Female Friday! Sept. 12th 5:45pm

Posted by Patty Tue, 09 Sep 2008 22:36:00 GMT

Back by popular demand! Last month we had about 45 women descend en mass upon the shop for some great riding, gabbing, and consuming of food and drink!

We will be doing it again this Friday, Sept 12th, with rides launching around 5:45pm. Ladies only!

After sunset we will return for food, prepped for our pleasure by guys who will give up an evening just for the fun of feeding a whole flock o’ female mountain bikers!

Tell your girlfriends!

Check comments below for details on the menu and other fun stuff.

Pictures from last month are up here on Flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/51326343@N00/sets/72157607077317100/detail/

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How do you play?

Posted by PeterD Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:29:00 GMT

Clif Bar has a contest going right now. Write up a short story of how you play differently. Here is from their official rules:
Was there a moment or decision that changed your life? Were you put to the test or did you have to choose between two paths? Tell us all about it, inspire us.

Prices include a weekend riding with the Clif Bar folks in Napa, year supply of Clif Bars, and $1000 gift certificate to your favorite sports retailer…

Enter at http://www.clifbar.com/howdoyouplay/

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Ride Day 1, The Nelson Town Trails

Posted by Charles Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:50:00 GMT

One the scale of people you know that really like to drive, Sean would rise to the top. He really, really likes to drive, and he’s excellent at it. He and I did a very fast road trip two years ago, a mad dash to central Oregon and back in four days, with three epic rides sandwiched in between. When he called a couple weeks ago to tell me Nelson was only 19 hours away by car, I knew what he was thinking, and what he was capable of. We put together a couple of roof racks and outfitted his Prius to carry our two bikes as well as the three bikes that belonged to Patrick, Rob, and Jim, who we were to meet in downtown Nelson on Thursday.

Our surly Australian friend

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Female Friday Fandango - month 2

Posted by PeterD Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:20:00 GMT

Michael and Jay get to work, and the girls get ready to hit the trail
Had another women-only ride and party last week. About 25 women came for the ride (and a few more for the festivities only). All cooking, drink-making, etc. was performed by men (especially, master chef Jay).

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Mountains, Milestones

Posted by Patty Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:46:00 GMT


John off to Climb Denali

Tomorrow John leaves for a little hike up in Alaska. Our resident mountaineer got an opportunity recently to join up with a group and attempt the summit of Denali again; this time he hopes to make the peak. Word is that good weather up there is very unpredictable and luck plays a huge role in whether climbers can find a safe window of opportunity for reaching the top.


Photo of Denali, viewed from the north, from wikipedia

For those of you who were able to attend John’s presentation on summiting Mt Everest, you’ll know that his chances of bagging this peak are pretty good. We are going to keep our fingers crossed that his trip will be successful and that he will stay safe on the climb.

Varius websites have a lot of information on Denali, so if you’re looking for some good web surfing about something other than the election, I recommend sinking some time into the subject over a cup of coffee. Tidbits I’ve learned include that the base of Denali is only 2,000 feet in elevation, with the peak at 20,320, giving the mountain over 18,000 feet of vertical rise, about 6,000 feet more than Mt. Everest. Our Bay Area peaks, which range in height from 2,417 (Sierra Morena) 3,849 (Mt. Diablo) to 4,360 (Mt. Hamilton), wouldn’t even reach the snowline in the picture above.

Sterling slayed his 2nd year at SJSU

Boy genius Sterling will be returning to full-time wrenching for the summer, and we are psyched. He’s a lot of fun to have around, and we are trying our best to resist making him the butt of all shop jokes. We’re hoping our customers will help keep his mind occupied with tough questions about materials, leverage, pressure and other ME subjects so he goes back to school in the fall smarter than he left.

Daniel is getting hitched

You’ve probably met Daniel by now; he’s the charming guy up in front behind all the Chris King components. Turns out we’re not the only ones who find him charming. He’s smitten his sweetie Sarah sufficiently to set a date, and he will be out later this month on a short honeymoon following a modest little knot tying ceremony. We think they are a great couple and know they will have a wonderful future together.

Reba turns 4

The little brown dog with the fetch fetish no longer has an excuse for acting like a puppy. Amazingly, this month she’ll have managed to achieve four full trips around the sun without getting tired yet. Whew. We’re exhausted though.

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Tonight I Straggle

Posted by Charles Wed, 28 May 2008 20:07:00 GMT

We have a bunch of rides on Wednesdays that leave Passion, and each of these has its own theme. Last week we had a Fat Bottomed Girl Ride, a Drinking Ride, a Big Bike Ride, and the Frisky Ride. This week will be similar, but different. I will have at least as much trouble tonight as usual, getting my butt out the door on time, so I will lead a Straggler’s Ride at 6:45. Anyone else that has trouble making the earlier rides is welcome to join me. This ride will certainly leave after the other rides tonight, and may even leave on time, but call if you’re running late and I will procras… uh, make arrangements. Our route has yet to be determined, but I’ll get around to it.

The weekly rides are outlined in the weekly email, which you can subscribe to here… list

The weekly email from yesterday has been posted here: newsletter

And all the rides start here: Passion

Charles

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Santa Cruz Hell Ride 5

Posted by PeterD Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:25:00 GMT

Santa Cruz is at it again. Here’s your chance to ride with some pros and have a chance to win a new Santa Cruz Nomad. Enter at http://www.santacruzbicycles.com/hellridefive/

Of course, to win, you must be able to ride hard and long. Basically take one of our shop weekends in Downieville, skip on using the shuttles, and compress it all into 1 day. Not for the faint of heart…

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Do The Test

Posted by PeterD Thu, 20 Mar 2008 04:27:00 GMT

Interesting awareness test – can you pass?

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2nd Anniversary Demo Days

Posted by PeterD Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:41:00 GMT

Flying TomThe event went off well. The weather reporters were wrong when they said we would get rain on Saturday – we got just enough Friday night to make sure the trails were dust free, but not so much to make things muddy. Good set of photos and comments showing up on MTBR (though I am copying some of the better ones over to this post).

Thanks for everyone who showed up! And special thanks to folks like JohnH, Justine, TomR, MichaelP, and others who chipped in to help.

More photos below…

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2nd Anniversary Demo Days are almost here: March 15&16

Posted by PeterD Wed, 05 Mar 2008 16:56:00 GMT

Demo bikes!We will have bikes for you to ride. We will have food for you to eat and beverages for you to drink and a store full of stuff on sale. And it’s gonna be good!

Come on down to the store on Saturday and Sunday, March 15th & 16th, and help us celebrate our 2nd anniversary. Whooda thunkit? We made it through our second year and we need you to help us kick off our third!

We are lining up a whole stable full of bikes for you to saddle up and take out for a nice ride. Scroll down for more info on the Demo Days:

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