Summit / Black Diamond Freeride park

On Deck

Bikies,

It is almost time for the 2010 New Year's Day ride. Will there be ice and snow or
sunshine??

Shake off the dust and mud and bring your bike out and start off the New Year
with a bike ride (rain, snow or shine??). This is the 39th New Year's Day Ride.
We all start at NOON from Enatai Beach (The Bellevue side of the I-90 East
Channel Bridge) and head north towards Evergreen point and beyond... This a
rather short (about 18 miles - it could be shorter for me if the weather is
disagreeable!!) social ride. For most that is "plenty far" on the day after, but for
some it is a nice warm-up for a little more exercise later on.
Many of you are too anxious and start a little fast!! Do try and stay talkable for
the first 12 miles or so and then you can try the big ring..... That means easy on
the flats and the hills – otherwise I will be way off the back........

See ya all there and happy New Year!

Jerry Baker

Fatal Staples Center Collapse Brings Merciful Early End To Clippers Game

Pub Crawl

The 4th annual Recycled Cycled Christmas Sweater Pub Crawl is ON!

Another team tradition, This Saturday the 19th of December, don your ugliest X-mas sweater and meet up 7:30 at The Bit in Ballard

Schedule is as follows:

* 7:30 The Bit
* 8:00 Bad Albert's
* 8:30 The Loft
* 9:00 Connor Bryne's*
* 9:30 The Lock n' Keel
* 10:00 King's Hardware
* 10:30 Hattie's Hat
* 11:00 Zayda BuddysOr
* 11:30 The Smokeshop,
* and we end as always at...
* 12:00 The Old Peculiar


Every 1/2 hour the whistle blows, we move along to the next bar. Requirements for team members are 1 beer per bar (bpb)**, no requirements for guests. Any and all guests are welcome and encouraged to participate. Randy Salamon will be the official whistle blower once again.

This is a required event for all team members.


*if there is a show at Conor Brynes, we will double up at the Smoke-Shop.
**late arrivals will be given the oppurtunity to double-up. Or not.

Rider Down

Brooklyn cyclist and DJ Solange Raulston, 33, was killed in a collision with a truck this past Sunday while lawfully riding her bike westbound on Nassau Avenue. The truck sideswiped her at the intersection of McGuinness Blvd. She was unresponsive and was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she died. No charges were filed against the driver.

In a cruel twist of fate, the collision coincided with a mock funeral for the bike lane on Bedford Avenue, which was removed by the DOT on December 1. Though the lane was briefly resuscitated by after-hours activists with rollers and spray-paint stencils, the DOT made clear its intention to re-sandblast the 14-block stretch of markings after the weekend's rain. The site of Raulston's collision was two blocks from her home, and less than three miles from the former bike lane.

Detractors of the bike lane have argued that there is no place for bikes on Bedford because it is too busy and congested; because there are too many businesses and schools; because local women may dress "immodestly" and offend some of the more conservative residents of the neighborhood.

While bike lanes are still no substitute for alert, attentive, smart bicycling habits, they are instrumental in calming and slowing down traffic as a whole, as well as conditioning motorists to watch for cyclists. Unappealing as it may be for drivers to lower their speeds and increase their awareness, it is a crucial practice that is even moreso in school zones when children are present, as well as businesses that see a heavy pedestrian traffic. It is also far more preferable to see a scantily clad woman in one's neighborhood than one injured or killed by an automobile.

Perhaps a bike lane could have saved this woman's life; perhaps there was nothing that could have been done. Either way, in light of this tragedy, the DOT needs to continue extending, not hobbling, its bike lane network.

Most of us will never know the thrill of riding our bikes around the city, weaving in and out of traffic (obeying the rules of the road of course). The only time that any of us come close to riding a bike is more than likely the gym than the local avenue. Enter the Emerald Sprints, the best of both worlds, a fixed position road bike with a twist. The rules are simple: you and another get on competing bikes and from the word "go," you pedal your butt off until a reader board in the background indicates the winner.

December 16th, Brouwer’s Cafe is teaming up with Emerald Sprints to have a bike off. The idea makes perfect sense for Brouwer’s, since both the general manager (Ian Roberts) and the bar manager (Nat Pellman) cycle around town before and after work. Registration with a chance to win over $100 in swag is free and starts at 10:00 PM. Those of us with less enthusiasm to participate in this two-wheeled event are welcome to stop in and watch while sipping on some discounted Cazadores Tequila or New Belgium brew.

10:00 p.m. // Brouwer's Cafe // 400 N. 35th Street // (206) 267-2437 // FREE

Carnage in Bend

Newberry Heritage Park Master Planning Process

Kitsap County Parks Department is developing the master plan for Newberry Heritage Park. Newberry Heritage Park (NHP) will eventually encompass 1000 acres, 75% of which must remain in a natural state. This means that the park will use primarily for trails and passive recreational use. There is already 20 miles of trails in the park for mountain biking and other use.

At this point in the process, the County is taking suggestions on use. Local riders and
www.kitsapmtb.com are urging people to let the County know that passive use, including trail riding, is preferred. They are not collecting demographic information at this time, so all comments are welcome.

Please e-mail County planners at NewberryHill@co.kitsap.wa.us and let them know that trails and trail access are important.

The master planning process is scheduled to be complete sometime in June 2010 and submitted to the County commissioners

Duthie Hill from Walter Yi on Vimeo.

Fornication Friday

Liver Splitting Holiday Goodness

So glad I'll be out of town for this one. Riding Syncline and Post Canyon with Granola friends has got to be easier on your body than an "All You Can Drink" deal. Unghh.



Throw on your best duds and come out to celebrate the holidays with your favorite G-town friends!
All you can drink!
All you can eat grub brought to you by the Husky Deli!
DJ Hefe and Paco dance party fun all night long!

Just $50! Tickets are limited! So get some now!
Get yours at the 9lb Hammer or Georgetown Records.