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Counting Bike Traffic in SLC
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Kristi Clark is heading up a bike count in Salt Lake for the National Bicycle/Pedestrian Documentation project! They'll be counting all the bikes that go by between specific spots on September 14-16 (Tuesday through Thursday) 5-7 pm and Sept. 18-19 (Saturday and Sunday) noon-2 pm. She needs volunteers! Here's what you can do: Click here to see all the spots needed, and choose a couple at which to help out. Then sign up using this google doc!
OR, just bike back and forth between the area that you think could use the most bike amenities added on all your different bikes. Jus' sayin.
Provo Steppin' it up!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Not only does Provo have sweet bike jousting (on Xtracycles!!), they also have their own bike community website! Cross-pollinate, go!
Bike Polo Tomorrow
Monday, August 23, 2010
It looks like there is new steam in the SLC Hardcourt world. The grass guys are looking for something different which means asphalt.
We will be out at the ol' handball arena (Liberty Park) tomorrow (Tuesday 8/24/10) 7 P.M. to play some polo. Let's get out there and kick some ass.
Cyclocross Season 2010
Boy howdy but I'm excited!
This isn't typical Saltcycle fare, but I'm going to try to make it to most every CX race this season, unless I get bored or broke of money or spirit. The season starts off with some pre-series series, The Euclid Weekly Race Series starting next Wednesday at 5:30 PM in Heber, and the Raleigh Cross Races at This is the Place State Park starting September 11th. For the far away races I'll be driving, so if anyone needs a ride gimme a holler. The Euclid races'll be a great chance to try out CX as they're $10 apiece. Then the season starts in earnest, all info at Utah Cyclocross. Thanks to Cycling Utah for the Cross Calender
Bikestravaganza coming to Salt Lake!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Mark you calenders for August 30th, the Bikestravaganza is in town!
In their words:
The Bikestravaganza Tour is an interactive, multimedia, DIY bike summit roadshow in August and September 2010. Are we coming to your town? We hope so! And we need you to help us set up the show, spread the word, and of course show up and talk about bikes.
They'll be in town this August 30 (Monday) at Point Six Percent Productions space (1130 South Richards Street). (Brian's warehouse)Sign up at the Facebook event
Come one come all to the tallbike joust! Good times guaranteed for all! We'll meet at the NW corner of Liberty Park and ride to a secret location, tall bikes and jousting poles should be available.
Critical Mass
So this isn't specifically about Salt Lake, but it's pretty funny. Do you guys still go? A fellow from SF is coming in this wednesday and wanted to ride mass, I rarely go anymore but am trying to hunt down a 56 and 54 cm bike for him and his girlfriend.
Sundae Shuffle: Sprinkles
Monday, August 16, 2010
Boys allowed this time on this usually ladies-only Salty Spokes ride! Here's the catch, though: you've gotta bring a girl!
Velo City Bags at Craft Lake City
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Come check out the Velo City Bags booth at Craft Lake City this Saturday. We'll have wallets, pouches, bags, and pedal straps for you to buy up right then and there, as well as order forms to custom order your own Velo City gear.
Today's the Day!
Saturday, July 24, 2010
(Carrying all the prizes to the end, Velo City Bags doing what they do best)
In order to not insult your intelligence, I'm not going to mention the event today that we've been spamming, cajoling, and begging you to come to for the last month. However I'm going to show you more pictures:
We got the final shipment of prizees in from Discrete, MER, and Velo City Bags. I've got my eye on that suave motorcyclist shirt, and I also am glad to have some of these tool pouches from MER in the mix.
In the course of a week I switch stuff between my home bag and work bag 6-10 times, and every day between my bag, panniers and camelback, depending on what's going on. Having all your tools together nice and neat is just one of those things that keeps one from completely losing it and moving into a yurt (note maniacal grin).
So big to small, there's some fun stuff to be had. The race is in 4 hours, and should prove to be a really great time. Jess and I are here at home flipping coins on whether we ride our fixed gears or roadbikes or motorcycles, and everyone I've talked to is psyched! Yes!
In other news, I set up a Salt Lake Alleycat Flickr group that anyone can join and add pictures to the pile, so if you have any good shots from alleycats 'round these parts send 'em on in!
Why can't we bike like they do?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Streetfilms makes great little movies about moving towards livable cities. I like this one, because it reminds me of when I first saw the way things worked for bikes in north-west european countries.
I used to think grade-separated bikeways were impossible to attain in America, I used to kind of sniff at them, thinking it was more fun to zip along through traffic than cruise on a path. But most people don't like going fast everywhere all the time, so I've since come to recognise I'm in the minority there. It makes more sense to have bikes omnipresent but with their own roadways, the presence of bikes would 'tame' cars as a guy puts it in the video. Thoughts? Would you put down your speedy track bike or cross-commuter in favor of a cruiser if it meant thousands more people biking on the road? Or would that destroy some of what you love about being a biker in America?
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