Archives: Bicycle

Photo by Aaron Edge

I had the absolute pleasure of meeting Ben and checkout out his work space. He’s a super down to earth dude and his workspace is filled with amazing space bikes. He started the conversation with “So, what do you want to know?”. Super simple question and I really didn’t know where to start. Creating carbon bikes from scratch blows my find. It’s all too mystical for me to really understand, and that’s what I told Ben. He responded appropriately with “Yes, It’s really just magic”. After a quick giggle he brought out this rad book that shows how the designs are mapped out on a sheet of carbon, cut and molded. Creating carbon bikes still blows my mind… but I understand a bit more than I did before.  Case and point… Argonaut bikes are custom and rad from start to finish.

It was also great to show up to Ben’s shop and see out skatedeck properly perched for mid day thrash sessions! And… out of all the stickable tool drawer space in his shop… only our 3×9 FOLLY die cut sticker was stuck!   

Thank so much for letting me pick your brain a bit and check out your shop Ben! I’m very thankful for the support and level of creativity you bring to the cycling community!  Cheers

RIDE x CREATE

Oh man! This was a defining part of the trip. So random and great. Jeremy casually mentioned he was shooting at Velo Cult. Didn’t really know what that meant but I was down.  Aaron, Tim and I were done riding our Portland hillside awesome ride, got food and cleaned up… next stop Velo Cult!

Low and behold… Chris Igleheart was the subject. What an amazing dude all around. This fine fella has been a pioneer and taught many many frame builders that are killing it today! If you haven’t done your homework on Igleheart, you really should. Dude is so rad and so are his creations.

Of course I wasn’t gonna let these fellas get out of this gathering without a FOLLY Koozie. They exude the Ride x Create vibe and very much deserve the Folly Seal of Awesome!

I hope you dig! Go check out Chris Igleheart, Jeremy Dunn (he also does this rad thing), and Velo Cult.

Mr. Wesolowski is one VERY rad fella! If only I could describe the conversation Aaron Edge, Tim and I had over dinner… you would giggle guaranteed. Aaron has a video of the mas shenanigans. Maybe he will share it with the world one day.

With that said, Tim is one rock solid rider and mechanic. He dominates with his mechanical skills at 21st Ave. Bicycles. If you’re in the area you should pop in, high five those rad folks and bring some sharable beverage. You will make lifelong friends.

Cheers Tim and 21st Ave. folks! Great to meet you good sirs.

RIDE x CREATE

Yup… Portland is filled with all things rad and updating the blog is not one of them.  Thank you for continuing to view our shenanigans on Instagram as I continue to explore the great North West via bike/board/feet!

(Editors Note: This post brought to you by 21st Avenue Bicycles)

These are so legit!

“Waterproof, urban bike sneakers with Chrome Storm™ breathable waterproof technology. Uppers 25 times stronger than canvas. Nylon-reinforced soles. Built for riding the city. Also available in grey” – Chrome

Did you know that Chrome has a Ship ‘Till It Fits Guarantee. Free shipping both ways, until it fits. Yup… that’s pretty great! Go to Chrome and check out all their other sneakers. I promise you’ll find something you dig.

One of the most challenging courses I’ve raced yet (keep in mind I’ve only raced 4 times).  Brookside was a tough one with a lot of tight corners, run ups and loose everything… I loved it!  My body on the other hand, it gave out around lap 3.  I planned on riding consistent and thought I was doing so, but in lap 3 my legs lost all power.  I kept hearing Scotty’s voice in my head, we need more power captain! But it never came back. With that said, I had a blast! Below are a few snaps of CAT 1-3 “A and B”

Jerry Dufour x Omar Fraser leading CAT A out the gate.

Daniel Porter smashing CAT B

Jerry Dufour. Low and fast!

Davis Yarbrough The Master Crasher.

And the well deserved reward.

If you’re in the BAMA area you should definitely attend a BAMAcross race. I promise you’ll have a good time.

Keep your eyes peeled on the BAMAcross site for the Brookside results.  What I do know is Chris Edmonds (winner of FOLLYCROSS) took first yesterday with a sprint finish against Jerry Dufour in CAT A.  Those guys were killing it.

“Living the shred lifestyle”

Go to Firefly’s blog for more gnar like this.

This will be very rad. I hope you can make it out to 718 Cyclery for free booze and good times.

Photo by Chris Pino

These turned out pretty rad!  Go to The 5th Floor to check out more.

Yup… these are an easy purchase. Go to Cadence and check out why bamboo socks rocks!