This years King of Dirt BMX event in Brisbane, showcased the cream of the Aussie BMX Crop including Ryan Guettler, Colin Mackay, Dave Dillward and Cam Pianta. Back in town competing against some AMAZING local talent this years King of Dirt was full of Big Flips, Whips and CRASHES
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Mill Valley’s Starnes seeing the world with U.S. national team
IT’S SUMMER south of the equator. Warm weather, blue skies and the rolling countryside of scenic New Zealand. Can you even imagine a better place to ride your bike?
Mill Valley’s Alison Starnes is living that dream this week, but, “I don’t think I’ll be taking in the scenery,” she said. “I’ve heard it’s pretty and I have a feeling that I won’t notice.”
Is she crazy, or what? No, just focused. Starnes is in the South Pacific as a member of the United States national team competing in … Details & Pictures
WHEELIE JOURNEY
Kurt Osburn rode a Wheelie on his bicycle from Hollywood, CA (USA) to the Guinness World Records Experience in Orlando, FL. from April 13th to June 25th, 1999. He rode 2,839.6 miles on one wheel setting a new Guinness World Record and becoming the first person in history to ride a bicycle wheelie coast to coast!
Interesting Facts: averaged 50 miles a day with winds in excess of 40 miles per hour, traveled on the 110 Highway, was chased by dogs almost everyday, had 4 flat tires (on the rear tire of course), over 1.8 million pedal revolutions from start to finish.
More than a dozen employees of Mike’s Bikes, the largest independent bicycle retailer on the West Coast, loaded a shipping container Monday with more than 450 bicycles bound for Africa as part of an ongoing campaign to bring a permanent sustainable transportation solution to the troubled continent.
This is the third time the San Rafael-based company, which has eight shops in the Bay Area including downtown San Rafael and Sausalito, has collected used bicycles from its customers to send overseas to Ghana, Botswana and Namibia.
The effort is more than a donation – the company also … Details & Pictures