Come to the 3rd Annual San Francisco Bay Area Northern Bicycle Expo! Â
WHERE: Cow Palace! – San Francisco/Daly City, CA
WHEN: November 6th 2010
TIME: Doors open at 10 AM
General Admission:
$10 Pre-sale. $12 at the Door. A percentage of the door will go to building the potential bike park at McLaren Park. Tickets will be available at Ticket Master, the Cow Palace Box Office, rideSFO and select locations. 12 and under will be FREE!Â
8:00 AM: Registration Opens for the Cycle Showdown
9:00 AM: AT’s Showdown Practice Starts
9:45 AM: Fixed Gear Battle Pro/AM Practice Starts
10:00 AM: Doors Open to the Public
10:00 AM: Registration Opens for the Cross Palace
10:15 AM: Fixed Gear Battle Pro/Amateur Practice Ends
10:15 AM: BMX Intersection Practice Starts
10:45 AM: BMX Intersection Ends
11:00 AM: Cross Palace – Junior Boys 10-14; Junior Boys 15-18; Junior Girls Start
11:00 AM: AT’s Showdown Qualifying Starts
11:00 AM: Fixed Gear Amateur Battle Comp Start
11:30 AM: Cross Palace – Women’s Cat; C Singlespeed Women’s (OPEN CATEGORY) Start
11:45 AM: Fixed Gear Amateur Battle Comp Ends
11:45 AM: BMX Intersection 1st Round Start
12:15 PM: Cross Palace – Men’s Cat C; Men’s Cat 55+ B Start
12:30 PM: Pedal Savvy Fashion Show Starts
1:00 PM: Cross Palace – Men 35+ B; Men 45+ B Start
1:15 PM: BMX Intersection 1st Round Ends
1:15 PM: BMX Intersection 2nd Round Start
2:00 PM: Cross Palace – Kids under 10 can race FREE
2:15 PM: BMX Intersection 2nd Round Ends
2:15 PM: Fixed Gear Pro Battle Comp Starts
2:30 PM: Cross Palace – Men B; Singlespeed Men B; Singlespeed Men A
3:00 PM: Fixed Gear Pro Battle Comp Ends
3:00 PM: BMX Intersection Finals Starts
3:30 PM: BMX Intersection Finals Ends
3:30 PM: Cross Palace – Women A; Women B Start
3:30 AM: AT’s Showdown Final Starts
4:30 PM: Cross Palace – Men A Men 35+ A Men 45+ A Start
4:30 PM: AT’s Showdown Final Ends
4:30 PM: AT’s Showdown Best Trick Starts
5:00 PM: AT’s Showdown Best Trick Ends
5:00 PM: Track Stand Competition Starts
5:30 PM: Awards
6:00 PM: Final Pedal Savvy Fashion Show Starts
7:00 PM: SF Bike Expo Ends
7:00 PM: Ride starts for BikeStyle: The Official After Party at Art Now SF (3075 17th Street SF)
8:30 PM: BikeStyle: The Official After Party at Art Now SF (3075 17th Street SF)
When I signed up for yesterday’s Boulder Cup cyclocross in the 35+ Cat 4 class, I had no idea what to expect. As a new CX racer, would I get my ass kicked, or would I kick ass and look like a sandbagger?
Ha!
I did NOT sandbag, but I did have fun … Details & Pictures
Mike’s Bikes is the largest independently operated bicycle shop in the US, with eight Northern California locations. Since 2007, Mike’s has leveraged their expertise with bicycles to improve life in Africa. Toward the goals of improving people’s lives through increasing their access to health care, education and market opportunities for goods and services The Mike’s Bikes Foundation was formed in 2008
Follow their African projects:Â Â Here
Check out their online and 8 Northern California stores: Here  Â
The online store crew is very knowledgeable and consists of well known riders: Drew Powers (manager), Eric Demmick and Ryan Condrashoff.Â
 Mike’s Bikes Africa Sister Shops
Somewhere along the way I stumbled upon an article titled, What type of cyclist are you? written by Irish Coach Paddy Doran. Although the article made very good points there were a few things that got my blood boiling. Firstly, it was written about male bike racers and secondly he claimed to be a coach to Irish women bicycle racers. So what was wrong with this picture?
I asked myself why would a coach who excelled in coaching women write an article about male bicycle racers? To satisfy my curiosity, I sent him an e-mail saying “I enjoyed your article and now I would suggest you re-do the article featuring women racers! Why are we always ignored?â€Â  … Details
Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 5, 2010) – USA Cycling announced today the 2010/2011 Cyclo-cross National Calendar (CXNC).Â
This year’s series boasts eight UCI category-one events and 45 category-two competitions. All 53 events on the calendar are part of the UCI Cyclo-cross Calendar, giving the United States more internationally-sanctioned cyclo-cross races than any other nation. Belgium has the second highest number with 32 events. Click here to see the complete UCI Cyclo-cross Calendar. Â
The 2010/2011 USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Calendar kicks off with the Nittany Lion Cross in Brenigsville, Pa. on September 11. ‘Cross season officially gets underway on the west coast the following weekend with Star Crossed Cyclocross in Redmond, Wash. on September 18. The U.S. season will close out on January 15 with the brand new Kingsport Cyclo-cross Cup in Kingsport, Tenn … Details
