Last Saturday I spent most of my time at the San Francisco Bike Expo hanging out with these lovely ladies.

Say hello to Mia of Momentum Magazine, Meli of Bikes and the City, Adrienne of Change Your Life Ride a Bike, my daughter Ivy, The Calitexican, and my wife Sara.

I won’t personally buy anything over this Thanksgiving weekend, but I’m not above pandering to your wants and needs.

If you know of other bike related deals for the weekend, please feel free to mention them in the comments.

Zero Per Gallon: Use coupon code “blk30” at checkout from 11/27 to 11/30 and receive 20% off your entire order.

Subscribe to Momentum Magazine by Nov 28 for a chance to win a “Nutty Family Prize Pack” of helmets from Nutcase helmets.

Chrome Bags: Use coupon code “chrome4day” for 20% off everything through 11/30.

Urban Velo: subscribe and get a free shirt.

Dirt Rag Holiday Sale. And Bicycle Times too.

Bike Hugger Holiday Sale December 2.

Free shipping on handspun yarn from Little Red Bicycle in San Francisco.

My pal UltraRob will once again partner with World Bicycle Relief by giving a portion of his earnings to them.

From Makai Bikes: Special prices on Super Classic Beach Cruiser, Cadillac L21, Thruster 29er and more through Monday.

Some more specials are listed at Singletracks.com.

Finally, don’t miss the Black Friday deals at Amazon.

Okay, I lied – I’m posting this quickie tonight: Judge modifies San Francisco bike project injunction. Read the details at Streetsblog SF.

You might also see a guest post or two over the weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I’m going to be happy, fat and lazy this holiday weekend. Any posts you see over the weekend are pre-scheduled — I plan to be mostly away from Internet access until at least Sunday.

Have a good one, my friends!

About five years ago, industrial engineer Nicolas Masuelli began working with the Argentina National Institute of Technology to develop a program of building bamboo bicycles to promote more sustainable transportation. Six months ago, Nicolas and his brother Danilo set up shop in California to hand build and sell their bamboo bikes to a more international audience.

Danilo likes to source from California suppliers, using bamboo from Jungle Supply Company and CrMo parts (for internal lugs, BB shell, headtube and rear fork ends) from Nova Cycle Supply. He keeps power use to a minimum by hand assembling, sanding, and finishing the frames on one of the three jigs he uses to make small, medium, large and extra large frames.

Danilo markets the bikes so far by hanging out mostly where cyclists show up and letting them try his rides. He rode at San Jose Bike Party in October, where people flocked to see his bamboo bikes and where he met Johnny of Coasties, with whom he shared booth space at the SF Bike Expo last Saturday.

Although Masuelli has had an online presence since only last August, he’s already backordered two months, and no wonder: $800 buys you a handcrafted bamboo frame with about 40 hours of labor in it. Complete bikes from Masuelli start at $1100.

While Masuelli focuses on singlespeed bikes with track ends to appeal to the urban cyclist, the four pound frames can also be designed to accommodate more traditional road components. While the flexible bamboo gives a fairly plush ride, the joins are internally lugged and built up for reasonable stiffness to give a lively, responsive ride. Danilo and Nicolas are also creating a pedal forward design to appeal to the more casual rider.

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* Masuelli Bicycle website.
* Triple Pundit: Masuelli Bikes: Framing Sustainable Bikes with Bamboo.
* Emily Goligoski: Masuelli Bikes.