Wool Jerseys
Bicycle Smile is getting a group buy ready for wool jerseys. We are going to be ordering Long Sleeve Wool Jerseys. They are 70% wool, and 30% acrylic. The have a short zipper on the front and a pocket on the back. Available in Deep Red, Black, Royal Blue, Yellow, and Kelly Green. The black, blue and green will have a 2 1/2" left arm stripe. The yellow color will have the stripe on both sleeves. The red will have no arm stripes.
Jerseys will cost $78 each and this includes all shipping and duty. Expected date for jerseys is late September. Please contact me and have payment ready by August 17 if you are interested. Below is sizing info as well as an image of a few of the jerseys.
Chest Sizing Jersey Length Back
XS - 30-31" 24"
S - 33-34" 25"
M - 36-37" 27.5"
L - 39-40" 28"
XL - 42-43" 28.5"
XXL - 45-46" 29.5"
Peace Coffee
Coffee....Hmm well isn't this site all about bicycles? So here is the thing. I think almost every cyclist I know lives for 2 things. 1. Cycling. 2. Coffee. The cool thing is that Peace Coffee has actually combined these two things, which is how I stumble upon them in the first place. Peace Coffee started up in 1995, long before it was cool to be drinking organic anything, let alone fair trade. They are not some super mega corporation either, it took them until 1999 to add a second employee!!! But again, besides the fact that cyclist like coffee, how does this all tie together. Well here it is. Peace Coffee actually delivers it's coffee with in the Minniapolis/St. Paul area by bicycle. Yep year round.
40 oz To Freedom
Alright, so 14 people made it out to this months Alley Cat, 40 oz To Freedom. A few less then laststime, but there were a few "real" bike races this weekend as well as a music festival. We also had a track stand contest and Skid contest, so it was a lot of fun. The video is real ghetto and only goes for about 1/3 of the race, but it was an experiment. Check it out! Special thanks to Mer Bags for supplying us with the grand prize, a wicked messenger backpack. Seth won the alley cat, Jon won the skid contest, and Fraser and Aaron shared the track stand contest top prize, basically after 13 minutes we got bored and gave up.
See you at the next one!
Alleycat + Mini Bike Mayhem!!!
Alright well we have 2 big events coming up. THe first is the Alleycat Race on July 20 and the second is Mini Bike Mayhem on September 20. MER Bags is sponsoring the Alleycat, so we have a great prize from them as well as a ton of other smaller prizes. Should be a blast, hope to see all you local Saskatoon people out for this.
Bagaboo Workhorse Messenger Bag
It seems like there is an unlimited number of messenger bags to choose from these days. Some are no more then a shoulder bag that has been marketed for a trend, others are the real deal. The Workhorse Messenger Bag is the real deal. Big, comfortable, stable while riding, it seems as though Tamas has created the perfect bag.
Reelight
In Europe it seems as though everyone has lights on their bikes. So it is not surprising that Reelight is from Denmark. Their lights are surprisingly different from standard lights on the market for a few reasons. First off, they use no batteries. Secondly the lights are always turned on as long as you are pedalling. And last but not least they are bolted on to a solid axle, thus harder to steal.
Banjo Brothers Messenger Bag
Banjo Brothers is a small company out of Minneapolis that specializes in bike bags. On their website it says the owners used to work as designers of tool belts. They take the same no-nonsense practical approach to their cycling gear. For the past several weeks I have been able to test out their excellent messenger bag.
Rainlegs
Dealing with the weather is one of the realities of cycling, from extreme heat to extreme cold and everything in between. You can outfit your bicycle with fenders to stop the water spraying up, but when it is falling from the sky, you need actual rain gear. I have been waiting for the last few months for a good rain to test these Rainlegs out, the big down poor never came but I was able to put them through the paces.
Stabalizing The Stable
It seems like every year I have been acquiring one maybe two bikes. Some out of necessity, others just because. In the end it has created a spare room filled with over 8 complete bikes as well as boxes of parts, many of which would probably never see the light of day. I kept many of these thing "just in case", because you never know when you may need an old single wall 27x 1 1/4 wheel. This spring I decided I needed to do something, as the stable was out of control.
