Demo

There was a brief time that I lived out in California and it just so happened to be in a city not many in my homeland of Iowa had heard of, that being Temecula. So when MD forwarded this event my way from the Us Verse Them/SE crew part of me lit up a bit.

West Coasters, those of you in the LA and San Diego area mark your calendars for next Friday the 10th and make your way to Temecula for Improvise & Survive demo presented by Us Versus Them at the Active Ride Shop. More Information go here, should be a good time for sure.

From the weekend.

As today moves forward and we continue to fight off our 4 day weekend buzz, it's always good to reminisce on what was... in West Michigan we had some exciting things take place.

The first was the final weekend of the 2010 Kisscross season, ending in Holland. We've been privileged to be part of the Kisscross season for a number of years now and have always been impressed with the 'keeping it simple...' approach. Here are a couple videos from the events from this year:

This weekend was also a big weekend for GR Bike Polo. A number of us here have, well..., quite the itch for the sport. GR Polo is continually getting more and more organized and we have finally landed on new place to play that has a huge amount of potential. For updates on GR Polo, check out the site or the Facebook group. Heck, support the cause and get a shirt!

Lock that thing up.

In what could be put in the completely unrelated yet strangely cool category. Although I know that it's getting linked all over the place, I stumbled onto this over at Bikerumor and by now we're all aware of the Philadelphia's issues with their bike racks... Problem? Solved, by the Germans.

Thankful

With Thanksgiving now less than 24 hours away, here in Michigan we're always able to count on a few things during it: good food and a Lions loss. I spent a few minutes cornering all of the crew here at Velocity simply asking what are you thankful for?

Bolt - 'coffee, cigarettes and nothing else.... wait, change it to FTW'
Jacobi - new baby boy, born 9/25, Curtis Russell
Paul - 'Paris-Roubaix, seriously I am'
Ryan - 'Rigid, steel 29ers and page 28 of the new Urban Velo'
John - being able to work with some of the most clever, funny, life-lovin', hardworking knuckleheads in the bicycle industry
Alex - 'long underwear, Belkap Park, and making it through another year without drinking too much or without seeing too many repercussions from drinking too much'
MD - '89 Cadillac Coupe Deville's
Matt - cheap beer and expensive women
Myself - polo, free time and good rides

If you're able, get out and enjoy an extended weekend. It's never too cold to ride and what better way to burn off the Black Friday stress. Happy Thanksgiving everyone! See you Monday!

SE/Velocity

Maybe you noticed this already, but Chukkers are coming stock on a the SE PK Fixed Gear bikes. We've been pleased to be part of the SE/Us Verses Them team for 3 years now and look forward to seeing what 2011 will bring. Here is a picture of the new 2011 PK Fixed Gear...


And a few shots of one of the riders, DJ Mull...