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VANCOUVER, BC - The B:C:Clettes mini-bike dance team made a great music video that really captures their spirit. I like the song, too. It's Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back".
You catch the The B:C:Clettes live at quality events in and around Cascadia.
PORTLAND, Ore. - The Sprockettes Mini-Bike Dance Team is hosting a "Bicycle Bash" this Saturday and I thought this would be a great opportunity dig through my old tapes and pull out some footage from the Dance Party Ride they hosted last June at Pedalpalooza.
You can see this video and many others on the big screen at the"Bicycle Bash" along with all sorts of other entertainment. Check out the 411 straight from their site:
The Sprockettes Bicycle Bash is just over 2 weeks away.
Save the date: June 28, 2008
Announcing the Sprockettes Invitational Bicycle Bash! Music, DJ Gray, art gallery, silent auction, raffle, and of course….performances by your favorite bicycle dance troupes. Food and drink will be available for sale with “Sprockettes specials”. No outside alcohol please.
Doors open at 8pm. Entertainment starts at 9pm. Party until 2:30am.
Location 606 SE Madison, Portland OR.
Tickets are $5 at the door. Advanced tickets are available online at Brownpapertickets.com and at all of our upcoming shows (see below).
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Trick Track is exactly what it sounds like: Tricks on Track bikes. This months Trick Track was held at Civic Center Park and is organized by Fuck You Phil Carlson and Hot Tony. Besides tricks, we started off the night this time with a beer sweep. Who ever can pick up the most beers and hold them- without a bag- wins. . . the beer.
Sam Turner won this Trick Track with his Superman trick.
To find out more about Trick Track (now called “Track Attack”), check out their Myspace page.
PORTLAND, OR - Happy new year. Here is a little taste of summer to help you through these grey rainy days. It's the 2007 Night Ride.
The 2008 Night Ride also features the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers, fire jugglers and a disco party rest stop just to mention a few of the activities.
Just think... we'll soon be riding around at twilight with and thousands of well lit strangers and friends all dressed in pajamas and costumes.
I'm still partial to the Transformation Trike but here's another entry to Specialized Bicycle'sInnovate or Die Contest that caught my eye. I'd love to see the Disco Trike get pimped out like this with ground effects, custom cabinets and especially a power generator. Hey dad, what are you doing after New Years??
The Choprical Fish was created by Bike Rapper Paul "Fossil Fool" Freedman for street parties in San Francisco. Not only does the bike look and sound great it can generate it's own power.
Currently, I use two (AC charged) motorcycle batteries to power the Disco Trike so I love the idea of self-powering the system straight from the disco trike grid.
ASTORIA, Ore. - If you are looking for a slick cyclocross racing video, I can't help you here. All sorts of rules have been broken and I suppose that's part of the Halloween spirit. So... Happy Halloween!
Race #2 of the world's most popular cyclecross race series, River City Bicycle'sCross Crusade. This week we are outside of North Plains at Hornning's Hideout. Thanks to all the racers and to Show Me The Pink for use of their song, "Me Plus My Friends". More excelent bike content at BikePortland.org
PORTLAND, OR - Cameras on, wheels turning, Now I'm Rollin' with 2007 Cyclocross Crusade music-video coverage. Race number one at Alpenrose Dairy was a battle to the finish line between Shannon Skarritt and Eric Tonkin. Wendy Williams carried away 1st in the women's A-division. But that's not all! We set the race to the original tune Now I'm Rollin' AND strap a 4-lb camber to a hung-over RevPhil.
BLACK FOREST, GERMANY - Okay, it doesn't have a chain, but it does have two wheels and looks like fun. I hear it's on the top of all the zoobombers list to Santa this year. Good thing the elves have welders and scrap bikes to work with.
BRIGHTON, UK - A vision, perhaps, of what happens when Alice in Wonderland breaks up with her Zoobomber boyfriend... or an outtake from Donny Darko. Music by Bats for Lashes.
PORTLAND, OR - Scott Barker whipped up yet another sweet video compilation, featuring some great footage of pro rider Molly Cameron, who made her 2007 MTB debut in grand style, powering away from the rest of the Pro field to take her very first Portland MTB Short Track win ever. Since Molly has been a very consistent finisher in last year's series (2nd overall in the Pro Men, behind "Mr. Short Track" Shannon Skerritt), we hope to see some sparks in the three remaining races. Video by Scott Barker. See Scott's coverage of Race 2 here. iPod/Quicktime Version
PLANET EARTH - The northern hemisphere World Naked Bike Ride happens Saturday*. Find a ride near you at the WNBR Wiki. There will be a daytime and nighttime ride in Portland. Check out the Pedalpalooza Calendar for more PDX-NBR info.
This promotional music video is a remix of Dan and Kirsten Kaufman's 2006 Goin' On a Naked Bike Ride shot in Portland, Oregon. Check out some newly published shots and a funky take the song.
New York, NY - Here is a helmet cam street race video shot by Nick James on February 17th, 2007, during New York's infamous track bike only race. All footage on a Canon Optura 400 rigged to a helmet.
Check out the dude on the hi-wheeler riding on ice. Now that's bad ass!
Song is "Mari in Love" by The Pugs and is half the reason I am posting this video.
