A Labor of Love: Greg Heath- Bicycle Builder from Narayan Mahon on Vimeo.

Well, it's kinda summer here. Some days. It's been a busy spring. So I'm taking off for a couple weeks in search of nicer weather, and stellar road riding. ON WISCONSIN! Where roads are plentiful, but traffic isn't. And where the beer flows way more freely than most places. So if you're trying to get ahold of someone around here, there may be a bit of delay. I will check in with the world wide web occasionally. Here's a little interview that was part of a project Narayan Mahon did for the South Seattle Community College. It was a photo exhibit of various craftspeople in the northwest. Very cool, and well done.

It's May. That means summer could be right around the corner, Ski to Sea is this month, it's bike to work day this month, and I'm another year older. So I better get my ass in shape! That way, I can eat lots of pancakes at the Hub. yeah

Happy Mother's Day! Gotta give props to the ones that brought us all into this world. It was a glorious sunday here in B'ham. Almost perfect trail conditions. Out for a 3 hour ride. Which doesn't feel that long after rides like the Ronde and the Taint Tuff. Speaking of Taint Tuff, that was an awesome day. The weather held out pretty good. The trails were damn muddy though. We had about 25 riders with, most of em were on single speeds. With 2 beer stops, and a bourbon stop, everyone was hurtin', but happy! Here are some pics of the day. Thanks to all the riders that came out, and to everyone that helped get the party, and the food going. This will be an annual event. Word.

Wow, it's almost been a month since the last post. I guess I've been busy. Where to start, the Ronde van Whatcom was awesome this year. Great crew, classics style weather(rain, sun, hail, wind), and a good party afterwards. It was a good chunk of the western washington SS Cross gang. Kinda funny, since we were all on geared road bikes. Thanks to everyone that showed up. If you can see one BMX vid this year, see the Bone Deth movie. It's off the hook in all respects. There was a video premier at the Pickford for Refresh. Very local BMX vid of shredders. Great job. This weekend is the "Taint Tuff". It's Nat's idea of a way to celebrate a birthday, and mountain biking. The ride starts and ends @ donkelope HQ at 10am saturday May 1st. It will be mostly SSers. I expect the ride to last 6 hours. That includes lots mayhem in between the biking. Big party to follow. Hell yeah.

The Seattle Bike Expo was good. Much better venue this year. The antics after the show were entertaining to say the least. Thanks to everyone who stopped by, when I was actually there, to say Hi. Last weekend, Joe from Traitor, put on some gold sprints at the cabin tavern. Everybody was really into it, and were having a blast. Thanks Joe!! This weekend is one of the best races ever, the Tour of Flanders. In it's honor, there is a ride saturday the 3rd. We're leaving from Mt Bakery at 10 am. So come on down, eat a waffle, and head out on a 90 mile ride with about 13 Flanders style climbs.

The Seattle Bike Expo is this weekend. Cruise on down, check out some bikes, eat some chocolate, and talk bikes. We've got some new tees, with a new design. I was supposed to have some Shaun Deller hats, but the embroiders are slackers. Sorry. They'll probably show up on monday. Go figure.