A very lit penny-farthing spotted at Blinky Man.
Category: Bike Spotting
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Spotted at the Ta-Hoe Nalu Paddlesport Festival
Here’s a Kona Brewing Company-branded cruiser that was being raffled at yesterday’s Ta-Hoe Nalu Paddlesport Festival.
Btw, if you like stand-up paddle boarding (or watching standup paddleboard racing, the Ta-Hoe Nalu is a great event that takes place on King’s Beach, CA each August. Check it out!
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Spotted at Reno Compression 2017
I’m not really sure what this thing is, nor what it is called, but it’s made of bike parts, so I’m posting it here.
This was at the Reno Compression Art and Fire event.
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Spotted at IKEA
IKEA sells bikes? Who knew?
On our way back from the bay area this afternoon we stopped at the IKEA store in Sacramento, California. While browsing through the store we came across this bike and matching cargo trailer.
Part of IKEA’s “Family Collection“, this bike is called the Sladda and features a belt-driven drive train.
The Sladda bike comes with a “25-year limited warranty on the frame and 10-year limited warranty on the belt drive”. IKEA also offers accessories for the bike, including a matching front rack, rear rack, and rear panniers.
And to top it off, IKEA offers a sweet matching cargo trailer for the Sladda. However, this trailer would work for any bike.
The Sladda bicycle retails for $499, however can be purchased for $399 at the “IKEA FAMILY member” price. [Becoming an IKEA FAMILY member is free and can easily be done on-site at the store.]
The Sladda cargo trailer retails for $179 [or $129 at the IKEA FAMILY member price.]
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Spotted at West Shore Pizza
The next time you’re driving along the west shore of Lake Tahoe stop in at West Shore Pizza in Tahoma, CA. If not for their awesome pizza and collections of beers, but to see their collection of vintage bicycles hanging from the walls and ceiling.
Here are just a few…
West Shore Pizza has super friendly staff, good food, and a great atmosphere.
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Skipolini’s Italian Gelato bike truck
Attended a function this evening at Skipolini’s Pizza in south Reno, Nevada. Spotted this cool bike truck full of gelato.
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A fleet of Huffy Cranbrooks
Saw an ad today on a Burning Man Facebook Group to which I belong — a theme camp was selling of its camp’s collection of playa bikes. I pounced.
These are the bikes in the back of my truck. Almost all of them are Huffy Cranbrook cruisers. [Three are already spoken for for the upcoming burn. -
Slow Rollers Poker Run 2016 – South Lake Tahoe
Today I took part in a bicycle poker run organized by the Slow Rollers Bicycle Club of South Shore, Lake Tahoe. This was a very fun, well run, beautiful ride along the south shore of South Lake Tahoe.
One of the participants was riding a Corker Monster Cruiser. (pictured above). For those not familiar with this bike, this is the world’s first (and maybe only) 36″ wheel bicycle. As the name implies, this thing is monstrous. Look how it dwarfs the 26″-ers around it.This is the first Corker that I’ve actually seen in the wild. Impressive bike.
Pictured above is a cool stretched custom frame bike.
Above are a few of the participants at one of the stops along the way.
I rode the Da Vinci Flying Machine (always a head turner and crowd pleaser) for the event. Here is the Flying Machine parked along the beautiful and scenic shores of Eldorado Beach, South Lake Tahoe – another of the stops.
Overall I was very impressed with this event and will definitely do it again. This was my first Slow Rollers event, but will not be my last. The Slow Rollers Bicycle Club website has a list of the events they host.
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Blinky Man 5: Cinco de Blinko
Blinky Man was so much fun last year that Lorri and I had to attend again this year.
This year’s ride was called Blinky Man 5: Cinco de Blinko. For this year’s Blinky Man ride, I rode the Playa Marauder (pictured below)…
…and Lorri rode the Mongoose Beast.
Riders gathering and listening to the pre-ride event director’s talk. (Below)
Just a few of the bikes seen at this year’s Blinky Man ride…
A sweet rat bike…
Blinky Man takes place in downtown Cason City, and is a must-attend event if you’re in the area.
I believe the next one will take place sometime in October 2017.
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Spotted at The Generator
Here’s a sweet cruiser I spotted in Sparks, Nevada suspended from the roof of The Generator.
What’s The Generator you might ask? The Generator is an awesome 34,000-square-foot makerspace open to the community and filled with tools and industrial equipment to allow people to design, create and make things. Check them out at The Reno Generator.