THROW YOUR SUPPORT BEHIND THE MCLAREN BIKE PARK

The hard working folks over at SF Urban Riders are fighting the good fight for all of us, and are trying to get some off road trails happening in San Francisco. Go Here if you want to sign the petition, or continue reading, some good info here…

New York City has one (Hybridge Park), in Manhattan no less!

Seattle has the Grandaddy of them all, the I5 Colonade Park, under the mighty (ugly) I5 freeway in Seattle.

Look at this picture of the Colonade Park by db. You’ve got to love this use of otherwise wasted urban space.

One more, because I can’t resist, photo by Ralph Underwood.

Lots more pictures of Seattle here.

Boulder is getting one soon: The Valmont Bikepark Boulder

Lafayette (East of San Francisco) is getting one: LafayetteBikePark.com

And Fresno California, kicking ass on many other cities, already has on: Woodward Mountain Bike Park.

And they have some great photos too!

Anyway, the message here is, if they can do it in all these cities, why not San Francisco?

They can if you help. It’s easy, doesn’t cost anything and you’ll be doing some good.

Check out their plans and fill out the online petition for the McLaren Bike Park. It only takes a second to do.

Thanks.

The Great Trek Bicycle and Lawsuit Making Company out of the middle part of these here United States of America recently got bitch slapped by a Wisconsin judge after they tried to sue TINY Northern California Trek Winery for shipping their wine into Wisconsin.

Read all about it here.

That’s right, the suits at Trek decided that it would cause consumer confusion over the source of the wine.

Funny thing…the winery made exactly three tiny shipments to Wisconsin. Two of them went to the winery owner’s aunt and cousin. The third, in an ill-conceived sting operation, was shipped to the wife of a Trek employee, “to confirm that defendants were able and willing to sell wine into the state.”
And my favorite line from the story: “Attorneys for Trek Bicycle could not be reached for comment.” Because they are embarrassed idiots and are shamefully hiding their heads in the sand…

This was forwarded by a friend, is worth a watch. Creative, inventive. A bit like that UK Honda commercial that was floating around the internet a while ago, oh so good.

Friday at Ibis often mean Roxy cooks lunch for the crew (note: don’t ever turn down a dinner invite from Roxy).

Here’s the scene a few days ago, it was Pho Noodles day.

I’m taking the crappy iPhone picture, and we have a guest in the house. 2nd from the bottom on the right in the blue hoody is Greg Williams, mastermind behind all the incredible trail projects happening up around Downieville by the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship.

We were plotting lots of good stuff for the coming year having to do with the Trail Stewardship, the trails around Downieville and the Downieville Classic, the best three days on the racing calendar every year (according to us).

You might have guessed that our dining room is also our warehouse, complete with custom made recycled wood picnic tables. And really good food on top of them on Fridays.

Urp.

We’ve settled on the third color for the new Mojo HD. We don’t have a name for it, but here you go.

Also, for your viewing pleasure, we now have the first glimpses of the cable guard that bolts on under the down tube. Check it out.

And last but not least, here’s a super secret spy photo of the new black on black HD color that Tom has been testing.