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!

HISTORIC POLO FIELDS: GOLDEN GATE PARK

With much fanfare, the first bicycle arrived in San Francisco from Paris in 1876. By the late 1890s, bicycles were inexpensive due to replaceable rubber tires and inner tubes, and mass-produced parts, including high-quality chains. Bicycles were popular and fashionable; they became instant symbols of mobility, freedom, and imbued riders with a sense of independence. Large numbers of cyclists flocked to Golden Gate Park to ride leisurely, and eventually, to race competitively. In the early twentieth century, bicycle racing was a premiere spectator sport before motorcycle and automobile racing supplanted it in popularity. A velodrome was built in 1906 in the Golden Gate Park Stadium, also known as the Polo Field, in the western section of the park.

Before and after World War II, bicycle racing in Golden Gate Park represented the best cyclists in the area and was the epicenter for bike racing on the West Coast. Racing bikes from the 1900s to the 1950s had only one gear, no freewheel and no brakes. Acceleration and deceleration depended solely on the strength of the cyclist.

Heading the list of competitors during the 1940s and 1950s were the well-known Gatto Brothers—Gus, Richard, and Vince Gatto from San Jose, California. Gus Gatto raced in national and international tournaments in Argentina and Japan, winning medals in many events. He was the 1949 Northern California Champion, the 1951 National Champion, and a member of the U.S. team in the 1951 Pan-American Games. Bud Thorpe, Lou Rondoni, and Pete Piazza were top, national champion racers in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Trainers, bicycle-store owners, and fans zealously supported cyclists in their efforts to make bicycle-racing history. License to Race presents images from a period of great popularity in bicycle racing in San Francisco, when many local and regional racers tested their abilities, pursued their dreams, and traveled the world.

This display is available at Terminal 3 of the SFO International terminal.

Archive provided by Brad at American Cyclery 

Tuesday Morning Cross Clinic!

Tuesday morning Dylan will be guiding a cross clinic. Showing the basics of getting loose. We will go over getting through technical sections and staying loose, Hopping everything big to small, and pulling into a corner with confidence. These basic skills will make riding any bike even more RAD! Meet at the shop at 7:30AM, Coffee and chit chat. Out the door at 8AM. LOOSE. 

Loose. 

Check in with Friends!

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JDR

Carl

Rainier

Dylan

Chas

Steve

Walton

Derek