It is perhaps a tribute to some vestigial chivalry in Hollywood that women are seldom permitted to play REAL villains, but we get a real one this time. How can I describe it? She plays a very tough broad, and turns in the hardest, most vicious female performance in a long time. That makes her performance in "Unholy Rollers" all the more astonishing. You know the kind of girl you'd never allow to open the door of her own Lamberghini. I know they’re mine.Miss Jennings was all golden and sleek in Playboy. Regardless, the April 30th event at the Replay sounds like a good time, too, if bikes and beers are your thing. Now that would make for some entertainment. Put the roller racers on real rollers - not the training-wheel-safe kind with the fixed fork - and pour on the beers and then let ’em race. “I know a guy who was riding in his living room and fell off, into his glass coffee table. “Those are dangerous, man,” he said (and this is a man who has spent thousands of hours in the saddle. I was discussing roller riding in my basement with a cycling coach I know, and he shook his head. An uneven pedal stroke or even the slightest lapse in concentration usually results in the bike and rider toppling to the ground.Īnd even though all of my crashes from atop the rollers have come at speeds considerably slower than any I’ve had outside - like, oh, technically zero mph - they’ve hurt just as much. Riding rollers is said to improve a cyclist’s “spin,” or his ability to pedal smooth circles instead of mashing unequally on the pedals. The resulting fight against gravity has been likened to cycling on ice, but personally I find that a bit understated. The spinning back tire propels the cylinders. Honestly, I think roller racing would be more entertaining on conventional bike rollers.Ĭonventional rollers consist of three cylinders about a foot and a half wide upon which the bike and cyclist must balance. (At roller races, there’s always a trash can by the competitors in case the beer needs to come back out.) Pair a heavy emphasis on boozing with an athletic-ish endeavor and jocularity is sure to ensue. Or, in this case, wheel, since the front of the bike is rigid.ĭid I mention these events appear to be booze-fueled? For proof there’s the fact that Lawrence’s races list four sponsors. Drink a few, lighten up, challenge a buddy (or enemy) to a grudge match.
I’ve also heard some saloons have various tests of skill inside. I’ve heard that sometimes folks imbibe a few too many at bars and tend to enjoy themselves more than they would if they were sober. Now, I’ve never seen a live roller race, but it seems like a good time.įirst of all, races tend to be held in bars.
#Unholy rollers registration
Registration is a 7 p.m., with races to start at 8. I never realized there were regular races as close as Kansas City, Mo., and never figured the phenomenon would make it to Lawrence.īut April 30, the Replay Lounge will host roller racing. Today, roller-racing events are held throughout the country. The rise of the bike-messenger culture and all its wannabes recently sparked a renewed interest in roller racing - minus the monochrome.
They’d race head-to-head, pedaling furiously but going nowhere, with the winner being the cyclist who went the “farthest” in a set time. Many moons ago, when the world was sepia-toned, our forefathers used to climb - indoors - aboard bikes sitting atop huge cylindrical drums hooked to primitive gauges. I’m familiar with bicycle roller racing, though maybe not the premiere version. I was strolling downtown the other day when a poster caught my eye.
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