Archives: Bicycle

SO SEXY. GNARLY! COOL!!

Go to Firefly’s FB page and check out all the amazing shots of the beautiful beautiful machine.

MAVIC® TRANS-PROVENCE 2014 /// HIGHLIGHTS from Trans-Provence on Vimeo.

DUDE! Intense speed and beautiful trails! I hope this gets you amped to go out and ride in whatever discipline you choose. Cheers!

“I prefer crashing on a mountain bike or a cross bike because crashing on a road bike is a super bummer.” – Cait

That was a fun read. Although I’ve never met Ms. Dooley, she seems to be a pleasure to hang with; always helps me remember to focus positive and have fun.

Go to The Athletic and check out the Weekly What’s Up with Cait Dooley

Photo by Jake Szymanski

“We may not have mountains in our backyard here in Portland, but if you’re riding close to the city you’re going to be doing some climbing.”

And beautiful climbing you shall have. I’ve loved following along with Jake’s photographical goodness and now all you fine folks can check out several solid shots by Jake on No Life Like This Life WITH good words by Alex Dickinson.

Go to NLLTL and check this out. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

Dude! Wheel Talk’s Road addition has this solid kit for preorder! In. LOVE!!

Pick it up before October 19th or yer out of luck.

Solid work Wheel Talk crew!

This weekend killed all other weekends! So much fun having everyone out racing these gravel grinding endurance races!

Last year I hosted this race the weekend before the BAMACROSS series took off. Everyone had a blast and loved stretching their legs over the Wheeler Wildlife Refuge 12 mile loop for 3 laps. I wanted to host it again this year and as I was planning, continually exploring my area for farm lands/refuge sections that are acceptable to race, I came across a second location that was perfect to add on as a second race day.

Day 2 Men’s top 3 (1st Patrick Casey, 2nd Jacob Tubbs, 3rd Hardwick Greg)

Brent Marshall BAMACROSS Director

Arthur Wilke

The new race route was pretty secluded and GPS/Phone service was not present. I’m thankful for all that stuck it out and fought through the poor directions to race Saturdays race. Next year I will make it much less challenging to locate.

With that said, everyone was amped to go dominate new gravel roads! I don’t think anyone at that point had ridden this area. I know very few locally that even knew of the spot we were at… and that was the point. Bring folks out to race the unridden! BAMLast year I hosted one race. This year two. “Consistent x Progressive” is a motto that Kyle and I live by with this thing we call FOLLY. I have no background in race directing and maybe that’s why this was so much fun. There was no pressure or guidelines for the race other than, go out, kill it! and win cool stuff from our very rad sponsors!!  I think we ended up raffling off 10 bad ass prizes and that’s after everyone’s podium prizes!

Below are the race results for both days. The images in this recap are some of my favorite from the 55 film shots that made the cut. Go to FOLLY x FILM and check out the rest (DAY ONE, DAY TWO)!

Race results are as follows:

Saturday October 11th Race

Men’s:

1. Chris Edmunds
2. Chad Hubbard
3. Terry Jacks

DWP 2014: The Athletic from Design Week Portland on Vimeo.

This is inspiring on all levels.

Really diggin’ this new Black Camo series from Mission Workshop.

“Constructed using MultiCam-black Cordura and equipped with black-metal hardware throughout. These messenger bags feature a weatherproof roll top main compartment which can be used in either the “roll top” mode, or in the traditional “flap down” configuration.

Mission Workshop roll top messenger bags feature quick-access outboard pockets, internal zippered pockets, custom aluminum strap hardware, and detachable cross-chest stabilizer. Large zippered pocket fits most 15’’ laptops and any tablet. Larger laptops and devices easily fit in the main cargo compartment.

Made in the USA with a lifetime warranty.”

Go to Mission Workshop and check these bad boys out for yourself. I promise you won’t be disappointed.

“Inspired by the Alpine Hikers’ tradition of decorating a walking stick with trail medallions, Swift brings you the adventure-seeker bicycle badge!”

I love this idea! This gets the FOLLY Seal of Awesome hands down!

Go to Swift Industries and check out more.

Photo by Angelo Calilap

This photo/write up got me pumped!

Go to The 5th Floor and check out other rad shots on this 112 mile ride.