Scotchlite 680

Late addition to the Christmas list. I think totally covering the bike is overkill, but I definitely want to add some of this to my ride.


Bright Bike from Michael Mandiberg on Vimeo.

Bike Rack Rap

The truth hurts

via Indexed

Comics

Just watch

via EcoVelo

Bike Craft IV (follow up)

Bike Craft was last Wednesday and was nothing short of amazing. The Lucky Lab was packed wall to wall with people and the beer was flowing. Tons of local vendors showing off their goods. A special treat for me was getting to meet the DeJerks in person. All in all, great people, great stuff, great times!


(The work DeJerk!)


(Thanks for sharing your pretzels O-bearded one!)

And to whoever was baking mass quantities of cinnamon bread in southeast Wednesday night, it smelled great!

Fear of a Bike Planet

Great shirt design over at UrbanVelo.

Great Read

I just came across CycleDog. Check it out.

Bike Craft IV

BikeCraft IV will be December 10, from 5:30pm to close at Roots Organic Brewing at 1520 SE 7th Ave (just south of Hawthorne) in Portland.

Check out the full vendor list!

Should be quite awesome. Really looking forward to seeing the DeJerks there!

via Bike Portland

900 Lumens (when you need more)

I just came across this 900 lumen uber light. I havn't seen one of these on the road (I would probably be blinded). I think I like it because kinda reminds me of the headlights on the family truckster in Vacation.

Sexy custom light mount at EcoVelo

via EcoVelo

Portland Cup this weekend

Details at Bike Portland, but here is the schedule:

USGP Kickoff Party
Friday, 11/5: 5-8pm
Hopworks Urban Brewery (2944 SE Powell Blvd.)

USGP Portland Cup Day 1
All day Saturday, 11/6
Portland International Raceway (1940 N Victory Blvd.)

Superstar Cyclocross Seminar
Saturday, 11/6: 7-10 pm
VFW Hall #907 825 SE Mills Ave Portland Oregon(on 9th between Division and Hawthorne)
Entry is $21.00 through Bikereg.com or at the door.

USGP Portland Cup Day 2
All day Saturday, 11/6
Portland International Raceway (1940 N Victory Blvd.)

2008 Cross Crusade Awards Party and Prom
Sunday Dec. 7th (after USGP race at PIR)
Staver Locomotive Building (2537 NW 29th Ave.)

It also just happens to coincide with the Holiday Ale Festival downtown!!!

Bikes at Gizmodo

Decent bike post at gizmodo today. Check it out here.

I will add an image or two later...

Lotus 3000

This old steed came from a Sears store around 1991. I was looking for some info online and came up with almost zilch. I got this for my dad and it sat in his garage unridden until recently. I reclaimed it, cleaned it up, added new tires, pedals, and a seat off of one of my other bikes. It is a great bike but I'm not sure if I will keep it or sell it off to fund other bike projects... At any rate, I thought I would share.

Treadmill Bike

Only $2500 Canadian! Found at Bike Forest. Do NOT miss the treadmill bike 'sweet jumps' video at the end of the article.

OMG, teh uber roxor!!!

Sorry, couldn't resist. If my kid was younger, this would be on the Christmas list for sure!



via SwissMiss

Picnic Table Bike

If the Waffle Bike is the pinnacle of breakfast bike goodness, this is lunch.

SSCXWC Follow-up

Unfortunately, life happened and I did not make it to the race last weekend. Bike Portland did and they have a great write up. Enjoy!

BikePortland.org

SSCXW08

Single Speed Cyclocross World Championships are this weekend! Events are on Saturday and Sunday. The race is on Sunday at PIR. I am going to try to make it out for the race (as a spectator). It should be a great time.

SSCXW via Bike Portland

Follow up to the trike post

oh, the power of the pedal.

Triple the fun?

Not sure why, but there have been a lot of trikes popping up on the radar. I figured I would post a few.

Lunatrike over at Bicycle Design


Mitka Trike at LikeCool


Titanium Tricycle at Gizmodo


Neal Fegan custom from the Manifest Show


...but none come close in cool points to the Vanilla

"...I get kicked in the head a lot but it's worth it."

Best profile quote ever.

Pole Riders via Bicycle Design

Odd pic

Found this posted on a costume thread.

la Musica

There are videos on MTV! For real! You may have never seen such a thing, but there was a time.... This one should be on topic enough for the blog:

Be Your Own Pet |MTV Music

and yes, I had a crush on Martha Quinn.

