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Symbiotic Shredder Society

4/19 at 4:20

1504 S Willson

Winter Bike to Work Day is this Friday the 13th

1. Go to winterbiketoworkday.org
2. Commit to riding your bike on Friday
3. Add yourself to the worldwide map
4. Join us at Rockford Coffee on 7th Ave on Friday between 7am and 9am
5. Eat bacon, drink coffee, ride bikes.  Not necessarily in that order
6. Smile

Sunday, September 21st, 4:00pm
Meet at the Buck Products Sackery
A very serious bicycle race series on local bozeman trails.  
See if you can keep up. 
#symbioticshreddersociety

Friday, November 1st, 2013

7:00pm

Bogert Park Pavillion

$5 Entry

Prizes for:

1st and 2nd place racers, and for best costume

Proceeds go to Bozeman Bike Kitchen

Bike lights are encouraged

Watch as Chris Akrigg slays it on just about every kind of bicycle there is out there!

2012 Bike Week Schedule

Coffee Stops

May 14-18, 2012, 7-9 AM Free drip coffee and refreshments for bicycle commuters at these fine Bozeman Establishments:

Monday (May 14) Rockford Coffee by Team Rockford/Clif and the Bozeman Police Dept. (corner of Rouse/ E. Main)

Tuesday (May 15) Sola Café by Gallatin Alpine Sports (GAS) and Oracle (290 E. Kagy)

Wednesday (May 16) Costco –by Master’s Velo (refreshments: New Day Bakery food and Crema Roasting) (2505 Catron St) *For recommended bike routes to Costco- see facebook.com/bozemanbikeboard

Thursday (May 17) Lil Sherpa Java – by the Dirt Concern (111 E. Mendenhall)

Friday (May 18) Community Food Coop by Gallatin Valley Bicycle Club (908 W Main)

Bike From Work Party

Friday May 18 5-8 pm Lindley Park Center (1102 E Curtiss St) Pasta Dinner (to first 75 arrivees) & Beverages (suggested $5 – 20 donation)/ Raffle Prizes/ Live Music/Bike Activities

Kid's Events

Thursday May 3 (4:30-6:30pm): Bozeman School District K-5 Bike Rodeo - Emily Dickinson School (2435 Annie St). For details contact Julie.smith@bsd7.org or Sharon Navas at 522-6650

Wednesday May 16: Bike to School day – Contact your school for details

Thursday May 17 (4-6pm): Bike and Board Rodeo (for Middle school students, ages 10-14) Chief Joseph Middle School (4255 Kimberwicke St). For details contact Amanda at 522-6312 or Amanda.ferrat@bsd7.org

Bike Commuter Challenge

Join Bozeman’s Bike to Work Challenge by creating a team at your workplace.  Any team member who bikes to work any day from May 7th – 17th can win prizes.  See RideShareMT.com for details. 

Bicycle Shop Specials

Thursday May 10 (4-7pm):

• REI (2220 Tschache St) -  Bike maintenance and food from Baja Fresh (accessory give-aways –tire levers, patch kits or water bottles) and 20% off coupons (free)

Tuesday May 15 (7pm):

• Summit Bike & Ski (26 South Grand) - Basic bike tune-up/maintenance class (free)

Thursday May 17 (6:30pm): 

• Bangtail Bikes (137 East Main) -  Bike maintenance clinic (free)

Now through May 18:

• Bozeman Bike Peddler (101 East Oak) - Trade in ANY used bike and get a minimum of $50 off a new bike 

May 12-18:

• Chalet Sports (108 West Main) - 20% off of all commuter accessories (Panniers, fenders, bells, bike outerware...)  
• Owenhouse Bicycling and Fitness (25 South Black) - 20% off on helmets, 10% off on Burley trailers
• Roundhouse Sports (1422 West Main) - discounting a full maintenance bike tune up from $60 to $39.95, or a safety check up from $30 to $19.95, and 10% off bike accessories (one time purchase)

 

The fixie freestylers and trials superstars have got nothin' on these guys.

A little bird told me about an alleycat bicycle race tonight.  

5:15pm at Bogert Park (bring yer; bike lights)

January 10, 2012

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information:
Lori Ryan, Public Information, MDT, (406) 444-6821

Informational meeting to discuss Rouse Avenue Reconstruction projects in Bozeman, MT – Gallatin County

Bozeman - The Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) is conducting an informational meeting to discuss a proposal to reconstruct approximately 2.03 miles of Rouse Avenue/Bridger Drive from Main Street (Reference Marker 0.0) to Story Mill Road (Reference Marker 2.03) in Bozeman, Gallatin County, to meet current MDT urban roadway standards while adding capacity. The meeting will start with an open house at 6:30 p.m. followed by a brief presentation at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at the Bozeman Senior Center, 807 N Tracy, in Bozeman.

Community participation is a very important part of the process, and the public is encouraged to attend. Opinion, comments and concerns may also be submitted in writing at the meeting, by mail to Jeff Ebert, District Administrator, at MDT’s Butte district office at PO Box 3068; Butte, MT 59702-3068, or online at

http://www.mdt.mt.gov/mdt/comment_form.shtml

Please indicate comments are for project CN 4805 and submit by February 27, 2012.

Proposed work includes reconstruction and widening throughout the corridor; intersection improvements with turn lanes; addition of bike lanes, sidewalks, and a two-way left turn lane (TWLTL) throughout much of the corridor to improve safety and level-of-service (LOS); side-street improvements at intersections to accommodate turning movements; and storm drainage improvements. The corridor is proposed to be reconstructed in two segments: Main Street to Oak Street and Oak Street to Story Mill Road. The purpose of the projects is to improve vehicular level of service and enhance bike and pedestrian travel within the Rouse Avenue corridor.

