The Urban Commuter Expo was a great success on many levels. There were so many people who showed up despite the record-breaking heat. Moe and I were joined by friend and loyal reader Ben “Buns of Steel” Castaneda (BenC). We arrived at the venue early enough to set up our booth. We had prime real [...]

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We are back from a VERY hot day at the Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo. Turn out was great and there were a lot of small companies showing their goods.
Here’s a video of a walk-through so you can get an idea of what this event is all about:

More Urban Bike Commuter Expo goodness coming [...]

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Our pal Elizabeth Adamczyk would like to remind everyone that the 2008 Ride of Silence is coming up on May 21st in a city near you!
Here’s a bit about the ride from the Ride of Silence website:
“On May 21, 2008, at 7:00 PM, the Ride of Silence will begin in North America and roll across [...]

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Our friend Gerard Boisse of Jax Bicycles told me about a fundraiser ride that they are organizing for Saturday - May 17, 2008 to benefit Project 999.

Here’s some info about the ride:

Each year a group of bicycle riders representing Police Agencies through out Orange County join together to commemorate the lives of those [...]

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Bike to Work Day 2008 - For Immediate Release
Contact: Russ Roca 562-331-1705 lbcyclists@gmail.com
Long Beach, CA - May 15th is Bike to Work Day, a national event where people from around the country are encouraged to replace their car trip with a bicycle for that one day. The movement has swept across the nation with rising [...]

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The Sea Otter may not be a ‘bike commuter fest’ but we did manage to go and visit the Swobo booth. We met Sky Yeager, Stevil and the rest of crew and took some pictures of their stuff:

They also had a Folsom bike with a ’show special’ sticker price, I couldn’t help myself after test [...]

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Well, we made it to Sea Otter and the first thing we did was to hit up the Redline booth. Our good friend Tim Rutledge showed us some new products amongst them was the new Redline 925:

Check out this new Batavus Lightning:

We’ll have video with details coming soon. You can also rate those bikes at [...]

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The Sea Otter Festival is this week. RL, Jeremy and I are heading over there to cover the event. We learned a couple of things last year. First, having a bike to cover the entire festival really helps. Sea Otter is so big that walking really SUCKS. Second, it rains, and it rains a lot. [...]

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I’m only guessing that Redline Bicycles will be launching a girl version of the ever so popular 925 at this year’s Sea Otter Classic in Monterey, Ca. We’ll make sure to check it out for you folks!
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I attended the Tampa Bicycle Co-op grand opening party and workshop last night on behalf of Bikecommuters.com. There were about 30 bike enthusiasts of all types in attendance, from fixed-gear stylists to professional bike mechanics to casual bike club members. A small contingent of riders from the Seminole Heights Bicycle Club made an [...]

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