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Goldsprints this weekend!

If the Bike Expo and Swap this weekend wasn’t enough reason to come to the Cow Palace this weekend, Murphy will be hosting a two day all-out Goldsprints tournament there! Saturday from 1-5pm is single bike qualifiers. Those who qualify will be going head to head on four bikes from 4-8pm on Sunday. We’re giving [...]

Deep thoughts on World Philosophy Day

Let’s get B-tarded!

2008 Bay Area Super Prestige #1 Men’s B from daten on Vimeo.
First of the Bay Area Super Prestige Cyclocross races, and my first cyclocross race ever. I got my ass handed to me jumping right into the B’s, but thanks to Shiela Moon and Super Relax—they may have been faster but I was way cuter!

Cyclocross without shame

DFL kicked off the CX season here in the bay area. Next up is the beginning of the Super Prestige Series with the first race at McLaren Park this Sunday, October 19th. What I love about Cross races is that your team may not have a podium finish but if you bring enough booze and [...]

A win for Bike Commuters!

Q. What do you do when your bill isn’t gaining popularity?
A. Add it as an item to a much larger bill that is absolutely necessary.
That’s what Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer and Senator Ron Wyden did for bike commuters last week. After seven long years, the bicycle commuter tax provision has finally passed both the House [...]

Bikes! Builders! Portland!

Photo by Bikeportland.org
The most bike friendly city in the country is about to get friendlier this weekend! After the success of last year’s North American Handmade Bike Show held in Portland, the organizers decided to throw their own annual show. Oregon Manifest will boast custom frame builders and other bike-centric vendors, parties, and a cross [...]

Gold Sprints in Vegas!

Gold Sprints at Interbike this Thursday, September 25th from 9pm–2am. Stupid amount of cool prizes and rumors of some serious contenders for the title. Five blocks off the strip, worth checking out if you’re in town.

SF Twilight Criterium Saturday

The 2008 USA CRITS Series is getting even bigger with the addition of the San Francisco Twilight Criterium on September 13. Spearheaded by Ryan Dawkins, President of Project Sport and Andy Ball, CEO of Webcor Builders, the City by the Bay will once again become the backdrop for a top-notch competition featuring some of the [...]

DFL 2008

Last night after work I grabbed my silver lamé dress and headed down to golden gate park for the first in the three race series known as DFL. 200 hundred dudes and a handful of ladies showed up for cross-dressing cyclocross-racing mayhem. Not hip on the bike lingo? DFL stands for Dead F#*&ing Last.

Riding a fixie is about to get easier/dumber

Last week Sunrace Sturmey Archer announced on their blog that they have received their first batch of working prototypes for a geared fixed gear hub. Seriously?! A lot of people explain the reasons to ride a fixie: the simplicity, the connection with the bike, the difficulty, the style, etc. But what reason would you have [...]