Ridley (motorized)

120 MPG, 33 MPH.... I could do the STP on this bad boy (would kinda be cheating though)!

Ridley Motorcycle via Uncrate

The 108

Sexy bike.


I think the finishing touch would be a cocktail shaker mounted to the water bottle bosses.

Check out more pics at Dutch Bikes.

"350"

via: Cool Hunting

Oops!

In response to an article about cyclist's being banned from a park and ride, the following was posted on fark.com.

Pocket Ninja: Look. When people don't use oil by choosing to walk or cycle, the demand for oil drops. When the demand for oil drops, so does its value. When the value of oil drops, tensions in the oil-producing countries--most noticeably in the area of the Middle East--rise. When tensions in the Middle East rise, wars start. When wars start in the Middle East, America become involved. When America becomes involved in Middle Eastern wars, colossal screw-ups happen and angry young men Middle Eastern men become radicalized. When angry young Middle Eastern men become radicalized by American screw-ups, they start turning to leaders like Osama bin Laden for inspiration. When they turn to Osama bin Laden for inspiration, 9-11 happens.

Nobody should be taking the side of these cyclists and walkers. The bastards caused 9-11.

Prevention is key. Off to the Hummer dealer!

Waffle Bike

We were talking about waffles this morning and I promised Joyce I would send her the link to the Waffle Bike. Check out the video over at sweetbike. Mmmmmm waffles!

Run Like Hell

My wife and a friend ran the 5k in the Portland Run Like Hell this morning. Running is not my cup of tea, but beer and hot wings at 8am sounded like a winner. Julie, Joyce, Josh and I biked down to Pioneer Courthouse Square bright and early this morning for the run. It was COLD out!!! After the run it was off to Doug Fir for real breakfast with hot coffee and Bloody Mary's (a Halloween themed drink if ever there was one). Nice ride, great costumes, lots of fun.
The gallery is here.

XtraLove

I saw this pic over at one of my favorite blogs, Copenhagen Cycle Chic. The photo is by Derek Pearson who does some pretty fancy stuff with a camera. The subject matter had me thinking I should introduce a project of my own. I have a very slowly progressing xtracycle. I have an older Lotus (1990) mountain bike that I am converting. It will not likely be as hot as the chopper in the pic, but it should be fun. So far I have stripped all its parts and hinted heavily that a free radical is all I want for Christmas. I will post pics and updates as it progresses. For now, enjoy the links.

Copenhagen Cycle Chic
Xtracycle

The Work DeJerk

The header image at the top of my page of the flying sprokette is the work of local artist Tiago DeJerk. He does some truly amazing stuff and has graciously allowed the use of his images here (thanks Drica!!). The first I saw of his work were the commissions hanging over at Cyclepath. A good portion of his paintings are bike related, but he has a pretty wild variety of other work as well. Check out the DeJerk website here, or better yet check out the works in person at Vino Vixens until January 1st, or Muddy's Cafe all during November.





www.dejerk.com

Updated: Manifest Show Weekend

Update: Pics from the show posted here.

All in all, a spectacular weekend alternating between biking, drinking, and eating (all the PDX staples). Scott, Kav, and Ashley from Seattle, Kat from Eugene, and Anna from here in Portland made for a full house. I could not have asked for a better group to ride with.

Scott posted some great pics over at sweetbike.org. I am playing around with SmugMug. Once I get the account set up I will post the gallery of pics I shot at the show.

Special props to Dean for showing us a great time Saturday night.

We need to do this again sooner rather than later.

Oregon Manifest Bike Show

The Oregon Manifest Bike Show is this weekend (Oct 10-12). I will be heading over with a group coming down from Seattle. Should be a great time.

http://www.oregonmanifest.com/

I blame Scott.

I used to ride a lot. I even used to work doing bike assembly. That was well over a decade ago. Last February I went up to see a great friend in Seattle. He had been doing a lot of biking and mentioned that a group he rides with did a weekly Slow Sunday ride. The hotel I was staying at had loaner bikes, so I went along. Note: Riding a poorly maintained hotel loaner bike 30 miles in Seattle after not cycling for 16 years is not generally recommended. It fucking hurts! But... I had a smile on my face the entire way. I was still smiling (though unable to walk) the next day. I missed being on a bike. Here is Scott's post on the ride.
Since that ride I have invested in a new bike and have been playing around with bits and pieces to make it my own. I ride as much as I can, usually with my son in tow on a ride along. This will be my outlet for all stuff bikey and otherwise. Enjoy.

First post. Evar.

We will see where it goes from here.