Last night at Portland Bicycle Studio, Lazer helmets and Ridley bikes really brought the “bling” with some of their coolest gear I’ve seen. It was a fun night of fast bikes, flashy helmets, fun dudes, and foreign refreshments (effing , oh yea).  I was expecting a good time of meeting the reps from each company [...]

Do you like riding hot bikes in a super sexy helmet??
Passing this along to everybody. Chris from Lazer and Mark from Ridley will be at Portland Bicycle Studio on Monday, March 1st starting at 6pm. They are bringing some gear to check out, and if you bug them enough maybe they’ll [...]

“I would move to Portland, but I just can’t leave the beautiful weather in Los Angeles.”
This sentiment, and statement, is right up in there with the Top 5 Stupid Things that People Say about Portland. People say it constantly, and it is readily verified by Portlanders all the time. It’s pretty funny though, to think [...]

I just wanted to pass on a little inspiration for a gray Friday. Sometimes we get lost in the shuffle and grind, but we gotta keep those chins up. There are great things ahead…..or death. Either way, what a relief!

See DinosaursFuckingRobots.com for more inspiration.

These shoes are some top of the line mountain race shoes. However, they are pretty beat and worn…but still totally usable. The good part is that they are worn-in rather well and ride comfortably. Good starter shoes for someone who want’s to try clipless without spending $200 to try it out.
Specs

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Ritchey 10sp Shimano compatible hub laced to Mavic tubular rim – $20
Solid hub, rim, and spokes. Been previously glued and ridden by wheel-maker. I never had a chance to mount tires or ride it.

Mavic beater front wheel – $5
Makes clicking noise and rim is pretty worn. Good “emergency” wheel

Don’t really want to part with this precious bike, but also need space and can’t have a bike no one rides using a hook in the garage. Bought this in California on a road trip a year ago. It’s a purple and white little bike, complete with rainbow highlights and chain-guard. It’s been ridden hard [...]

Another bike my girlfriend used, but just doesn’t ride anymore. We’re making room for our other bike. This is a small frame, probably 46-48cm, made for a 5′-5′5″ rider. It’s in pretty great condition and would be perfect for city commuting or bar-hopping.
Specs

Cr-Mo Steel frame
26″ Wheels
Installed fenders
Canti-lever brakes
3 x 6 drivetrain (18 speed)
Shimano SIS [...]

The previous sale posting for this bike (51cm Bianchi Pista For Sale) attracted some attention, but other things kept me from responding promptly. I also decided to take a slightly less snarky approach to selling it.
This Bianchi Pista has been around the block, but it’s nowhere near the end of it’s life. It has seen [...]

Christina and I have consolidated our housewares and are REALLY out of room for extra stuff. Our (My) loss is your gain.We’re trying to re-home all the stuff below. We can take it to Goodwill if no one wants it, but I also know a lot of stuff there gets needlessly broken sometimes. So I’d [...]

I have been so busy the past month. I’ve gone from regular days to frigid winter riding, delivering Christmas trees by bike, appearing on TV and radio, moving in with Christina, right into Christmas shopping and Christmas proper. Had a “relaxing” break from Portland spent jumping around the Salem area with Christina and her family. [...]

A motivational phone call from Magnum PI (NOT Tom Selleck) – We all need some reenforcement sometime
A signed photo of Richard Nixon and Robocop discussing Vietnam strategy – priceless
Puma ‘New Haven’ Perforated Sneaker, black and in size 13 – for some mad mobbin’ round town
Cole Haan ‘Air Infinity’ Oxford in black and size 13 – [...]

One of my life-long dreams came true this weekend. No, I didn’t get to meet Tom Selleck and no, I was not cast in an episode of It’s Always Sunny. My dream of finding a suitcase record player in “working” condition at a Goodwill, however, was totally fulfilled.
It’s a Magnavox Micromatic and it’s probably from [...]

Good things happening in my life right now:
1) Christina Collada
2) Tuna Fish and Cheeto sandwhich
3) Invite to an “easy” road ride with CX all-stars from Molly (yea it’s an open invite, but still)
4) TreesByBike.com dream coming true and being covered by local media (even if we’re not making squat)
5) MollyCameron.com launching
6) Christmas tree smell

Link: TreesByBike.com
I’ve been writing copy and working on websites for almost two days straight now, so I’m going to keep this short.
TreesByBike is my baby, my love, my life long dream. Okay, not life long, maybe year long. It’s a project I’ve been working at and I don’t even have the energy left to talk [...]

You are now setting your eyes upon the glorious World Champions of the “Lap-dog” category of the DDXCWC09 (Doggie Day Cyclocross World Champions 2009). Be afraid, be very afraid.
In the midst of this weekend’s Kruger’s Crossing cyclocross race, was this special doggie event. Although many dog’s entered, only few walked away with the golden collar [...]

Who want’s to spend $975 on me?!
I’ve been shopping around for some parts to build a touring bike for 2010, and just yesterday I spotted this Surly Long Haul Trucker. The LHTs are decent steel-built touring bikes with a bunch of great features (like the extra spokes mounted in the chainstays). At first, I thought [...]

