We do not have a ride planned for this Tuesday AM, and the shop will be closed in celebration of the new year. If your up, an looking for friends to ride with, still meet at the shop at 8AM, and link up, and get out!

W.BUB.III

Walton has been capturing more moments since he picked up a new camera. Looking back through his recent submissions reminded me what it feels like to be out there. We are all out there, but with Walt, it is this unfiltered point of view, that for me resinates. Moments, that add up to a bigger picture. I will always love the mystery of a photograph. Info, but not too much. Moments otherwise spoiled by video capture, a photo leaves room for the viewer to interpret, and read into a moment. Loose story telling.

HOLIDAY HOURS

BARS

We have a new selection of bars in the shop. Here are a few examples. Thomson has delivered their selection of handlebars. We have the Thomson KFC Carbon CX bars in 42 currently, and will extend sizes in 2013.

Thomson also produces a line of riser bars. These DH bars have been fun on the street, in the dirt, and look clean with their 4 bolt stems.

These look like so much fun! The Deda Dabar. Full Deda carbon.

THIS WEEK IN THE SHOP

With holiday shopping behind us, we wanted to spotlight some new items here in the shop. We now offer a complete build for a few bikes, including the Cinelli Super Pista.

We still have a couple team issue skin suits available. We are also reprinting the RGB kit, and it should be available early February. We hope to add a pre-order in January.

We added more information for the complete Land Shark Single Speed Cyclocross build here in the shop. 

We have new colors of our original bar end design in stock. Now available in Red, Black, Silver, and Charcoal.

Mystery packs are back. We ship the end runs of shirts with stickers and odd finds from the shop. Try it out!

With jersey wallets back in stock, we can offer these survival kits. They include patches, tire levers, mini multi tools, co2, and the waterproof wallet.

We have a new selection of books including The Competition Bicycle, Cinelli The Art and Design of the Bicycle, Rouleur publications, and The Golden Age of the Handbuilt Bicycles.

SCCX #3 2012

Sunday brought a close to the Surf City Cyclocross Series, this time hosted at the Watsonville Fairgrounds. With the abundance of recent rain, the course was muddy and fun. Enclosed are some details from the Elite Men’s A’s and the Single Speed A’s, as they raced simultaneously.  

Kyle slithering into new skin

Embody Zombie

We are happy to have Crihs spending his winter racing CX in the Bay Area.

It was really inspiring to see this new mother balancing racing, and raising a family. Here she is slow rolling her child toward a nap while keeping her legs warm.

I’m not going to disclose who was using these performance enhancing stimulants.

Walton got hit with asthma last time he was on the east coast. He had an inhaler and his phone under his skin suit.

We love Mavic Ellipse wheels on the road, and in the dirt.

Derek transporting his pit bike.

Kyle using a state of the art gauge to confirm pressure.

SCCX requires you maintain the same race number for the entire series. If you loose it, a replacement is $10, or you can make your own.

Ben Jacques-Maynes gets the call-up

Racers ready?

GO!

Derek and Scotty with a beard-off. Derek wins the sprint, Scotty wins the Beard.

With plenty of rain in December, the Watsonville Fairgrounds course was a blast. We wish our CX season started later, or our weather started earlier.

The Elite A’s, and the Single Speed racers started a minute apart. Chas opened up a large gap in the first lap of the SSCX group, and held it the entire race.

Derek leading the chase group throughout the up-hill barriers.

Walton winding back to the stables

DJ borrowed Walton’s SSCX. This is his first season out, and is hooked.

Aaron rips, here illustrating the fastest way around the route marker, is to lean in and lift off.

This off camber drop-in was one of the route highlights.

Mud drawing

Derek and Scotty

Walton coming through the stables

Kyle is a full time student, has a job, and still raced a great season. Our team has always consisted of friends who live full lives on and off the bike. 

FIXED MAGAZINE #13

Fixed Magazine just released issue 13 online. We traveled with Andy to Milano for the Red Hook 2012 event, and he has a nice travel piece around the trip. You can download it HERE, or look for a printed copy soon!

NACCC 2012

Crihs posted up a still from the 2012 NACCC where Chas is looking back for Austin and Lucas, as he goes on to win the 2012 North American Cycling Courier Championships.

“Rising from Ashes” is a feature length documentary about two worlds colliding when cycling legend Jock Boyer moves to Rwanda, Africa to help a group of struggling genocide survivors pursue their dream of a national team. As they set out against impossible odds both Jock and the team find new purpose as they rise from the ashes of their past.
For more information visit:
Website: risingfromashesthemovie.com
“Cycling is an excruciating sport—a rider’s power is only as great as his capacity to endure pain—and it is often remarked that the best cyclists experience their physical agonies as a relief from private torments. The bike gives suffering a purpose.”
– The New Yorker on Team Rwanda
“As a seven-year-old, Adrien miraculously survived the slaughter (genocide) and is now the No.1 mountain biker on the biggest cycling team in Africa. He will be, without doubt, the most extraordinary athlete at the 2012 Olympic Games.”
– Sports Illustrated
“In London, Adrien Niyonshuti looks likely to rub shoulders with many other big names both in and out of the world of cycling. But the reality is that few, if any, will have had a more remarkable journey to get there.”
– The Evening Standard London

TUESDAY AM

Who is getting out tomorrow AM? Meet at the shop by 7:45AM for a cup of coffee, then out the door at 8am. This is a late post, but after 72 weeks of Tuesday AM rides, expect something fun each week. Bring a road or dirt bike, link up with like wheeled friends, and get out there. It will be really nice out!