A Goldsprint is a bicycle rollers racing and social event. Riders on stationary bikes compete against each other in front of spectators.
8-509: While roller racing has a history going back to the beginning of cycling, Goldsprints are fairly new and closely related to bicycle messenger culture. It began in Zurich, Switzerland as part of the 1999 Cycle Messenger World Championships . At which point the name and the event were founded by Adrien Weber, a passionate cyclist and owner of the TurbinenBräu brewery in Zurich, Turbinenbräu. The event
16-473: A marketing tool for the Cycling Industry as well as other industries. Specialized Bicycle Components , one of the largest bike manufactures in the world, has been buying OpenSprints systems for their major events and has local reps sub-contract with local groups (see below) that own OpenSprints systems. Rapha has worked with both Rollapaluza and OpenSprints to put on events. The Bicycle Film Festival
24-469: A similar virtual parkour on the cinema screen. While each event promoter may take their liberties. The most common format is a qualifying round and then a series of knockout rounds until the category winners are established. Many systems have been made over the years. Some have been commercial grade , others one-offs . Given the stationary small footprint, audience participation, and focused visual re-brandable nature of Goldsprints—it has been used as
32-690: Is known to include Goldsprints parties in each city, also the International Cycling Film Festival organized a Goldsprint event in 2012. In 2011, Levi's used GoldSprints to premiere their Commuter line of cycling clothes at Tag and Juice in São Paulo . Other industries, such as alcohol, have invested in GoldSprints as a promotional tool. In the summer of 2009, OpenSprints LLC was contracted by 42 BELOW vodka (owned by Bacardi ) to build twenty two 42 BELOW branded turn-key kits. As part of
40-405: The 8th ICFF in 2013. The Vinylsprint is a mixture of mechanical and electronic Goldsprint systems. Two stationary bicycles are coupled with belt-drive turntables: Pedaling the stationary bicycle operates a record player. Its tone arm is connected with a computer, and the stylus works as a speed sensor for the stationary bike. The racetrack is simulated by a video projection, both cyclists have to ride
48-455: The advanced riders. As with roller racing in general, the rollers are in turn attached to a device that measures distance and can display the progress of the riders. Goldsprints can also feature modern 2D and 3D visualizations. There are two varieties of Goldsprints system: Electronic Mechanical The Vinylsprint is a variation of a Goldsprint race. It was invented by the makers of the International Cycling Film Festival and introduced at
56-518: The project OpenSprints subcontracted Kreitler to develop the first commercially available roller system for GoldSprints. 42 BELOW also hired Salt City Sprints LLC to execute and support up to 400 events in 20 cities across the United States in 12 weeks. Each city had a designated OpenSprints Technician who in turn kept the kit. The following 20 cities now have identical setups: Bicycle messenger Too Many Requests If you report this error to
64-400: Was named after their beer brand "Gold-Sprint". As opposed to traditional roller racing, where riders have to balance, Goldsprints use forkstands so that the riders don't have to balance, only pedal as fast as they can. This provides an easy way for anyone to try Goldsprints. However some Goldsprints groups are now adding traditional rollers , without forkstands, to their equipment to challenge
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