen’s biggest ever international event, with 400,000 spectators expected to watch the world’s fastest road cyclists power in and out of the city. For one week from September 19-25, the city centre will be closing 70 streets to host the International Cycling Union (UCI) Road World Championships. Copenhagen was so good at convincing its residents to get on their bikes that the cycle paths had become overcrowded during rush hour with cyclists jostling with each other for space.

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