Contender Bicycles

Next time you run a stop sign on your bike, make sure these guys aren’t standing on the corner waiting to cross.

I think Contender should start a gang that “fights” crime on bikes…….

Not sure how doable this is with current Utah conditions but at least it would be a surefire to work off the calories.

The Details:
Ride 500k (310miles)
Dec 23rd – 31st.
Riders will submit proof of completion with photos and stories and/or use Strava (active on the 16th).
No rollers! Get out there and get cold and dirty.
Full details here: www.rapha.cc/festive-500

Here is the best holiday card we have received so far! I love the photo!

It’s the fourth quarter, bottom of the ninth, the last kilometer and we’re down. Down about 81 team points to be exact. We need our troops to bring the ruckus to wheeler on Sat. Remember no matter what category you race your points count. How can I step it up even more you ask? Race more than one race. Do the single speed race, the masters race, B race, or whatever. At the end of the day if we want to keep this title we’re going to have to earn it. See you Saturday at the farm.

The fruits of our 2010 labor

Cycling Explained
by: nofinishline

New York City has launched a new set of traffic signs–written in haiku poems. They’re designed to encourage people to be more sensitive and share the street. Hilarious. Check out the ones about bikes!

GRANTSVILLE — More than a dozen Occupy protestors tried to block trucks going to Grantsville’s Walmart headquarters this afternoon by riding their bikes across the entrance.

The protest was part of the Occupy movement’s national day of action – in which Occupy supporters blocked the nation’s ports and tried to disrupt the nation’s economic engine. Three locations in Utah were targeted: a Walmart distribution center near Grantsville, along 1300 South in Salt Lake City and the Walmart in Tooele.

The demonstration also coincided with the one month anniversary of the eviction of Occupy Salt Lake from Pioneer Park, where 19 were arrested

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sand trap at Fort Buenaventura UTCX11 from windmills on Vimeo.

Random sighting at 9th & 9th yesterday and my most favorite one yet. Bret McKenzie from Flight of the Conchords was randomly walking around 9th & 9th yesterday. When I saw him, I thought “that looks like the guy from Flight of the Conchords but why would he be in Salt Lake”. Then I heard the Kiwi accent and was certain it was. Needless to say Ryan and Jillian had a band meeting with Bret.

Here is just a sampling as to why I was so excited:

Don’t these guys ride fixies???