Prompting a delightful feature from AllHailTheBlackMarket.com, Abe’s costume for SSCXWC was a mix between 60’s bikers and a leggy albino woman (Photo to the left was modified so viewers could look directly at his legs). It was truly magnificent to see, truly. Although, Abe isn’t the feature of my post…Allhailtheblackmarket, however, is.
Stevil Kinevil, a “fresca” [...]

<- I have this right arm, but I NEED A LEFT ARM!
(The left arm looks the same but w/o the chainring spider)
I recently found this really great DuraAce right crank arm at a local shop. It would go perfectly on my upcoming commuter bike build. The only challenge is that I need a somewhat matching [...]

Sunday’s Cross Crusade race was super duper awesome-o!It was also Christina’s first cyclocross race ever (picture to the right after the race). A rad time was had by all. I could barely ride after the past two weeks of on-and-off sickness. I thought I placed horribly, but actually did the same as two weeks ago. [...]

$300 on Craigslist, $275 if you mention seeing it here!
Would you really settle for some guy’s “$2000 custom build” or an uninspired mail-order bike, when you could own a piece of PDX fixed gear history and BikeSnobNYC mockery?! That’s right ladies and gents, what I have here is a very special tarck bike just waiting [...]

With the release of the Apple Magic Mouse, finger use is making a serious comeback! People around the country are finding all new uses for the “Two-finger swipe”. For those of you who haven’t been making it past Second base ( I’ve been hitting 1000 for the past year), the new Apple Magic Mouse will [...]

Link: KGW Video
I’m ALL OVER this video. Mainly because I was there early in the morning for my race.
I get the honor of being introduced with “fat guys” on my local news hooray. However, I did get my other good quote there in the end and some nice footage of me walking uphill (when I [...]

Have you ever woke up at 6:45am on a Sunday, rolled out of bed giggling like a schoolgirl, so excited for the day ahead that you almsot pee your boxer briefs?
I have. And I’ll do it for at least 5 more Sundays this season.
Cyclocros is an incredible sport, and Oregon’s Cross Crusade is possibly one [...]

Dear Jasun Wurster,
You have failed, utterly and totally. You have climbed and you have fallen…far…and hard. I realize you did not turn over the signatures to authorities or release the real numbers as I saw support for your pitiful campaign. “We had over 30,000 signatures” yet you only have 3 facebook fans. (T-H-R-E-E facebook fans. [...]

Everything included:
Dolan CX Aluminum frame
Ritchy Carbon fork (uncut)
27.2 silver Thomson
FSA integrated headset
Price: $550
Contact: maxkirchoff [at] gmail [dot] com
It’s not labeled as a Dolan Multicross, however it IS a Dolan
cyclocross bike. Probably a version from a few years back or possibly
a concept. Aluminum tubing, really well built. Aero downtube and
oversized other tubes. Really solid and has [...]

ThreatToCreativity v2.3 has just had the finishing touches put on it. It is now submitted to the Wordpress Theme Directory and awaiting approval. It will be available here: ThreatToCreativity @ Wordpress.org
Version 2.3 contains the following changes:

IE bug fixes (Some alignment issues)
Pages CSS fixes (stupid me!)
Some other style enhancements and modifications for the big v3.0 upgrade! [...]

I work on bikes a lot. My bike, Christina’s bike, friends’ bikes, friends’ girlfriends’ bikes, lots and lots of bikes. I can do some basic to intermediate work, however I’ve never actually built up a wheel.
I was always told wheel building was easy to start on, but I just never did it. I never had [...]

As many of my friends know, I have been on the “injured list” for the past two weeks. My right leg was having issues in the knee and shin/calf area. I was told to stop training and not participate in any race events until I had further MRI scan and results. It was upsetting and [...]

An email address to my entire office email list:
Dear friends,
Now, I can understand the difficulty with peeing INTO the toilet 100% of the time. I “get” that sometimes you’re running late and need to almost run me over in the parking lot. And I’ve come to terms with the fact that yelling a 20 minute [...]

Lizard men work in my office.
How do I know? Well I’ve never seen them here. However the office bathroom regularly smells like a mixture of sulfuric acid and hippo sex. Yea it’s gross, vomit-inducing, and empircal proof that lizard men work in my office. This explains so much as well. Everything from the stolen refrigerator [...]

THIS COULD BE YOU!!!!!!!!!!! Join team HOT DOG! and go eat a wiener.
Just a heads up to my dedicated readers. Our unofficial team is expanded to be more official-ly. We’re getting jerseys and other cool swag. We’re also looking for sponsors. So yea.
Check it: http://www.teamhotdog.com

A rather rare occurrence came by this weekend. Normally when in Salem, Christina and I are working at the winery or playing with horses in the country. However, this Saturday we had little to do before noon and were able to hit up the Salem Farmer’s Market.
Being connoisseurs of farmer’s markets (PSU saturdays, Alberta sundays, [...]

Somebody forgot to inform the networks that Willsmithmas is actually July 5th, NOT August 30th. Mother effers.

If not, you should put together a nice plate like below.
Here it is: Mini Sourdough Boule, Hot Coppa, Manola Salami, homegrown Heirloom Tomato, White Onion, Smoked Gouda, Champagne Cheddar, and Balsamic Hummus.
Oh yea, and wine. Lots and lots of wine.