Your step-by-step guide to putting new wheels in your life
“What bike should I buy?” It’s a question we hear a lot, so to try and help here’s our 9-step guide on how to buy a bike. There’s a lot to think about from what type you need, where to buy it and what extras you’ll need.
1 Decide what you are going to use it for
There are nearly as many ways of using a bike as there are bike riders. People and the bikes they ride can be put into general groups, but everyone really is individual (stop yelling … More
The Mare Island Naval Shipyard was a thriving center of industry for more than 100 years, but it has been largely dormant since 1996. Now things are starting to pick up, with the Mare Island Brewing Company leading the charge in redevelopment and bringing unique events to this beautiful spot in Vallejo, California.
The Mare Island Pedalfest aims to show off the in-progress renaissance of the island with an urban cyclocross race, BMX rodeo and a family-friendly lap of the shipyard.
I took on the urbancross race with three teammates from Benicia High School. We called ourselves the Local Yokels. It was a blast!
Cyclocross?? Seriously Cam? Yep, seriously. Well.. seriously serious about not being that serious. But seriously though… What a time. Trek invited me out to their headquarters in Waterloo Wisconsin to be a part of a huge event they host each year called the TREK CX CUP. It’s a Cyclocross World Cup Race, so that portion of it IS quite serious. The best riders from all over the world duking it out for valuable points, prize money, and glory. But if you know anything about TREK, you know that they seriously know how to have a good time