The Great Turkey Chase will be a food drive alley cat race.
Registration will be free, but people need to bring around $15 to buy
food along the way. Each of the checkpoints is a grocery store, and
there will be a shopping list instead of the standard manifest.
Receipts will prove you made it to all the checkpoints, and since
most receipts are time stamped, we can make sure everybody played
fair. All the food will go to a local food bank when the race is done.

We’re going to go with an “all bikes welcome” policy for this race
since it will help a good cause, and just do prizes for fixed gear
bikes (although if we get enough loot, we can do geared prizes too).
We’ve already got some great stuff coming from Maven, WE and Healthy
Living, Blotto Photto and hopefully more on the way.

Please spread the word. There is a facebook event set up here…
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=58664529464

We held a clinic last winter on how to “winterize” yourself and your bike. It was great. About 35 people showed up in the lobby of JDK. Most of whom, I have never met. I hear of rumors there will be another one. Possibly at OSH.

Many of you may know that there have been 2 serious hit and runs involving car motorist vs. cyclist the past month. Both instances the motorists have fled the scene. Both with suspended liscences.

Rose Long was the latest in these tragic events. She was seriously injured by a motorist last week.

Please join me and a bunch of other cyclist (hopefully) infront of Burlington City Hall, Tuesday September 16th at 12:15pm.

Press Release:
RALLY FOR SAFE STREETS
Tuesday, September 16, 12:15pm to 12:45pm
Burlington City Hall
149 Church Street
Representatives of the Green Mountain Bike Club, the Burlington Police Department, UVM Cycling, Local Motion and others will speak. Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss hopes to make it and I hope someone from VT Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition can make it too. The UVM Cycling Club will announce a website and a fundraising drive for Rose. We hope to have giant get well soon cards for the entire community to sign. (Can someone contact me to coordinate this?) We picked a noon rally so that we can maximize press exposure on this important issue.

Yesterday capped off the final day of the GMSR with the Criterium through downtown Burlington. Crits are always fun to watch because of the high speeds in tight quarters. Dozens and dozens of riders try to take the same line through the narrow turns.

Congratulations to our main man Steve Francisco who FINISHED 7TH in General Classification in the Cat 3 mens group. This is a big deal since Franny set the goal of finishing in the top 10.

Let’s not forget our favorite rider Boozan (have fun in AZ) for holding his own with a respectable 38th.

SRAM came to JDK to help establish the creative look and feel for the Truvativ HammerSchmidt, an internal two-speed gear system and a crank that eliminates the need for a front derailleur. Anyone who rides a mountain bike understands just how extremely frustrating FDs can be, due to issues such as chain suck, chain slap, or chains breaking on the trail. HammerSchmidt addresses this by allowing you to shift under load, while pedaling forwards, backwards, or while not pedaling at all.

Two weeks ago, I was lucky enough to join Truvativ and SRAM at the media launch of HammerSchmidt in Pemberton, B.C., a beautiful mountain town about thirty miles outside of Whistler. We had sixteen editors from around the world there to see and experience HammerSchmidt for the first time.
Over the course of two and half days, we went through multiple presentations, from a general overview of the product to a deep dive on the internals of the system. Nancy Majors (Truvativ brand communications manager), Bryan Bos (Truvativ product manager), and Greg Herbold (SRAM special agent/legend) led the editors through this magical world called HammerSchmidt and explained the ins and outs of the system—as well as how to install it, which turned out to be so simple that even I could manage it. Overall, the media was stoked about the product and how it will affect the future of mountain biking.

Each day included rides that ranged from one and a half to three hours of some of the most amazing technical and scenic riding I have ever witnessed. To really highlight the attributes of the system, SRAM and Truvativ set it up so that the editors could put the HammerSchmidt bikes through their paces on the most varied terrain possible. Trails like Cream Puff and Grumpy Grouse were challenging and downright scary and really allowed the riders to push these bikes to the limit. At the end of each day, everyone came out smiling and discussing how well HammerSchmidt handled the terrain, in addition to telling a few horror stories and showing off war wounds.

After spending a full day on the HammerSchmidt, I can honestly say that it is an amazing experience and will revolutionize the way we ride.

For more information, go to www.magicmechanics.com.

Gk

read the whole article here: fuck Rob Anderson

Basically he blames cyclist for traffic conjestion. Thanks for the Front Porch Forum for bringing this to our attention.

Brian, Roxy (Brian’s dog) and I rode Hinesburg on Saturday. I love these trails. It was a little wet, so it made steering through sections a little more difficult. However, nothing like mud-boggin and navigating through technical singletrack.

Since Brian and I are more prone to decents and flat tech riding, I would recommend this ride. Pure All-Mountain.
1. Park Hayden Hill West Rd lot
2. Fireroad it to DRAGON’S TAIL
3. Ride the ridge to FIRE BREATHER
4. Link back up with DRAGON’S TAIL
5. Ride ENCHANTED FOREST
6. Fireroad it to SHEEP THRILLS
7. Walk back up to the parking lot on Hayden Hill West.
8. Crack beers.

Epic rides are what we all live for. Today, I added another one to the list. 22 miles, 4,000 ft of climbing. Final destination Independence Pass, 12,000 + Ft. Truly an amazing ride all the way up. Plus the 50 mile an hour descent wasn’t half bad either. If you ever get out to Aspen, this is a must ride for all!!!. Fran eat your heart out:)

gk

The Transport doing it’s duty. Listen to anything on K Records this summer and have fun.