Bike Hugger 

From the charity rides, local races, and USPro, cycling is a big thing in Greenville – there’s some urban and commuting. Just got out of the Mavic Neutral Race Support Car. Full posts, podcasts to follow.

Also note that Bike Rumors posted on Hincapie Jeans. They’re real.

Cargo bike ride 16 – the tradition continues! The ride is all set for noon tomorrow, starting from 20/20 Cycles (at 2020 East Union on Capitol Hill). Destination is Ravenna Park in the U. District. The official flyer is here. These rides are always fun, with folks bringing all kinds of stuff to make the ride and destination more pleasant, including children. No cargo bike required of course, but you’ll see plenty there.

This sketch and others are from Christopher Koelle’s illustrated zine Sweet Ride. I spotted the zine at Hincapie HQ and also noticed how an urban aesthetic is influencing Hincapie’s 09 lifestyle, Apres-ride line.

Team Hincapie Barkley

We met this urban cyclist who told us he was en route to Critical Mass. Curious, I asked if they were a friendly bunch of Massers or tended towards violence and angry, punk youth. That question puzzled him, as he didn’t understand how CM could be violent . . later we asked some locals who didn’t know that Critical Mass even existed in Greenville.

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There was quite a bit of speculation about how the Critical Mass ride after the Aloha Incident would go down. Would the police try to bust everybody not wearing a helmet? Would it be another case of When Cyclists Attack? Would drivers revolt and start mowing down the mass? I’m happy to report that none of that happened, and that the ride went off very well. Personally, I’d love it if we can keep a police presence on the ride, al a Vancouver, who seem to have hit a good stride for handling mass rides. Photo from Bombnumber19

To match the new, technical wool offerings, Hincapie has sexy, new “Apres ride” Jeans. A Bike Hugger in Butt Huggers, we joked …

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Bike Hugger was invited to Style in Motion, a dealer sales meeting, media event, fashion show, and to watch the USPro Race. We’re off to race with the locals today then back to Greenville. More posts to follow.

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Bike Hugger recently had the opportunity to visit the HQ of Hed Cycling in Shoreview Minnesota. This custom full disc wheel was made by Hed employees for fun. Several of these have started to show up at the office and now they’re considering a “Disc of the Week” program to auction off the one of a kind creations to a lucky sole. Just imagine the power of the force created rolling this dope Star Wars motif at the Velodrome.

Don’t know much about Hed Cycling? Steve Hed has been in the business for over 20 years, and his wheels have been ridden everywhere from the Tour de France, to the Hawaii Ironman. Each wheel is still handmade and assembled just outside the twin cities of Minneapolis / St. Paul. While poking around the shop, Andy kindly pointed out the custom machinery, technology, and people behind Hed Cycling. I’ll be posting a few of the cool things we stumbled across over the next week. If you want to take a virtual tour of the shop, you can see more after the jump.

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Epic video from artist Tom Sachs and the Neistat brothers. I love the dead pan delivery, and play between scientific/engineering approach and sheer ridiculousness. Ridiculous, that is, until the wafflepocoplyse is upon us. Then we’ll all be needing weaponized, waffle making cargo bikes (with chickens!). Via Scott at sweetbikeorg.