I probably posted this pic before, but what da.. someone just liked it on my decade old Flickr.

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Wow, first swap at San Francisco Dolo of the year… heard the organizers said to bring warm cloths and flasks. Last Summer Swap was a Success. Somany people showed up, with so many bin price vintage Campagnolo parts. ha! have fun guys!!
Big credit to our very own Brian, whipped up the poster, I like…

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A few months ago I was given the opportunity to dig through the Archives at American Cyclery, one of the oldest bicycle shops in San Francisco. The archives are interesting as the original owner of American, Oscar Juner collected tons and tons of scrap books and ephemera of cycling around the bay area dating back to the early 40s. It paints a picture of a rich cycling community that seems to have been lost to the ages. To illustrate the scale of the collection, all the photos I am posting now are from a single scrap book. There is an entire storage unit filled with these, plus trophies, jerseys, parts, bikes, and much much more. The Bicycle Museum in Davis has expressed interest in acquiring the collection but the current owner of American fears the collection would be hidden away from the viewing public. He expressed to me interest in having the archive digitized and freely availible online but unfortunately it was too daunting of a task for me to undertake. Perhaps someone out there has the wherewithal to pull it together! Read the rest of this entry…

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Wrap up from Tokyo CMWC 2009:

Well, 6 days and 5 night in Tokyo was really fun.

Ok – it took me 4 days to come down from the trip. I feel like I have to wrap up the CMWC before it’s too late, but there are more stories and photos from Tokyo that I have to dig out to share.  For now I will just say……I Really had fun. Tokyo oh Tokyo, what did I get from Tokyo? Let see, two pairs of Japanese natural indigo dyed denim pants, two Japanese chambray shirts, hundreds of new friends, and a proof of true love. Yes – I asked, and she said Yes.

Though I had been to Tokyo numerous times, this trip was the first time I got to travel through the city by bicycle. Was it easy? Yes! Tokyo streets are perfect for city riding, I’m no city planner, but it was very easy to navigate around, very easy to change lane and direction, even though they drive on the wrong side.  The road condition is top notch - smooth,  not bumpy with pot holes like San Francisco. They take care of their streets, they respect them.  Cars know how to share road with bicycles. My lady never rode a bike in any city traffic before, but in Tokyo she had no problem splitting lanes between cars and trucks going 40 km/hr.

Oh I almost forgot, CMWC results!!! Well the organizers only had a chance to announce the first 3 finishers of men and women for the main race.

Here’s the breakdown:

Out of 380 racers that came for qualification, 60 men and 10 women were in the main race

Mainrace Men

Juri (Tokyo). Prize. Custom Crank bag and Soma Frame
Shino (Tokyo)
Stevie (Zurich)

Mainrace Women

JoJo (Stockholm) Custom Crank bag and Gold pedal necklace
Yuki (Tokyo)
Christina (Chicago)

Fixie King

Jumbo (Copenhagen)

Sprint

Men:Alex Forolettii (Canada??)

women: Alex’s girlfriend.. forgot her name..

Skid

Men: Jumbo (Copenhagen)

Woman: Sarah Murder(San Frandisco)

Backward circle

Daz. 149 ROUNDS!!!

Trackstand

I don’t know.  Someone needs to fill me in on this. I left when the organizer decided not to let both men and women do the trackstand at the same time….

How about the two that I followed throughout the event? Both qualified for the Final, Fergus came in top ten. Mr Chas.. DQ because he can’t read the rules! Actually, he finished the race, he scored money that would have gotten him 5th place, but he had 3 packages left in his bag, DQ for him :(

Well you know what? everyone is a winner……

CMWC Tokyo was well organized, perhaps a little too well organized for my taste. I thank them for taking time and organized such event. Turn out was in the thousand each day at the Race venue. After party at disco club was not my cub of tea. Smoke filled 4 level dance floors, with bouncers checking every bags for chocolate bar really ticked my nerves. I would prefer a tall can gathering in the parking lot with friends.

Bottom line is, I had a hell hec of fun. Thank you Incase for all the Japanese denim garments I bought, thank you all the friends that let me take pictures of you doing nasty move and funny faces. Thank you my lady Jassy for booking the room, helped carrying camera gears  and being the prettiest girl in the show, I love you.

I hope you guys enjoys my love story in Tokyo….. Oh and the pictures. Feel free to drop me  e-mail if you want copy of high Res photo puck@cyclezine.net
Or if you just want to help me go shopping in different country, I will do it.

Next year CMWC 2010 Guatamela… I’m going!!!!

and here the slide show if you have time to see 200+ pictures..also posted here in Incase Bloggy

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Each Sunday, the San Francisco Sunday Streets Program picks a neighborhood in SF and shuts down the street to cars. That means free reign for people, skateboards, rollerblades :( , and more importantly, BIKES! This Sunday it's the outer mission so come out play, ride bikes and have fun. Looks like it's gonna be a nice day out too San Francisco!!! And even better, Pushbike on 24th is having a party at noon- kegs and hotdogs.

View Mission Route Sunday Streets in a larger map

And if you missed out this Sunday, head over to sundaystreetssf to find out the full schedule.

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Found this via Maestro’s blog. This vid was done by SF local shop and gallery Upper Playground/FIFTY24SF. Super inspiring.

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It’s that time of the year again. The infamously brutal Quake City Rumble Alleycat race is just around the corner.

July 4th at 3pm- Come to SF and have a blast. This race is for messengers and non-messengers alike, although it’s not for the faint of heart. This yearly race has been known to be unforgiving, looooong and will take you to the nether regions of our fine city. More information and a schedule will follow shortly, but for now:

Here’s VDO of last year…. by XLR8R

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