Bikes Giving Alleycat This Friday!

Listen up, all my little mash taters out there – this Friday, November 22, it’s time to get rad and flex your generosity muscle like a pro philanthropist. Bikes Giving, hosted by our chums at Nola Women on Bikes and Nola Social Ride, is a local Cranksgiving event. This alleycat style race will send racers…

DSGP Race No. 2 // Baton Rouge // Results + Recap

Saturday’s race at Highland Road Park in Baton Rouge was a completely different animal from the season opener in New Orleans. The second race of the series took place under clear blue skies on a dry course beautifully designed by Blair Krogh. The circuit was a fast one, characterized by extended climbs, challenging turns of…

Book Book! Alleycat – October 2

Bike! Bike!, the international annual gathering organized by community bike projects, for community bike projects, is coming to New Orleans, October 3-6. As an opening ceremony to the 4 days of workshops, events, and activities that will comprise Bike! Bike!, our good friend Drew Stephan has organized the Book! Book! Alleycat. Popping off Wednesday, October 2,…

More Parisite Alleycat Pics

Huge thanks to readers that are sending in pics, stories, and info from the alleycat. We love hearing from y’all and we love free content! Here’s some sweet snaps manifest info we got sent. Keep em coming! Parisite Alleycat Checkpoints: Parasite Super Dome Humidity Skate Shop Downtown Tattoos and Piercing NAVY base in Bywater Siberia…

Fresh Pavement and a Proper Groundbreaking

One of the city’s most restricted arteries just underwent a massive bypass surgery. I am referring, of course to Esplanade Avenue, the thoroughfare connecting Midcity to the French Quarter and Marigny. Built along a naturally elevated ridge once frequented by Native Americans, Espalanade was paved over long ago and painted with two lanes in each…

Texas Sized Espresso

Wishing we were riding bikes in Austin today! Look for coverage of Yeah You Ride and Semi-Tough Cycling Club’s trip tomorrow.

Learnin’ Videos

Not long ago I found out about a campaign Metro was doing in L.A. to educate motorists about how to tolerate, anticipate, and not crush cyclists. I’m all about such education, and think that public knowledge of how existing infrastructure works must come before changes to that infrastructure and new rules (bike lanes, etc.). I…

Time to Get Right

Spring Brake Yrself is less than 2 weeks out and there are some awesome prizes on the line for top finishers. Hell, between best poker hand and the raffle, we’ve even got awesome prizes for riders who don’t finish. But if you’re trying to party on the podium, you’re gonna need to bring the heat….

Dispatch from the Orient

Jeff sent me some pics he snapped the other day while he was out John Watson and the Mission Workshop crew. That bamboo forest looks like a really sweet spot to ride. Jeff isn’t the only solid photographer on the tour. Check out Prolly is Not Probably and the Mission Workshop blog, and search #mwpinpasia…