Check out Klunkerz
From the website:
Klunkerz is the award-winning documentary on off-road cycling, focusing on the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and 1970s. The film features interviews with the pioneers of the sport and the more obscure characters who influenced them. The film also contains a great deal of archival footage and photographs that have never been seen before. The film is available at www.klunkerz.com.
Check out the Trailer!
Ride on!
Check out this article at Dirt Rag on some of the cargo and utility bikes seen at the Seattle Bike Expo. Very sweet and the kind of forward thinking we like!
Feel like making a difference in the world and helping use bicycles to do it? Check out World Bicycle Relief:
http://www.worldbicyclerelief.org/
From the WBR website:
“Simple, sustainable transportation is an essential element in disaster assistance and poverty relief. Bicycles fulfill basic needs by providing increased access to healthcare, education and economic development, especially when compared to the alternative of walking. Bicycles empower individuals, their families, and their communities. Our mission is to provide access to independence and livelihood through The Power of Bicycles.”
Everyone loves The Shark! So do we! However, we recognize that while every bike rider should own The Shark, that doesn’t have to be their ONLY bike. Different types of rides require different equipment! Just like fishing! With that in mind, John and Greg are working with a couple of the best frame builders in the business on Schlick Cycles designs. The bikes will be more traditional Mountain, Road and Cruiser designs but will incorporate the design details that only a passion and understanding of bicycles and riders can reveal. Look for more information on these new designs here soon.
If you are into bikes and bicycle news take a gander at Bicycle Times. News and irreverence! Online stories and a print mag.
Dirt Rag has a nice article on one of our favorite bike builders from the past.
These are bike people we follow on Twitter either @schlickcycles or @schmenzer.
@boneshakerbike – Mountain Bike Racer, Software Dude for Univision-Computers.Com
@TimJackson – bike nerd and marketing nerd… what a dreamboat! Brand Mgr for Masi Bicycles. Social Media wonk.
@Gary_Fisher
@tourfrance
@Teecycle_Tim – Runner. Biker. Writer for DRAFT magazine. Milwaukee Magazine fitness columnist. Recycled T-shirt seller. Classic middle child.
@Pattersnap – Bio Journalist, cyclist, student
@Zize – One of Schlick Cycles contract partners – it’s all about bikes for everybody!
@lancearmstrong – 7-time Tour de France winner, full time cancer fighter – LIVESTRONG!
@Interbike – Rich Kelly – Marketing manager for the largest gathering of the bike industry in North America. We love bicycles and cycling.
@thebikediva – Freelance writer, blogger, road biker, cyclocross addict, runner, founder of Bike Diva.
@kansascyclist – Kansas bicycle news, events, clubs, shops, and links.
@CharitonRAGBRAI – RAGBRAI overnights in Chariton on July 22, 2009! Keep up with all the news and information.
@RAGBRAI_IOWA – Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across iowa
More to come!
Gotta get that fitness back before the warm weather hits Wisconsin. I’ve been putting 15 minutes a day in for several days now and will be upping it to 30 minutes 5 times a week soon. Been out of it for a bit!
Here is a picture of the torture device:
Works well because that heavy wheel is great to smooth out the pedal strokes.
As always, Versus sure “gets it” when it comes to bike racing coverage.
and says a lot about our society that what you read here, from little tiny fish, about the bikes-should-behave-better philosophy is, from my experience, true, the concept is a fallacy:
http://littletinyfish.tumblr.com/post/84927396/but-the-fallacy-of-the
With my reinvigorated desire to ride my Shark as well as other bikes I want an app for my iPhone that will help me record and map my rides. I think having an app that allows me to view my progress will be a motivator and besides, I love any excuse to use my iPhone and help justify the cost. After all, it did save me several hundred dollars last year but what has it done for me lately.
if you have a suggestion please leave me a comment!
Very nice map and overview of bike trails in Illinois.
http://www.bikelib.org/mapstrails/trailslist.htm
Location and Setting, Length in Miles, Surface, Contact Address and Contact Telephone. I’d like to see a difficulty rating but most of the trails are either paved or limestone screenings so they should be fairly easy. Plus, Illinois is mostly flay anyway!