Morganzo 55 to run on Aug. 17, 2014

The date has been set for the 2014 running of the Morganzo 55: Double Nickels on the Grime. Join us August 17th at the corner of Dry Creek & Theisen Roads north of Belgrade at 9am for 55 miles of gorgeous gravel.

• No entry fee.
• No support.
• First one done gets first crack at the beer.

Bring a friend.

More info as the date nears.

Is this FMX or BMX?

What: The Bozeman Bike Kitchen is Hosting a Grand Re-Opening Party!

When: Thursday, May 15at 4:00pm - 8:00pm

Where: Bozeman Bike Kitchen - 2104 Industrial Drive, Bozeman, Montana 59715

RSVP: facebook.com/events/311033502380342/

We're having a Grand Re-Opening Celebration and invite you to visit our new space, learn about our programs, mingle with like-minded folks, and celebrate bicycling!

The Bike Kitchen has humble roots going back to the days when we were located in one of our founder's driveways, followed by our time "squatting" in a chicken coop, followed by a quaint garage. This winter we moved into an airy, visible, and quality garage space located at in the old Thompson Rental building.

On Thursday, May 15th during Bozeman's Bike Week the Bike Kitchen invites you to our space to chat with our Board of Director's, meet our Volunteer Staff, take a tour of our facility, and have a good time.

Bring your kids as we'll be holding a mini "bike rodeo" on site. We are working to have food and drink options available (in progress) to make an evening out of it all. Please drop by to say hi if you've never had a chance to look us up, or if it's been awhile since you've come down. We look forward to meeting you!

Bozeman Fix regular Ned rode his bike from Bozeman down to Cooke City for some backcountry ski action with Beau of Cooke City Chronicles and Beau made a little video for y'all to see.

Pedaling to Cooke from beau fredlund on Vimeo.

Bozeman's annual "Bike Week" aka Bike to Work Week aka Bike to School Week aka Bike to the Unemployment Office Week aka I think you get the idea is happening from May 12th to May 16th.  The poster above is only a small portion of all the events going on around town.  Check out bikewalkbozeman.org for a more thorough list.  

I'm a co-director on a Kickstarter film project about hauling stuff on your bike if you're into that sort of thing. Check out Less Car More Go on Kickstarter.

Are you having enough fun riding your bike? I think the guys at Fairdale Bikes will make you question your answer.

This is wonderfully dorky.

It's weird to give yourself a nickname, but the FBM guys have well earned being the"Lords of Fun." Enjoy.

This looks like it could be a cool way to get more people on bikes. And at $700 it's far cheaper than a carbon frame.

More info here:  https://www.superpedestrian.com/

My new favorite bike blog is Pedaling Nowhere.

Check it out. Beautifully rendered, well written, and it sorts through all those vimeo cycling vids and picks out the good ones to share.

http://www.pedalingnowhere.com/

More badass urban downhill from Chile...

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

Just in case you haven't seen this one already....

 

Yeah, yeah, yeah, big government, no new taxes, thousand points of light, screw Bachmann, etc.  I get it.  Big government is far off and seemingly intangible, but LOCAL government is real, it's next door, it's downtown, it's everywhere around you.

The Bozeman Mayor and City Commissioners are very accessible people who listen closely to those who have appointed them.  And you, yes YOU have a voice in our upcoming election.  If you're interested in hearing from those who are up for election visit the upcoming Candidate's Forum hosted by the League of Women Voters.

Where: City Commission room of City Hall
When: 6:45pm on Oct. 22nd
What: 

CANDIDATES' FORUM

1. The moderator welcomes the candidates and the audience. She will identify the candidates by name and according to the office and term sought.
2. The moderator explains the evening's format and rules.        

FORMAT

1. Each candidate will have up to 1½ minutes to introduce him/herselfand explain his/her qualifications and why he/she would like to be elected.
2. Each candidate will answer one question that has been provided in advance. This will be timed at 2 minutes.
3. The forum will be opened to questions from the audience.  Questions can be directed to one candidate or more. Each candidate will have a chance to answer, however, whether or not identified by the questioner.
4. Each candidate will have 2 minutes for a closing statement. 

RULES

1. The timer will let each candidate know when he or she has one-half minute remaining, and no time remaining. Candidates will be asked to finish promptly when the time is up.
2. While candidates will not be so closely timed in answering questions from the audience, the moderator will remind candidates of time constraints if answers get long.
3. The moderator will ask members of the audience to pose questionswithout comments-i.e., editorializing. The forum is designed to hear candidates' views and not the audience's.
4. The audience will have the option to ask questions verbally themselves or they can write their questions on cards for the moderator to ask.  The first part of the forum will be verbal questions and the latter part will use the written questions.
5. If a member of the audience asks that a question be answered yes or no,the candidates will be allowed to qualify or explain their answers. The forum is meant to help voters understand the candidates' positions, not force candidates to select answers they don't feel comfortable about.
6. If questions or answers become repetitive or courtesy is not shown, the moderator will intervene.

And remember to put your leg over your bicycle, head to your local polling place and ROCK THE VOTE ON NOVEMBER 5TH!

This is a weird one to understand with the whole physics thing, but it's worth watching. I'm sure that you've never seen this happen on a bike.