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downhill in downieville Originally uploaded by jonny5waldman 4,200 feet of descending = tons of fun, especially on a kickass full-suspension bike.

Keri and Ryan were sporting these rad Super-Relax jerseys the other day, and looked so relaxed I knew I had to get one. Spread the word! Ride happy and brand-free! Metaphorically punch “the Man” in the face! No goats!

[from Craigslist] Manly Bike for Sale Date: 2008-07-22, 10:18AM Bike for sale What kind of bike? I don’t know, I’m not a bike scientist. What I am though is a manly guy looking to sell his bike. This bike is made out of metal and kick ass spokes. The back reflector was taken off, but [...]

riding over the Golden Gate Bridge Originally uploaded by jonny5waldman I’ve ridden over the Golden Gate Bridge about 600 times (I spent a year commuting by bike from SF to Sausalito), and the novelty of it still hasn’t worn off. I just use my bell a lot more when it’s busy. (Taken with one of [...]

After a few liters of beer at Tour de Fat yesterday afternoon, I caught up with Reverend Ballyhoo, aka the Deacon of Freakin’, aka Oscar the Gashole, aka the Big Cheese In Charge Of The Whole Damn Festival (BCICOTWDF), aka Chris. He was wearing, a la Tom Wolfe, a white suit with a white top-hat [...]

*Barry, in CO, sent me this photo that I presume he found on the interwebs. It reminds me of a NYT story I saw last week about how high gas prices = the demise of the distant suburbs. *A doctor in MA bought a bunch of ZPG stickers so that he can give ‘em out [...]

a brilliant confluence of ZPG + bikes -By Robert Ariail

It’s summer, and that means it’s time to go climbing in Wyoming. Actually, this year it also means time to go skiing in Wyoming. Point is: I’ll be in Wyoming — aka “the gateway to states near Wyoming” — on vacation (or, as they say, “vacationing,”) until June 10th. No boat. No bikes. No business. [...]

They have made a few good points, though: The NYT reports that the Energy Information Administration estimates that Americans will demand less gas in 2008 than they did in 2007 –  the first annual drop in 17 years. Slate reports that the Transportation Dept. reports that Americans drove fewer miles in March of 2008 than [...]

New Belgium Brewery — makers of Fat Tire ale — ordered one metric shit-ton of belts, to be sold at Tour de Fat in Chicago, SF, Seattle, Portland, Denver, Austin, and other cities this summer. For those of you unfamiliar with modern metric units, a metric shit-ton is 220. That’s 46 pounds of ZPG-belt goodness. [...]