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So apparently some people, cyclists as they are sometimes referred to, have been riding parts of Eva Bandman during it’s current construction phase. Apparently this is being frowned upon and supposedly delaying construction because of reseeding the grass. Sorries, but pull your tampon out boys and get back to fucking work. So riding a bicycle through a grassy field is now considered vandalism? There was even a call from Brad Swope to call the police if you see people out there riding. Brad, you’re a dick and if I ever have the displeasure of racing or even taking a practice lap near your stool pigeon ass this season, I will gladly squeeze you into the tape, pull your brakes or if handy throw my beer can into your spokes. As well, if it’s enough riding that the grass is being killed, that’s a shit ton of riding. I’ve been riding George Rogers like crazy and have yet to be able to discern any killing of the grass I ramble over lap after lap, and I’m not the only one riding out there.

At any rate, I suppose the cyclocross community of Louisville is being asked to refrain form riding anything at Eva Bandman until the course is finished. If you really want to kill some grass come on out to George Rogers and pedal around and kill that shit off.

In the mean time Metro Parks, how about you keep you dogs on a leash and have a talking to with your douche bag crew that was cutting the grass at George Rogers Tuesday morning. Perhaps you’d save a little money if they spent less time hiding in the trees heckling bicyclists and more time actually cutting the grass. Just a thought.

Unite Bike is an effort to to support and promote bicycle riding in your city. The idea behind it is to mark a time (5pm, October 3, 2010) and place (your city) for as many bicyclists to meet up and have a group picture taken. I would assume shortly after all the cities pictures will be posted at UniteBike.com for the world to see and revel the solidarity of bicycle riding, left winged hippy bastards the world around. Cheesy, yes, but the more awareness the better right? And why not, all the more that brings all of us douche bag bike riders together a bit more and say hello. Speaking of which, don’t be scared to wave to one another while pedaling your go-green ass around…

Take a second to RSVP to an event in your city or if your city isn’t listed, get in touch with UniteBike.com and they’ll be happy to add it.

If you’re in the area (Louisville) and looking for a new spot to do some cyclocross or light mountain bike riding there’s some new lines being laid down at George Rogers Park off Poplar Level Road. Start/finish spot runs along McKinley Avenune next to lots of grass parking, please park your cars on the park property and not someone’s front yard. Course is marked in orange paint, just follow the directions of the arrows and you should continue to find more along the way. Minus normal obstacles, which will be soon to follow, it’s got everything you could want. Tech sections, wild fast downhills, monster climbs, off camber fun and what may be the highlite of the course so far, the Cattle Shute. The Cattle Shute is concrete draignage ditch that you need all the damn speed you can muster to make it out of safely. This is a deciscion maker section as you can follor along side it and stick to the grass.

All in all, I think this would be a great location for just about any MTB or cross event regardless of our layout or not. The park space is huge and options are endless. Check it out and let us know what you think. Rememeber we’re not professional course designers, just trying to have some fun.

One Mom, Two Kids, No Car is Ali’s blog detailing her self imposed challenge to go car-free in a town south of Ontario. Ali, in her own words “is a single mom of two, a university student, not super fit and kind of lazy and disorganize…” Her original plan was to give it a shot through July, but I’m guessing that went well enough for her to extend through August. With September coming up, so is school and this is where she expects chaos to ensue. Hopefully she can manage and keep up the good work. Check out her blog and give her some support. Thanks to the Xtracycle twitter for the heads up.

No relevance other than amazingness. Enjoy your Wednesday.

Ditch the Van Bike Tour - Chapter 1 from marty benson on Vimeo.

So I just couldn’t help myself. Cricket Press posted this video yesterday of Ben Sollee’s Ditch the Van Tour and got me even more stoked than I was before. You can keep up with how the crew are doing through DitchTheVan.tumblr.com and I’m going to assume over at Marty Benson’s Vimeo page as well. As far as the September 30th event here in Louisville, you can call the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts box office at 502-584-7777 and they’ll mail them to your house for free. Get on it!

You can check Ben’s additional tour dates at BenSollee.com

Ben Sollee has been touring around the country on his Xtracycle for a bit now. I’m pretty sure the above pic is outdated however, I think he’s riding around on a Big Dummy these days. Either way, he’ll be here in Louisville Thursday, September 30 for IdeaFest. The event is free, but tickets are required. Ben will speak and do a performance regarding the idea of sustainability in music touring….community-based approach to performing, and how the physical limitations of the bicycle transcend social and economic boundaries. If you’re a fan of the cello, bicycle touring or hippie green shit, go check it out, I’m putting my money on awesome.

I’ve never been one to complain about Monday having rolled in, but today has just plain sucked. Fuck today. Saw this one over at the Drunk Cyclist. This children, is what BMX will do for you later down the road. Lopes speeding through the trees.

Mission Workshop let these pics of their new SPD shoe, the Rondel loose on Twitter today. I love what these guys are doing. Just wish I could afford some of it.

New cyclocross grounds have been discovered. Plans are being hatched and blood will be shed. I haven’t run this by anyone involved, but I’m coining the term Guerilla Cross because one, I like it and two, it makes sense if your’e at all familiar with Guerilla Marketing. As in:

Guerrilla marketing involves… any unconventional marketing intended to get maximum results from minimal resources.

There are a few of us in the ranks as of now so if you’re interested in joining up and helping out that would be great. Like I mentioned previouosly, not sure what, if anything will come of all this other than a new playground a bit further inside the city. There’s certainly nothing wrong with going out and enjoying what there is of RRCC at the moment or the future course at Eva Bandman, just thinking along the lines of the more the merrier. As well, with the sort of group we’re looking at getting together for this adventure this will certainly not be your run-of-the-mill course. Stay tuned for updates and if I can get my grubby little hands on a camera I’ll throw some photos up as things progress.

Now, don’t forget, it’s Friday. Go drink some beers and ride.