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.

the rain is back. but the temps are still mild. sunday was beautiful, and the ride was rad. semi big ride up to galbraith, then down to lake samish. headed up sick joke, across the ridge, and down hush hush. 8 riders, 7 single speeders. sweet. this thursday everybody bike is putting on a slide show type event at the REI store. i'll be there showing off a couple of bikes, and talking for about 15 minutes. since REI is involved, everybody bike couldn't list the framebuilders doing there thing at these events. so i'll be wingin' it. come on by and say "howdy".

this is kinda funny. the custom frame builders get their ideas taken, and turned into lower cost, made in taiwan bikes for the masses. some say it's a form of flattery. i guess it is, in a "that's a sweet bike, we're going to change a couple of things, and make thousands of 'em. people will love our huge budget, and what we can do with it" kind of way. (donkelope photo courtesy of Phil Booth, Road Bike Action)

Happy Birthday Rastus!! my little riding buddy is 11, and still rockin'. we've been having excellent weather/conditions for riding lately. not so good for snow sports though. we'll probably pay for this awesome weather in may and june when it will rain every day! thanks to Ryan for putting on the Cascade Cross series here in b'ham. rad courses, and good conditions for each race. lots of mud, but the skies were dry. the series finale was last saturday. good turnout for a race in january.

well, here's the first post to the new year. nothing too crazy so far. except we're getting a mild winter. not so good for the mountain, but freakin' rad for bike riding! yea! here are some pics to share. the bike is not new, at all. but the super neato fenders are. they are all wood fenders, handmade here in bellingham by tom anderson. fashionable as well as functional. these fenders are round. the ones on the tandem are a selection of birch, cherry, ash, and a layer of bamboo, which every fender has for strength. they are beautiful, and make any bike look great. there are tons of options of color/wood type. if you're interested, contact me and i can point you in the right direction.
this saturday is race #3 in the cascade cross series. chilly cross will be at cornwall park in b'ham. fun course, and there will be mud! i don't think we'll have snow that day though.