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Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival 2013 recap

Do you know that truism that if you want something done, give it to the guy that already has too much on his plate? Sometimes that’s me.

Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival this weekend

The Fourth Annual Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival takes place this weekend at the Post Office bike park in Aptos, California. There’s tons of stuff going on. I’ll be there along with several other people you may have heard of, with goodies from sponsoring bike vendors too. Other local Santa Cruz news: Read more about read more »

Good Friday

Rain is likely in my part of California over the weekend, but I know several people who plan loong (as in several hundred miles) bike trips anyhow. Have a great time and have a great Easter weekend. Bicycle news roundup below…

Bikes, blogs and the news: Monday roundup

Today: An Afghan women’s cycling team, maybe a bike bridge across the USA-Canada frontier, bike lane parking, adventures, rides, obstacles and opportunities.

NAHBS: Adventures in Off Road Adventure Bikes

[Publisher's Note: Justin is being coy when he writes about these adventure bikes and fails to mention his own participation in the 2012 Tour de Divide -- and on a single speed bike, no less.] Most – if not all the bikes being shown at this year’s NAHBS are head turners, and the variety of read more »

A symbolic tax on Washington bike purchases?

The Seattle Times calls a proposed $25 tax on new bicycle purchases in Washington state “symbolic.” There’s even a $25 sales fee on bicycles worth $500 or more that raises a total $1 million over 10 years, included for largely symbolic reasons.