PORTLAND, Ore. - After a recent traffic ruling requiring bike messengers use hand brakes or "a stick" to stop a fixed gear bicycle, messengers and other bike activists gathered near the Vera Katz East Bank Esplanade to learn the braking skill of stick stopping.
For more background:
See the original story at bikeportland.org
And the video: Ayla Brakes at CrankMyChain.com
Part two in our bicycle maintenance video series sponsored by River City Bicycles covers Brake Pads. Doug Moak takes us step by step as he cleans and adjusts caliper style brakes on a commuter bicycle.
We hope you find these videos helpful and will let us know what you would like to see next. As usual we are always interested in your video responses.
By popular demand, Doug Moak runs through the basics of bicycle wheel truing and spoke adjustment. Thanks go to our sponsor River City Bicycles and Carl Jameson of Craftmaster Productions
Do you have any tips or stories on wheel truing? We'd love to hear 'em.
Portland, Ore. - Some of the nation's top professional bicycle racers competed for a $10,000 purse last Friday at the 2006 Healthnet Portland Twilight Criterium in the downtown park blocks.? Enjoy the thrills of this fast paced inner-city bicycle racing. Music by Six Fingers of Funk.
Hillsboro, Ore. - THIS IS CYCLOCROSS. Cold, rain, mud, fun, and not fun. Turn up the audio for some bonus commentary.
This video is sponsored by http://RiverCityBicy cles.com and http://CrossCrusade. com
PORTLAND, Ore.- Alpenrose Dairy hosted the first race in world's largest cyclocross series known as the Cross Crusade. Learn more about the series of races and this unique cycling sport as Dan Kaufman interviews Race Director Brad Ross.
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Join Dan Kaufman as he straps a camera to his kid's bike and follows these cycling insurgents as they climb to the zoo and descend through the hills of Portland, Oregon.
Enjoy Music by Show Me the Pink and the Llyod Center in this a whole new way shop. Philmed and hosted by Reverend Phil as he rides along with those crazy kids lovingly known as Zoobombers! Thank you Rev Phil!
Thank you Show Me the Pink!
Yo, ho, ho, ho!
From the PDXK.TV vault with permission from Captain Bog and Salty comes this Buccaneer's Christmas Carol. Be amused, be merry, be warned!
PS Don't tell Virginia
ASTORIA, Ore. - If you are looking for a slick cyclocross racing video, I can't help you here. All sorts of rules have been broken and I suppose that's part of the Halloween spirit. So... Happy Halloween!
This video was sponsored by River City Bicycles and The Cyclocross Crusade.
P.S. The Disco Trike is appears to be doing fine thanks to some the fine mechanics at the Chris King Tent.
