Need people on the 24th and 25th to help area cycling!

Boulder County, Colo. – The Boulder County Transportation Department is seeking volunteers to take bicycle counts at locations around the county.

Volunteers will be rewarded with a one-year Boulder B-cycle membership and a custom thermos.

When: Saturday and/or Sunday, Sept. 24 and 25, 9-11 a.m.

Where: Throughout Boulder County. A map will be provided with assigned location.

The deadline to volunteer is Sept. 22. Contact Brandon Smith at 720-564-2667 or bcsmith@bouldercounty.org to register and for more information.

A location map and a simple spreadsheet will be provided to volunteers to hand-write the counts as they happen.

The bicycle counts will provide the Boulder County with useful information in five areas of study:

1. Conditions and trend analysis – documents the number of people currently bicycling, how this number is changing over time, and characteristics of the cyclists.
2. Network planning – helps prioritize improvements and find locations needing attention.
3. Demand forecasting – allows for improvements to be ready before they are needed.
4. Safety – pinpoints areas of concern between cyclists, motorists and pedestrians
5. Usage – identifies shifts in seasonality or times-of-day

RMNP night ride this Tuesday!

Our annual Rocky Mountain National Park night ride will be this Tuesday. Make sure to bring lots of extra clothing. We top out around 12000 feet and it can get cold up there. Cross bike, lights, food, clothing. It's going to be good. Estimated time of arrival back down to Lyons is probably midnight or so.

Big Fall Ride VI, Sunday 9/25

We had so much fun last year (and the several years before that) that we're doing it again.

Big

Fall

Ride

VI

Meet at the bike shop at 7:30am on Sunday 9/25. We'll shuttle folks up to the Peak to Peak and make everyone ride back to Lyons on as much dirt as possible. It's about 55 miles, lots of climbing, lots of technical singletrack, some jeep roads, some county roads, and a little bit of pavement.

Here's a last years effort. It's an all day thing. We'll end up back at the bike shop where we will have beers and grillin fixins waiting. Hope to see some of you out!

2011 Tomac Diplomat 29er Large for sale

It's that time of year when it comes for the shop to pare down its fleet of bikes. This Tomac Diplomat 29er has been very sweet, but it's time to move on.




This bike has maybe 300 miles on it. The only thing not new when we built this up was the crank and bb but we installed new chainrings to go with the rest of the new drivetrain.

Tomac Diplomat, $3100
*Large frame with a Fox RP23 rear shock
*SRAM X9 3x9
*Formula RX brakes
*handbuilt wheels on Mavic TN719 rims (Hope Pro2 Evo front, Am Classic rear)
*120mm Rock Shox Reba with 20mm thru axle
*Thomson post
*Race Face carbon Next bar and Deus stem
*Even the tires are in near new condition. This bike has been immaculately maintained during its short life span.

Shipping is included in the price as long as you are lower 48 states.

We can take credit cards or paypal. Call the shop if you have any questions 303.823.5810

Tnr 8/6

Get those lights a charging!   We're going high and riding late!    5:30pm at the bike shop.

Transition Bandit!

We just finished up this small green Transition Bandit. Full SRAM X9 2x10 with a little bit of blingy gold bits.

We put a Race Face Atlas bar on it and Sun Ringle Black Flag Pro wheels for that little bit of bling.

26.25lbs as pictured. And the grips won't add that much weight when we throw them on ;)

Heil Ranch Trailwork

Last Tuesday, we supplanted our normal Tuesday Nite Ride with trailwork on Picture Rock. We took out a couple things, added a couple things, and generally managed the flow of the trail to keep people on the line. We worked on a section directly above the old quarry where the line was getting blown out and folks were riding off trail around trees.


I revisited the area this morning and it seems to be shaping up nicely.



We are planning another workday for this fall, probably a Saturday affair so we can get more people and work a little bit more. We are definitely open for feedback on what Picture Rock could use and could not use as far as trailwork and maintenance goes. We would definitely love some feedback!

Tour of Colorado Jerseys are in!

I know, I know, it's the USA Pro Challenge, but I prefer to call it the Tour of Colorado. Cause that's what it is. Anyway, we have a few of these sweet commemorative Pearl Izumi jerseys left.

Mondays Pain

We rode Buchanan Pass a few weeks back.  It was late in the day and a little muddy but all in all a good day.  We went up Middle St Vrain and down BP, a good and efficient way to do the loop.

I was once again feeling the call of the Indian Peak and BP.  Fueled by a stressful weekend and a need to hurt more than normal, I took my REEB Cycles singlespeed up to the peak to peak for a little Buchanan Pass lovin.   It did not dissapoint. The skies and temps were perfect and the trail was in fantastic shape.  The loop proved to be quite good on a 29er SS, although I walked more than I care to admit on Coney Flats.

