Who knew Paul Newman was a trickster?

The city of Portland is considering adopting “Idaho Stop” legislature. The laws would allow bicyclists to treat stop lights as stop signs, and stop signs as yield signs. The legislature has worked remarkably well in the state of Idaho since 1982, hence the name. However not everyone in Portland is in favor of such laws. In fact, the whole thing has raised quite a bit of controversy, including some rather biased and decidedly unpleasant media coverage. Still, Portland’s bicycle advocacy groups remain hopeful. For more information, visit www.bikeportland.org.

Best of luck with that Portland. Your love of bikes as transportation make it a joy to be in you.

Read this over at Urban Velo.

Yikes. After 17 years as a pro, Lance had his first broken collarbone. This puts him out of the running for the Giro d’ Italia, if he wants to be ready for the Tour de France. Keep your spokes crossed for him.
Read up on it at Bike Radar

Subrosa helped sponsor a couple races and events that we put on in Seattle, not only the Macaframa movie premiere raffle and Christmas Race, but the Race of Shame as well. I greatly appreciate the love that they’ve shown us, and am consistently pleased with their riders, as well as edits. I hope they are interested in being involved with a bmx race I’d like to put together this year.
Anyway, here is an edit that I saw over at Projekt-B
It’s part of the Shit the Fuck up Tour, their Seattle/Vancouver spot. Enjoy

Subrosa Shit the Fuck Up Tour from Subrosa Brand on Vimeo.

I really like watching sidehack videos. Having never ridden or raced on one, the idea is very intriguing to me. They remind me of chariot races. I think what I enjoy most about it is the fact that riding a bike is very much a one person sport. For those of us that don’t play well with others, it’s one of the sports that we can do well at. Sidehack racing adds another element; all of a sudden you have another body, another wheel, and more weight attached. You now have to work with another body to maneuver your bike for the win. Everything has to be synchronized. Like back flips.

I saw the above vid over at Krtschmidt.com

And here is a little promo of some downhill goodies:

Looks like a lot of fun.
If you want to see some older footage, you should really check out the movie:
Joe Kid on a Stingray You can borrow it from the Library.
I was impressed with the similarities between bmx of old and fixed gear bikes of new. The very short amount of time where so much took place in design, materials, and riding/skill ability. The trick scene of fixed gear riding has been growing at a rapid rate, and new trick based bikes have been born to filling the void left by track bikes being broken, ridden too hard on the street. Whereas much of the bmx development in the early days was taken from motorcycle and car technology, trick-focused fixed gear bikes have not only bmx, but mountain biking, track, and road biking history to pull from. Whether you frown on fixed gear tricks or not, the innovation that has been taking place is impressive. To simply question why bikes are built a certain way, and try different things, is what helps things improve and grow. And that is all I have to say about that.

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You can read the article here.

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I can’t wait for summer.
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