ST. CLOUD, Minn. - There’s nothing like $4 gas to make drivers pay attention to the numbers on the pump. And more of those eagle-eyed drivers are calling Minnesota’s Department of Commerce to report suspicions that they’re not getting as much gas as they’re paying for.
I’m well aware that my food comes to me via gasoline, but that doesn’t mean I don’t relish every friggin month I don’t have a car payment, every month I don’t have an insurance payment, and every dog damn day I don’t have to worry about how much gas is in my nonexistent car.
I’ve been very busy lately putting finishing touches and rounding up props for Bicycle Film Festival Scavenger Race. Its all going down at 1pm on July 12th. Just show up to Varsity Bike Shop in Dinkytown with a few friends and a digital camera or cell phone camera. Cost is $5 per person.
The race will weave its way through the University campus and a bit of South Minneapolis and end at Theater de Juene Lune for the evening’s films. You can count on this being pretty low key and open to riders of all skill levels. I’m trying to keep the distances down so don’t expect to be running all over hell and back to complete this race.
Teams of up to 5 people will assemble and try and complete the mind bending manifest. If you are by yourself come on down and we’ll help you get on a team. There is always room for one more.
I’m super excited to announce that MPLS finest monkey drawing cartoonist, Roger Lootine, will be designing the spokecards for this race. He did them last year for scAVENGER! and they were awesome.
Update: Check out the crazy amount of prizes for the race winners. We’ve got Crumpler bags, Surly Schwag, Aveda products, PBR, Space 2 Burn t-shirts, and maybe some Twin Six gear. And of course lots and lots of beer tubes.
A friend of mine was having a beer at Sawatdee downtown around 9pm on Friday. After a beer, he came back out to his bike, locked to the parking lot fence, only to find his Kryptonite Evolution lock had been cut 7/8th of the way through.
The parking attendant came up to him and said, “Yeah dude, there were like 5 kids trying to steal your bike so I called the cops and they ran away.”
He called the police after a few minutes and asked for an officer to come take a statement and inquired as to any 911 calls about the attempted theft. Turns out no one called to report the theft in progress.
It looks like Bike Polo in Minneapolis is finally taking root. Connor finally took the initiative and made a few mallets.
Come on down to Logan Park and try it out. It is a ton of fun to watch. I went down a few weekends ago to watch and ended up playing for the first time. I had a blast and only ended up with a skinned ankle.
Starts at 6:30pm every Sunday and goes until its too dark to see. All you need to bring is you bike everything else required to play is provided.
PS League because it sounds good. It is just pick up games.
Team 1FS (1 Fucking Speed) successfully completed the Larkin HoffmanMS 150 on Sunday. Friday to Sunday Jana, Phil, Karl, Phillip and I rode approximately 210 miles (338 Km). Which included 106 miles (170 Km) on Sunday. I felt like 18 million dollars after riding 100+ miles.
A major tip of the hat to Mark, Nick, and Kevin who rode well over 300 miles over the weekend. Including 150 miles on Friday! Instead of taking the bus to Proctor they rode the entire route in one day.
A full set of photos from the weekend are available over in my photostream.
When we got back we still had to haul our gear from our drop off point at Phillip’s house. Karl decided he’d put four people’s gear on his Big Dummy for shits and giggles. Here’s a video highlighting the voluminous load.