A great day in the high country today.  Better get some yourself,  too, cause our time will be limited before you know it!

Tuesday Ride Schedule

Tuesday 8/16 - I can't lead the ride but I'm sure others will want to ride at 5:30. If any parents of school age kids want to ride after the back to school meeting, charge up your lights so we can still ride!

Tuesday 8/23 - anyone have suggestions? We haven't been to Ned in a while, or maybe we could do Lion Gulch?

Tuesday 8/30 - Trail work on Picture Rock. Ride in around 5 and we'll work til dark. We'll be working near the quarry.

Tuesday 9/6- open to suggestions

Tuesday 9/13 - This will be our annual RMNP cross bike ride. Up Fall River Road and down Trail Ridge Road. In the dark with a full moon. Should be sweet.

That's the calendar as far as we've got it figured out. Try to make it for one or all of the rides!

Current Consignment Bikes

Take a look at what we've currently (as of 8/11/11) got in stock for used bikes. Of course, all prices are negotiable :)


Maverick Durance, medium. Comes with Thomson post, Saint crank, headset and front der. $675.


Santa Cruz Nomad, small. This baby is tricked out, too. $2800

2010 Ibis Mojo SL, medium. Full XT, Fox fork with 15qr and Easton Havoc wheels. Oh yes - $2900

Giant NRS, large. An oldie but a goodie. This'll make a fantastic starter bike. $525

8/9 tuesday ride

Lights mandatory for this Tuesdays ride.  Technical terrain and dark - its going to be good.

homemade, handmade, carbon, and internal gearing

Check this sweet machine out! A good customer of ours loved his Intense Uzzi, but was looking for something a little different. Hence, the homemade, handmade carbon fiber interal gearbox modeled after the Uzzi. Check the Shimano Alfine rear hub internal gearbox. Now THAT is a cool bike.

When I was in college, I had some buddies that would drink til oblivion in the evening, then, just as a measure of how drunk they got the night before, they'd go out at 11am the following day to all you could eat Chinese and get all of the spiciest stuff they could. Just because.

Continuing with that spirit, after entering and racing the 50mile pain cave this past weekend known as the Inaugural Steamboat Stinger mountain bike race, I rode my singlespeed tonight, up to Miller Rock, just to make sure all the hurt left in my legs and my body was for real. It was good.

Next Tuesday, all you slackers need to get your ass up here. We're heading to Buchanan Pass.

REEB Cycles!

After getting all of the REEB Cycles pre ordered bikes built, I finally got to build mine.  Man, this thing is oh so sweet.  44mm headtube so we can run a tapered Fox 120 15qr, a super smooth Gates Carbon Drive system, and an absuloutely beautiful handmade steel frame.  Oh yes.

Tuesday

It's Tuesday tomorrow so of course we are riding! How bout let's do a classic and hit North Sheep? Any other ideas?

TNR 7/12

5:30pm at the bike shop, as always.  BRING A TAIL LIGHT.  We'll be finishing up in the dark on the highway.   You'll probably want to bring raingear too but you knew that :)

Recent bike builds

So, I've been kind of behind the 8 ball lately when it comes to posting photos of cool stuff. Here's a few snapshots of what's been keeping us busy...

Reeb Cycles custom belt drive single speed


Ben's super pimp XTR Turner Sultan


John's 11 speed (11sp???) Campy Chorus equipped Lynskey R230.


Large Tomac Diplomat 29er (available for demo)

Mike's Transition Trail Or Park. Perfect for bikeparks!


Our large Intense Tracer 2 (available for demo)


And Ben's Intense Tracer 2

Solstice Ride!

This Tuesday will be our annual solstice ride.   Meet up at the bike shop at 5:30. There IPA a strong chance that we won't be back to OB by kitchen by close time so be prepared.  LIGHTS ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED.

Bike Shots from Lyons Outdoor Games

The fun started Friday night with the Yellow Designs stunt team and a fantastic demo show on Railroad Ave.




Sat day was mostly kayaking stuff and a 5k fun run Dash and Bash in the middle. I worked. Later Saturday, though, we got a baby sitter to attend the L.O.G. party at the Oskar Blues party barn. That was some fun times. So fun, in fact that I was hanging pretty hard today.

Nothing helps a hanging more than the hair of the dog that bit me. In this case it was the L.O.G. dirt jump contest. I was in the shop so I missed out on the pumptrack contest action, but I heard it was a pretty good time. The dirt jumpers went off. Big time. I didn't get a shot of it, but someone pulled off a no hander backflip. Damn, that's some mad skills right there. Here's a few action shots.