Berry Sampled Dirt

Posted by Patty Fri, 28 Sep 2007 04:19:00 GMT

Actually, Berry sampled Bikes at the Dirt Demo at Interbike. Here’s his cool report:

On Tuesday I rode the Dirt Demo at InterBike, actually out at Bootleg Canyon. Great weather, not too hot. Plenty of bikes, trails & other entertaining riders.

My main goal was to ride the three main 29rs I was interested in to compare them, & also ride whatever else Charles wanted me to, or was available.

I went for the Specialized Stumpy 29r first, as I felt that would make a good baseline; I was familiar with that suspension & ride quality.

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Shop Shorthanded for Interbike

Posted by Patty Tue, 25 Sep 2007 18:17:00 GMT

This week the shop will be shorthanded while most of the staff is at Interbike test riding cool new bikes for 2008, and wandering through a tradeshow with over 3000 vendors of bike goodies.

Bret, Sterling and Peter will be here to assist customers as best they can, while Charles, Berry, John and Patty are in Vegas. If the phone rings and goes to voice mail, or you come in and find your self in line for customer service, please accept our apologies. We considered being closed during the week but decided open and shorthanded would be better.

If you’re curious about interbike, you can check out the link above, or check out MTBR’s photos from the show. On Monday and Tuesday, the boys will be riding in Bootleg Canyon where there is some awesome rocky technical goodness to put bikes through a real trail test. Between the three of them, they should be able to ride about 15 different 2008 bikes.

Wednesday thru Friday they do the indoor part of the trade show. Wandering through the conference center, they get to pick up and fondle new parts, ask questions and try to stump the techs, and meet up with other movers and shakers in the bike industry.

Look forward to a couple writeups after the boys return. Until then, happy trails, and enjoy the lovely California weather.

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Bicycle Film Festival in San Francisco Sept 19-22

Posted by Patty Fri, 07 Sep 2007 03:55:00 GMT

I got this info from one of the club email lists I’m on, and it makes me think we ought to take a train, and make the trip up to the city for a special shop ride to watch Klunkerz which is playing Saturday at 7pm. Rumor has it you can take the 5:48 train from Belmont, transfer to the 6:11 BART at Milbrae, and get off at 16th & Mission at 6:41.

The Bicycle Film Festival will be playing from September 19th through the 22nd in San Francisco. Along with our 8 different programs of shorts, full-length features, documentaries, animations and creative endeavors, we will also be hosting several live music events, a street party and a bicycle scavenger hunt. Tickets and specific information about the San Francisco event are at this location: http://bicyclefilmfestival.com/2007_site/sf/

We’re quite proud of the selection of films that we’re screening this year, and we’re especially excited about Klunkerz. Klunkerz is the history of the modern mountain bike. This film documents the rise of a huge cultural movement that was pioneered in Marin County on the trails of Mt. Tamalpais. Mountain Biking was born out of the creative scene surrounding the San Francisco Bay Area hippy and rock world of the sixties and seventies.

This film features the characters of this day such as Gary Fisher, Joe Breeze, Charlie Kelly and Alan Bonds. The races began amongst friends getting stoned and partying and flying down the mountain on their pre forties bikes with fat tires: “Klunkerz.” These fun escapades turned into a sport that changed and maybe even saved the bike industry.

The Bicycle Film Festival celebrates the bicycle. We are into all styles of bikes and biking. If you can name it, we’ve probably either ridden or screened it. What better way to celebrate these lifestyles than through art, film, music and performance? We bring together all aspects of bicycling to advocate its ability to transport us in many ways.

www.bicyclefilmfestival.com

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