Two teams from Minneapolis, The Bookhouse Boys and The Plowdozers, are headed to Madison January 1-4th for the NYC Championships in Madison.

24 of the best teams and the rest of us will be competing for the number one spot. Minneapolis, NYC, Ottawa, Milwaukee, Chicago, Columbus, St. Louis, Philadelphia, DC and Florida among others will be represented this weekend.

Hats off to Madison for what seems like an awesome job organizing. Finding housing for all of us alone is going to be fucking crazy. Let alone managing a tournament bracket for 70+ plus players.

Here’s hoping we can salvage a win or two!

Daylight savings time ends this Sunday. That means sunset will be around 5:15pm next week. That means we won’t have enough daylight to play polo on Wednesdays until Spring.

Here is the schedule for hardcourt bike polo in Minneapolis.

Wednesday, Oct 29th at 5pm at Corcoran Park.

Saturday, Nov 1st at 1pm at Corcoran Park.

Stuff is happening.

Firstly Track or Treat II. If you need some more information on what this is and what it entails check out the forum discussion. This poster was done by Verb and it rules.

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Here is some information about the ride as well as several PDFs to promote this event. Please consider printing off a handbill or two and giving them to those who may be interested.

Press Release (PDF)

Handbills (PDF)

MEMORIAL RIDE TO HONOR FALLEN BICYCLISTS

Saturday, October 4th, 2008.
Meet at 10:30 a.m. Depart at 11:00 a.m. Summit & Snelling Avenues, St. Paul

The bicycle community will come together to honor the memory of cyclists who have been killed in recent accidents on Twin Cities streets. The memorial ride will visit the sites of three of the most recent crashes, where “Ghost Bikes” have been placed as a memorial to the victims. Family, friends and cyclists are invited to participate in this group ride. Organizers are asking that participating cyclists please wear a black shirt with orange ribbon around their arm or handlebars. Ribbon will be provided for those who need it.

The ride will begin at Summit and Snelling Avenues near the ghost bike memorial for Virginia Heuer Bower. It will then head west down Lake Street to Excelsior and West 32nd Street, the ghost bike memorialfor Jimmy Nisser. The ride will then head back up Excelsior/Lake, then northeast on Hennepin to the ghost bike memorial for Nik Morton.

In the afternoon, another ride will head to Blaine in order to place a Ghost Bike at Central and Cloverleaf, where cyclist Dale Aanenson was killed.

Riders are expected to be orderly and respectful of traffic. If you are riding recklessly, you will be asked to leave.

Photo of Nik Morton’s Ghost Bike

This Saturday October 2nd there will be a memorial ride to visit the three Ghost Bikes for the recent fatalities in Minneapolis and St. Paul. Tentative plans call for ride from the Capital to the bikes of Virginia Heuer, Nik Morton, and Jimmy Nisser. For those able there will be a ride to install a Ghost Bike in Blaine for Dale Aanenson who was killed on September 22nd.

UPDATE: Meet at 10:30am, ride at 11am, October 4th, Summit and Snelling, meet on the traffic island. We will visit the three Ghost bikes as well as ending up in Downtown Minneapolis for the Unite Bike photo. Afterwards, those who can, will ride to Blaine to install a Ghost Bike for Dale Aanenson.

Cyclists participating in the ride are encouraged to where dark clothing with an orange ribbon.

PDF flier coming soon. Save the date!

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Be at CRC before 3pm.