http://fuckgas.org Wed, 08 Sep 2010 07:36:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en September's Car-Free Happy Hour will take place at Big Blue Country, 426 Baxter Avenue, Tuesday, September 14 from 5:30-8pm. While this place sounds like a red-neck hell, it's actually pretty awesome and I've seen them be nothing but accomidating to the bike crowds in the past. Check it out and ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2779 Sorry for the slack updates. I've been in Dayton at a soccer tournament, followed by Holiday World in a town named Santa Claus. Strange days. However, I've been working on this polo tournament thing and we've got some bad ass prize sponsors jumping on board so it's looking good so ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2774 Louisville will be hosting it's first Hardcourt Bike Polo Tournament Saturday, October 16 at Noon in Shelby Park. This will be in conjunction with a Bicycling for Louisville party welcoming their new HMFIC, Andy Dyson out of Philly. No clue what his background is, but it's bound to be an ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2772 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 ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2764 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 ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2759 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 ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2757 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 ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2752 No relevance other than amazingness. Enjoy your Wednesday. http://fuckgas.org/?p=2755 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 ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2746 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 ... http://fuckgas.org/?p=2743