Danny Macaskill has been the star of a number of breathtaking cycling videos in the past few years. The latest installement, shot over on the Isle of Skye, take things up to a whole new level. Just go full screen, sit back and stop blinking for the next 10 minutes.

Every Tuesday evening at the Port of Oakland, an almost spontaneous gathering of cyclists takes place. For a couple of hours, they just spin around a 4 kilometer loop as fast as they can. I’ve participated once and couldn’t keep up for more than a couple laps but I’ve loved the energy, the location and the fact that there is basically zero organization: it simply happens.

This past Tuesday, I went with my camera and snapped a few pictures – the attendance is higher during the racing season but Tuesday’s group was nicely sized:

The rest of it is here

In my last post about XOXO 2014, I said this would be my last post about XOXO 2014. I lied – this is the last one. Below is a small sample, the rest of my pictures from that week-end may be found here.