All-City Debuts New Cyclocross Bikes
At Frostbike today, Minneapolis’ All-City Cycles unleashed a new line of Cyclocross bikes, including the Macho King Disc and the Nature Boy Disc – and they look beautiful.
Look at these dropouts!
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Watch Sweet Ride USA Episode 3
In Episode 3, Andrea “MamaB” Denike Martinez, Nat Gale, York Tan, Bruce Chan, Nona Varnado and I braved the mid-90 degree heat in Los Angeles on a bike ride to try out two delicious desserts. First, the bicycle-churned ice cream at Peddler’s Creamery downtown, then DK Donuts‘ take on the cronut, the “Double Decker O-Nut” in Santa Monica. As always, we rode a route through the city designed to burn off every calorie we’d consume.
Bruce and Nona are the founders of LA Bike Trains, an organization created as a way for cyclists to commute in a fun and safe way to work in the morning. It’s a pretty rad setup, and if you are in LA and wanna try out bike commuting, this is a great way to start.
Along the way we checked out the mysterious “Witch’s House” in Beverly Hills and stopped at Orange 20 Bikes for some gear.
This episode’s On-Bike Interview features Sean Bonner, dedicated LA cyclist and one of the founders of Safecast, a groundbreaking volunteer group that sprang into action after the Fukushima disaster in Japan, creating a crowdsourced radioactivity monitoring solution. It shows you the power of what people can do when they put their heads together for a greater purpose.
After Sean rhapsodized about the excitement of night rides in the early days of Midnight Ridazz, we geeked out over his sweet black Golden Saddle Cyclery-built Freeman single speed bike that’s easily collapsable so he can pack that bad boy onto a plane.
Wanna ride the this route yourself and have your own Sweet Ride? Here ya go.
In EP3, we were shadowed by Bicycling Magazine for a spread in their March issue. Go buy it on newsstands now!
More Links!
Andrea’s bike crew, the Bodacious Bike Babes
Nona Varnado
Bruce Chan’s Tumblr
Thanks to Mathew Scott for the images in the thumbnail.
Be sure to change the video settings to HD, YouTube won’t let me embed it that way!
#BikeLA Events This Weekend 11/13
The holidays are in full schwing and this weekend there are a TON of rides and events to choose from to get your holly on, including the 8th Annual Midnight Ridazz All-City Toy Drive, the Chrome20 Wrenched_LA ride, an LACBC caroling ride and a Mission Workshop pop-up shop at Golden Saddle.
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My New Chrome Barrage Cargo Filled with Holiday Stuff
The allure of the Chrome_20 holiday pop-up hub proved too strong for me, and I grabbed some stuff including the Barrage Cargo backpack. Been using it everyday, and so far have been really happy with it. Planning on doing a full video review, but now here’s a little video of me unpacking all kinds of holiday mess before last week’s Echo Park Bike Posse annual caroling ride. This thing is really sturdy, comfortable, and it holds a ton. Barrage Cargo Packpack at Chrome Industries
#BikeLA Events This Weekend 11/22
It’s a BIG week of bike events this weekend, we got a Chrome pop-up shop, tons of action-packed bike races at the Carson Velodrome, and the first Sweet Ride USA Public Ride where you can come ride and be a part of the show!
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Chrome Pop-Up Hub Coming to LA, This Could Be Trouble
For my wallet. I’ve had my eye on one of their solid bike messenger-quality backpacks for a while now. Better go check my balance. Opening party this Friday night, located right next door to Orange20 on Melrose. There’s also a mess of races and bike events to go with the shop, check ’em out here.
The Worst Cycling Earbuds You Could Buy
Generally, I don’t advocate wearing earbuds. It’s way too important being able to hear what’s happening around you. That said, when I do wear earbuds, I do the one ear thing, and keep the music pretty low, that way I can still hear it, but I can also hear traffic. Plus it’s nice hearing Google Maps lady’s reassuring voice give me turn-by-turn directions when I’m in an unfamiliar area. I like to think she’s flirting with me.
Black is the New Black – BLCKCHRM from Chrome
San Francisco’s Chrome Industries just launched this new line of all-black, super sturdy Hypalon bags. Dig the matte black version of their iconic belt buckle.