I’m back from vacation, all inspired and proud of the 14 new curse words I learned in Japanese, thanks to a friend from Japan. That’s one gruff language! Take that, cabrones! But I’ll keep this G-rated, so as not to offend the toddlers out there. So: ZPG sponsored an alleycat in Sioux Falls a few [...]
ZPG’s been steadily growing for the last couple of months — and ZPG merch is now available at five new stores: Chenango Point Cycles (Binghamton, NY); Green Tee Gallery (Knoxville, TN); Thick Bikes (Pittsburgh, PA);Â the Bicycle Emporium (Auburn, CA); and the Arkay Workshop (here in San Francisco, CA). The really cool part: the staff [...]
Since I’m such a fan of the heartland, I’m sponsoring Akron’s first alleycat: the Rubber City Alleycat, on April 5th. Tell your fellow Ohians, and look out for flying beer cans. (Last time I rode a bike in Ohio, some dude threw a can of beer at me as he drove by.)
Some rad people from MileHighMess and CycleJerks.com, in Denver, are putting on an alleycat in a month called ClusterFuck. I’m sponsoring it. Like, part of it. I think (and my memory may be failing) that it’s the best named alleycat I’ve heard yet (second best: Get to the Choppa!, which was here in SF). It’s [...]
last night i raced around town with 50 other riders, and along the way trampled through a dark pet cemetery, pulled a dead (plastic) baby from a lake, ogled at a haunted house, ran through a spooky cave, and ended up at the top of mt. davidson, in a cold, eerie fog. the result: I [...]
Kayla and Emily are putting together a girls-only alleycat in Minneapolis next week, and ZPG is sponsoring the event with a few belts, a bunch of patches, and a whole mess of stickers. The official Babes in Bikeland site says this: “Do you race in all the alleycats and already kick ass? Or have you [...]
Just recovered from 48 hours of bike-infused goodness, courtesy of the Bicycle Film Festival and a couple of alleycat races. First, there were lyrical movies like Macaframa, in which Phil and Colin roll up/down/around town struttin’ their smooth tricks: There were two AMAZING shorts — Street Fighter and Skiboys — by Benny Zenga; I’m gonna [...]
I raced in the North American Cycle Courier Championships, here in SF over the weekend. I’m no courier, but I’ve held my own in a bunch of alleycats, so I figured the NACCC race would be no problem, particularly since I know my way around SF so damn well. Thing is, the race was on [...]
ZPG is sponsoring another awesome northern race: scAVENGER: the Great Northeast Bicycle Scavenger Hunt. It’s on May 5th, in Minneapolis, and you’ll need these things to race: a digital camera, and up to 5 friends. I’m pretty sure the race is goatless, too — so it’s got my blessing. ** Also, all proceeds from the [...]
Due to an unprecedentedly-high density of alleycats on the calendar recently (4 in the last 2 weeks), there’s much to report. I’ll go chronologically: 1) Two weeks ago, on a warm thursday night, I threw down $6 to partake in the winner-take-all Crazy Eights race, put on by Devin, in Golden Gate Park. The route: [...]