8 AM ride is on. We will leave right at 8 AM. Bring plenty of water please! It’s very hot. If you have never mountain Biked this is not the time to try it. We don’t encourage people to do something new when it’s hot like this or push themselves in the heat. If this didn’t scare you away we leave at 8 AM for a couple hour ride and leave right on time to be back, cool down and open the shop by 11. Always hills. Always fun. Always a good credible crowd of people. #topangalife
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We took off after the shop closed and rode into the forest for a night of camping with dogs. Super fun night and morning adventure.
Kathy bought a bike at a Co-op but it didn’t fit and they didn’t see to do much more than ring her up. She visited us and we wanted her to enjoy her new bike. She rode off on her new Surly Bridge Club.
Adonia needed a new bike and the Surly Long Haul Trucker is the answer. She spared no expense getting her new bike just right. (That is Chris’s sister holding the sign. It was her idea to do that).
Andrew and Chris want everyone on a Packrat and here is KP with his new one.
Our friends at Swift Industries made some gear for us. Only available at the Outpost.
Velo Cult in Portland Oregon is winding down it’s physical brick and mortar. ????. We are devastated. @onion.sauce had just visited in May to meet up with our ex-Shimano dude @kylerudell at one of our favorite places in Oregon (and that’s saying a lot). The story about the closing was just posted on The Radavist website and includes a press release. What is so sad, frustrating and awful is that Sky / Velo Cult has done everything right. Culturally phenomenal place, best people, unique, clean, best in class and the operation is more than bikes branching out to other sources of income. They put on events in their amazing space. We witnessed it the day we were there. So so wrong this is happening. To us the culprit is commercial real estate conglomerates. They convince local town councils to codify commercial property until its impossible to afford keeping up to code and small businesses can’t survive. Not owning the property and having to upgrade in order to meet requirements isn’t financially possible for Velo Cult and we are witness to another amazing place and guy wind down his incredible bike business. The saddest part is for all of us who won’t be able to go there for the exquisite pour over coffee, a bike, or a beer. Sky (the owner) will be fine. He will move on to new great things. It’s the rest of us who have enjoyed his space who lose out. We said it before when our local paper In Topanga was shutting down and we lost a community’s independent voice. Be selfish and go into small businesses. Razor thin margins and impossibly long hours by the owners are what keep them around and we need them. We want to enjoy the uniqueness and awesomeness of local papers and places like Velo Cult but they can’t survive without us. Go to local coffee houses, diners, bookstores, restaurants, clothing stores and any quirky place around. Be selfish and take advantage of the what’s happening. We will be so sad when it’s all gone. #velocult
Greg wanted a Surly Midnight Special really bad. So bad, he drove from San Francisco to get one. We celebrated with bacon wrapped hotdogs before sending him back with some banana bread to chow on during his drive north.