The target ready date to acquire right-of-way and complete design is December 2012. The actual start of construction will be dependent on the availability of funds.

New right-of way and relocation of utilities will be required. MDT staff will contact all affected landowners prior to doing survey work on their land. Staff will again contact landowners prior to construction regarding property acquisition and temporary construction permits.

MDT attempts to provide accommodations for any known disability that may interfere with a person’s participation in any service, program or activity of our department. If you require reasonable accommodations to participate in this meeting, please call Paul Grant at (406) 444-9415 at least two days before the meeting. For the hearing impaired, the TTY number is (406) 444-7696 or 1-800-335-7592, or call Montana Relay at 711. Alternative accessible formats of this information will be provided upon request.

Alleycat Easter Keg Hunt - April 29th, 6:30pm at Peet's Hill Parking Lot (near library)

The solstice bike race movie is in. Fresh from the cutting room floor.

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Yesterday, a Bozeman youth bicyclist was run off the road by a midsized gray vehicle. She was riding her bicycle along Kagy and a car behind her honked multiple times, pulled up beside her, proceeded to swerve at her, causing her to be knocked off her bike and onto the curb.  She escaped the incident without injury but as the vehicle sped off she was unable to make out the license plate or model of the vehicle. 

Bozeman residents are asked to be mindful of a gray, midsized vehicle acting aggressively or dangerously towards you.  If you witness any atrocious behavior such as this, please record the license plate number or any identifying marks and report it to the police. Hit and run incidents are terrifying.  For those who have the nerve to deliberately swerve into a small girl riding within the legal bounds of city and state ordinances a lesson needs to be taught. 

What can you do as a cycle commuter?  Keep in mind that there are a good number of people on the roads who don't know how to drive when the roads are in good shape - let alone when they are icy.  Be defensive, be cooperative, be predictable.  This will help with the friendly, law-abiding automobiles we share the road with.  However, if you encounter a "problem child" and you get hit, yelled at, spit on, or generally harassed, don't take the law into your own hands - it will only get you in trouble and set-back a cause we are working hard to justify.  Call 911 and get the police involved. 

Always watch your back, and always keep riding.

Kids, don't use alcohol.  It makes you VERY forgetful. It may also cause you to grow a hippie beard and raise goats for milk on a farm outside of town where you sometimes need to get a ride to when you're drunk, causing you to leave your bicycle someplace and think it's stolen.

Lost Stolen from the Emerson Cultural Center on MSU Campus in Bozeman, Montana on Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

Brand: Peugeot
Model: fixed gear
Color: powder blue with orange stripes
Wheels: 700c deep v
Handlebars: bullhorns (one black, one blue)
Saddle: black and grey

If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of this bicycle please contact the webmaster there's no need to tell us because the bicycle has been found.

Thanksgiving is when Americans get more excessive than ever.  We eat too much, drink too much, sit around too much, and get fat too much.  What better a way to start a day of such epic lazy-pathetic-meh-ness than by going out for a bike ride.  And what better a way than to do it when it happens to be eight degrees farenheit out?  Check out the Bike Bliss blog for a nice lil' write-up about cyclists coming together and not racing each other at Bike Bliss - Thanksgiving Ride. 

#ThnksCrnks 2010

All photos © BikeBlissChick

L to R @singletrackm1nd, @tymorrisonheath, @captaine, and @sharalds

@bikeblisschick

Friday, October 29th, 2010 7:00pm

Come to The Filling Station (2005 N Rouse) on Friday at 7:00pm and meet inside or out (all ages welcome to: Ride bikes!  Ride bikes!  Ride bikes!  Be it rain or merely darkness of night, come to Bozeman's Halloween Alleycat Bicycle race.

What to bring:

1. A bicycle
2. Bicycle lights
3. Writing utensil
4. Costume (highly recommended aka potential death to non-participants)
5. Picture taking device (camera/phone/if you don't have one use your writing utensil)
6. $5 (entry fee to cover costs and all extra goes into prize pool)

What to expect:

1. Awesomesauce
2. Prizes
3. A spokecard 
4. More awesomesauce*

*Guest appearance by @singletrackm1nd as he pays homage to Cher by performing scenes from her film, "Tea with Mussolini".

Friday: 10:29:10 7:00PM The Filling Station, 2005 N Rouse (Inside or out)

Ride bikes!

Be it rain or merely darkness of night, come to Bozeman's Halloween Alleycat Bicycle race.

What to bring:
1a: Lights
1b: A bicycle
2: Writing utensil
3: Costume (highly recommended)
4: Picture taking device (camera/phone/if you don't have one use your writing utensil)
5: $5 (entry fee to cover costs and all extra goes into prize pool)

What to expect:

1: Awesomesauce and Prizes! (even a Spokecard =0)

Readers of The Bozeman Fix blog are privy to a little pre-race beta for this weekend's Fixie Sixty (2) race. Below is a map, elevation profile, and statistical breakdown of the race course. Also available is an interactive version viewable as a Google map.

The race will follow a closed format meaning that riders will be expected to ride the route as mapped below.  In order to limit shortcuts there will be a series of stops and/or tasks along the way. 

The race will begin after everyone has had a chance to congregate, drink coffee, and visit on Saturday morning.  Please bring a coffee mug to avoid using a paper cup.  We'll have a place to stash them along with a change of clothing for you while you're out racing.  We look forward to seeing and riding with you come Saturday morning!

Fixie Sixty (2) Fixed Gear Bicycle Race

9:30am, Saturday, September 25th, 2010

Rockford Coffee; Bozeman, Montana

For a more detailed look at the course view the interactive Google mapping of the race route.

Course Elevation Profile

Course Details