ZoMan and ZoBike

SF OG Erik " the Ringer " ZO recently won his 4th world cargo bike championships in Toronto.. Erik has been making messenger bags longer then anyone around, I still have mine which I bought in high school...Check them out--- ZoBags--- just be ready to duke it out with the Japanese on Ebay if you want one...
A few sketchy reports from Toronto include--- " hauling 170lbs of people no hands " " drinking a beer across the finish line " " I love my bike'' and " the Bilenky guys were all over it ".....
Pictures of Erik's rainbow ride below...Fixey 20" wheel collapsible cycle truck... 2nd of a batch of 3... The first one is up in Winnipeg and the 3rd one got turned into a moped...

Bike Ball



Wheres my wrench ?

Where do you want me to take this piano ?



Bike Barging

Thanks go out to Sara and Erik for the pic's, double thanks to Erik for his design input and unmatched speed and tenacity..

power lunches of Watsonville

Typical friday power lunch... Fried chicken breast torta with a coldy... less then 5$ out the door , no questions asked....

Melonie's new CX racer with custom pinstriping...
wishbones'R'us
corn cobs and big rings
John B's singlespeed

ice plant and army bunkers

Devo finally wrestled his bike back from G. Fisher...
Big Boy Road Machine

Tracked down long lost Sampson the Great and strapped him to a chair with all his little paint brushes...
Art all over the place...

Hernando's track machine... Chava dubbed these bikes " the Buffalo "...

Raw black and white batch of Buffaloes...For the Montano Velo cycle squad...
One end of the spectrum to the next... Full suspension... I've been rocking this one for a while now, very fun, though I spend most of my time in mid air !!
Close up of the concentric BB single pivot...
over and out...

good ol'e pictures

Crowd favorite and long time Hunter cycles team rider and product tester.... Cameron Falconer...better known as " Punk Ass Kid " or " CamAero " or just recently " Captain Critical ".... Just wasting time, goofing off...
The lumberjack...
" I didn't sleep very well last monday night "
Cameron on tour with the ladies...

Hats and Hoodies

We have hats!
Mike Martin the Magic Bus took a time out while working at the shop to do some modeling.


They're all handmade by Randi Jo at Rainy Peak Cyclery.
$25

We also have Hoodies!
$40
There's more pictures on our flickr site.

Last Freight Train Home

Utah Phillips

R.I.P

short and squat

Mr. Fisher trying hard to look cool...Hunter test rider Big Bill laughing his ass off...

Custom stems... Any size any angle...

Little Pony of the Apocalypse

Sweet art by Sampson... Where are you ?

29er with Black Cat tips for Jason at DeLa Paz coffee....

26er Swamper for the Freewheel cycle shop S.F....

Sweet and Sticky

More shots from the shop...
Super Crown tapered blades

CX Super Crown

Sticky Sweet 29er frameset for the Monkey men and ladies of Monkey Wrench Cycles Lincoln Nebraska... Cheers... Old Style's all around....

Unicrown 29er fork
The crazy green color is a wet paint and available at an extra charge...
Until next time
Rick

good and greasy

Hello Out There...
Its been a while since the last blog drop... Staying very busy of course... Bikes below are just a small sampling of the usual crop...

Tig welded track/stunt /hipster frame for James of MASH fame...

Sleek black 26er MTB for Niels of Austria

CX frame for old pal Ara's shop Bicycle Heaven in St. Charles IL...

Fresh 26" BMX CRUISER... rolling old school...



26" singlespeed race bike for Miles of SanLuisObispo

I'll try and get more stuff up... The picture uploads take forever !!! Maybe my connection is bad...
Happy Trails
Rick

Tour de Afrique

Check out what our friend Brian Vernor is doing right now!
ethiopia
Sudan
and
Egypt

It sounds hard, but we can't help but be a little jealous!



Find out about the entire trip here.

Jamboree

sign stolen from
Church of the Sweet Ride


The 9th annual County Line Jamboree came and went. It was a beautiful day, and 70 plus people once again subjected themselves to the 40 miles of road
train tracks
and beach.


It feels more like 60. We're not sure how many people finished, but we did see some really tired folks dragging themselves to the Pajaro river. Which is sort of the point.
The beach is deceptively hard, by the time you reach the end of the 20 miles of track, you have this false sense that the beach will give you the break you so want, but it just gets harder! It all comes down the beach.

Jeff and Curtis finally found the perfect gear, and smoked nearly everyone.


Except for Smiling George Hope, who was the fastest man for the second year in a row!


Kathleen "Hard as Nails" Hannon was the fastest lady of the day.



Photos thanks to Matthew Scott. The rest can be seen here Flickr.com/photos/matthew_cole_scott


Good times, see you all next time.

warp drive to bike show and beyond

Howdy folks...
Checking in with a report of the Handmade Bike show.... Mary-Anne and I attended and particpated, showing off all our stuff, talking to many people and generally having a good time...Lots of old friends and new contacts...The booth was busy and loaded with stuff...Heres a small sampling....
One word.... SWAMPER....

Full blown 29er singlespeed, short chainstay ultimate shredder, this rocketship is mine !!!




20'' cargo bike with tricolor paint... woodwork by KB....

I am selling this bike for 1500$ complete... Jump on it now before I start riding it every day....



Full suspension for Mary-Anne... 29/26 race bike...3.5" travel... pivots around the BB shell...carbon fiber seat tube...

Long distance touring machine dubbed " The High Plains Drifter " .... You'll never getted chased out of town on this horse... Built for Jeremy from the town of Bolinas... He's threatening to ride it to South America with his surfboard...


Flat Black SWAMPER for Philippe in the country of France... French guys have good taste....

Drop-outs provided by The Todd at Black Cat Cycles.... Smooth seat cluster provided by Mr. Elbow Grease and his buddy Bloody Knuckle

Sparkle orange CX singlespeed picked up at the show from Shinya of Circles Bike Shop Japan...


Theres more but gotta get busy....
Rick