One year for his birthday trimble invited some of his cycling enthusiast pals to a race throughout the streets of red hook at night.
David trimble red hook.
It marked a change in fixed gear racing.
It has since blossomed into the renowned somewhat edgy fixie extravaganza it is today having popularized.
The red hook crit began in 2008 when trimble wanted to throw a birthday race for himself.
David trimble the series founder and owner told velonews that.
David trimble has built the red hook crit into a global happening bringing all of brooklyn s talents to use and helping to rebuild a neighborhood ravaged by a storm.
It was founded by david trimble.
He s surprised there s still the intense love for it.
Milan since 2010 barcelona since 2013 and at the greenwich peninsula london since 2015.
Red hook races are also held in three european cities.
David trimble founder and director at red hook criterium greater new york city area 111 connections.
David trimble started the red hook crit in brooklyn as a birthday party.
The red hook criterium the iconic race that popularized cycling s fixed gear criterium format will suspend its series in 2019.
Ten years later it s now hundreds of riders deep.
David trimble interviewed by anna maria diaz balart in the days that followed red hook crit the keyboard commentary was intense everyone had an opinion a theory an explanation accounting for every resounding success and biting criticism for every perceived failure.
David trimble moved to brooklyn from anchorage alaska with his bike adventurous spirit and an itch to ride.