On alleycats, downhills, zoobombs, super-d's and fixed gear bikes

There's lots happening in the next couple of weeks. Tomorrow there's a downhill race in Nanaimo, next Friday there's an Alleycat in Victoria. And for you adventurous people who venture off the island every once in a while, there's a Super D in Burnaby next Sunday.

In other news; the cycling IQ at the shop here took a quantum leap forward (or backwards) this week as Mitch is slowly building up his fixed gear bicycle and Justin has managed to gather all the parts for his and just needs to assemble them. Chevy also has a fixed gear on order so things should get interesting this summer. Those three bikes will be a source of joy and pain and all round good times in the near future. But the explosive growth in fixed gear ownership at the shop is not the only thing that is ruining our already bike polluted minds. As previously mentioned on these pages there is a weird interest in Zoobombing here at the shop and we've been planning to do an "unofficial" Rider's Zoobomb for quite some time. Me and Shayne bit the bullet yesterday and picked up the first three 16" kids bikes for the Rider's Zoobomb pile. We're hoping to have at least six or seven bikes in the pile so everybody in the shop has a ride. The idea is to operate this pile of zoobombs as a co-op and everyone pitches in for apehangers, streamers, banana seats and other stupid things to pimp out the bombs. So be ready, the riders Zoobomb will be upon us soon. Start looking for a bomb to add to the pile and join us for a fun filled evening, involving high speed downhills, ridiculously small bikes, beverages and stupid costumes.