Handbuilt bicycles, draught beer, pizza and music – chances are that almost everyone has a passion for at least one of these things. Now, Portland, Oregon-based Metrofiets Cargo Bikes has combined all four in an ingenious little vehicle unofficially known as the Beer Bike. The custom-built bicycle, inspired by Dutch cargo bikes, has space for two full-sized pressurized beer kegs, and features 50 feet (15 meters) of cooling coils per keg, an ice tray, an inlaid wooden bar with two beer taps, a rear rack designed for carrying pizza boxes, and a solar-powered custom wooden boom box that mounts like a pannier  … Details & Pictures
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Scott 11 honcho and trail builder Claudio Caluori sent over a great story about his efforts to build a pumptrack at a hotel in Tuscany, Italy.
After two trail building jobs in Switzerland had do be stopped because of the snow, I went to Massa Marittima, Tuscany, Italy, to build a pump track for a Swiss hotel. Not sure if this might even be the first pump track in Italy  … Details & Great Pictures
“We thought it would be super fun to ride down Death Mountain until Buick realized why it was called Death Mountain. “