Cycle Jerks

So almost 20 years after the incarnation of the Pentabike it has its own website.

That’s right. Phil Carlson made some fancy courier trading cards.

Jordan of Anchor Bags.

Words via BikeDenver.org…

“BIKE DENVER CALL TO ACTION!
The Bike Denver Board asks you to take time out of your schedule to attend an historic event Wednesday, January 14. Denver is poised to become the first U.S. city to introduce a large-scale permanent bike share program. Please come out, with your friends, family and co-workers, to support Mayor Hickenlooper as he announces plans to launch Denver’s Bike Share Program this summer!! Ride your bike and/or bring your helmet to identify yourself as a BikeDenver supporter. We need your participation to help demonstrate that citizens support key initiatives like this that will increase ridership and improve infrastructure for cyclists in Denver. Time and place below. . . .

See you at 11:15am on Wednesday!

The BikeDenver Board of Directors:
Gary Rossmiller, Lise Neer, Brendan Leonard, Malia Campbell, Aaron Henry, Robert Clark, Will Handsfield, and Dennis Lima

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You’re invited to Denver B-cycle Launch Event!
Join Denver Mayor Hickenlooper as he kicks-off Denver B-cycle! The Mayor will hold a launch event at the Wellington Webb Municipal Building to kick-off the Denver B-cycle pilot program for city employees as well as announce plans for the Citywide Bike Sharing program which will begin Summer 2009.

Location: Wellington Webb Municipal Building’s 14th St. Entrance
201 West Colfax Ave.
Denver, CO 80202

Time: Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 11:15 a.m. (NOTE – the date and time has changed from the previously scheduled time of Tuesday at 1 p.m.)

Bike on down and join the launch of Denver B-cycle!”

PBR sponsors a Track Shack event!

Bike Soccer Tournament #2 (& other activities).

Meet here (Civic Center):

@ 12:00, high noon on the 17th of January, bitches. Git your team and lets whack some BALLS!!

Yah yah I know its short notice but FUCK YOU I don’t care.    

If only The Platte were deep enough to travel…

Via Marc Schil’s (of Wooster Collective) Twitter.

Here’s a short film out of Calgary (that’s right, CANADIA!) staring some local bike messengers. The lead guy is my buddy Jeff from Chicago (sorry about the still from the video, I couldn’t resist), hamming it up as usual. Shit’s hilarious, watch it here.

Oh, and what’s with dude’s hat in the bar, eh? The pentabike is copy written, you snarky Canadians!

Via Urban Velo.

So if last Saturday’s fashion show and party wasn’t enough for you FM Magazine is back with another party this Saturday. Bring your ugly sweater and soy nog. Free before ten pee em, $5 after, cash bar & free drinks.

Oh, but they’re not finished getting you dressed up in your leggings and ballet flats yet, little lady! AM (a division of FM) presents the hippest of hip New Years Eve parties: The Future Party. How cool of a name is that? It’s so hip, it’s from the fucking future! God damn it.
Eight bucks! That’s it! I hear some cooler kids from New York will be playing some future music, too.

…Just waiting for a grand opening. Stay tuned to Boulder Indoor Cycling for a date. More details in this story from Bicycling.com.

Those support beams are so close to the course! I am so going to get decapitated by one, just wait.

So from the looks of it, you need to get certified on the the track which comes with the $25 membership you need to shell out, if you’re new to the velodrome you need to pay another $99 for 8 weeks of training. That’s a lot of dough and time! Can’t I just ride the damn thing?! Well, after you’ve been certified there’s a $9/hr open riding at designated times for different levels of ability.
Details of all this and schedules for races are here.

I’ve never raced on a track before, but I hear it’s pretty tight. According to Hipster Nascar…
“Boulder, CO is getting an indoor velodrome. It’s also getting an indoor mountain bike park, all in the same facility. In an audacious plan that, frankly, sounds a bit mental, Rodrigo Garcia, a local indoor sports impresario, is building a 50,000 square foot indoor biking center that will feature, get this, a 142m track with 45 degree banking. Just read that last bit again, slowly. 142m track. 45 degree banking. That’s nuts!”

Thanks to Simon at Hipster Nascar for posting this, I almost forgot about this place. Wow.