After the hit that was Steve "Tool" Allen a couple weeks ago, Daniel Lee showcased another brand of cyclist this week in the IndyStar:

Guy East tries to do something even Ernest Hemingway couldn't quite accomplish -- describe the high-speed spectacle of Europe's "six-day" bicycle races.

"It's mysterious," said Indianapolis native East, 22, who is a pro cyclist with a budding six-day career. He searches for more words: "It's almost romantic."

Six-days are a different scene, all right. "Sixes," as they're called, feature racing from roughly 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. for six straight nights on indoor velodromes that, at times, take on the feel of a discotheque or circus.

At the Grenoble Six Jours, from Oct. 29 to Nov. 3 in France, East completed his second pro six-day amid a raucous atmosphere. Music pulsated. Beer flowed. Cabaret dancers (topless at times) performed. Cyclists whirled elbow-to-elbow around highly banked tracks at speeds reaching 40 mph.

East, who spent his first pro season with Lance Armstrong's Trek-Livestrong team for riders younger than 23 years old, is a rare American to break into Europe's six-day circuit.

Full story here.

My question: why don't these six-days happen here at MTV? I mean, I get it--weather. But, this sounds freaking amazing.