Next Winter

Next Winter when it's raining, snowing, gray and depressing, ya'll should get on a jet plane and make your way to Patagonia, Chile, and ride some bicycles:

Trans Andes Challenge from Team Jamis on Vimeo.

santa cruz to austin 2011

My new bike is sweeeet. thanks to todd at Black Cat.

Freewheelin'

Okay. My mind's officially blown by this guy's stuff. I clicked through to see more of Wolf Ruck's work (The man behind This Is Cross-Country! below this post) and found this two parter on off-road cycling: Freewheelin' (Circa '85) Holy crap.

Keep your eyes peeled for some pioneer-era set-ups, some drop bars, some possible Cunninghams, some Type IIs, some WTB, some bull moose bars, OG Specialized Ned footy, bearded dudes on OG Ross stuff, some possible early Slickrock trials, some Vaurnet's, some mustachios, a dude getting trials radical on an old GT cruiser with a bash guard, an early purveyor of bibs over jersey, beachy bench trials, what might be the first use ever of the messenger-in-traffic fliming angle, and more five-pound helmets than you can shake a stick at.



Enjoy both parts.
Part 2.

Love For The Doper

"Hi. My name is Robot, and I am an alcoholic. Fortunately, for me, I’ve been able to stay sober for the past seventeen years, much of that time with the help of a bicycle and the myriad benefits that particular piece of machinery bestows upon its frequent users.

"I bring up my alcoholism to make a point about doping that I think escapes most who would judge a young rider harshly for straying down the garden path of EPO, CERA, Ozone, transfusions and testosterone trickery.

And that is, the dope can be addictive."




Read the whole shebang at Red Kite Prayer

nice

Nice poster by pushmepullyou.
AND
Two completely BAD machines from rick hunter:

Steel Horse Down!

Moved to the Bay and my first excursion into the city, my ride gets jacked! Give it back, SF... pretty please?

Bicycle Film Festival 2009

It's on!

Where Are You Go

Directed by Benny Zenga & Brian Vernor. Four months on a bicycle between Cairo, Egypt and Cape Town, South Africa is not your typical African safari.

For the last year I've been sitting in dark rooms lit only by computer monitors and at least the trailer is done. Our full film will screen opening night at the 2009 Bicycle Film Festival in NYC. Of course there's a bit of finishing work still to be done.......

Great Day for Trails in Nebraska... Check These Out.

The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy named Nebraska's Cowboy trail its May 2009 "Trail of the Month." Check it out on their Website.

Read "Byways for Bicycles - Nebraska's rail-trails offer gateways to outdoor adventure" in the May issue of The Prairie Fire newspaper.