Last summer, the Derailleurs, in cooperation with SF Hardtop Bike Polo and the SF Tweed Ride, filmed our bike polo skit using the Tweed Riders as extras. We used the footage from the skit to promote the Derailleurs movie, which is still in production. This was a fun little skit, and Janel, aka Agent Take The Lane, did a great job with editing the movie!

P.S. the bike tour was all I thought it would be and more. I want write about it and post some pictures, but havn’t been able to dedicate the proper time to it yet. Soon…

Palm Springs, CA - Carefree, AZ

Tomorrow morning Ian and I will pick up a rental car, throw our bikes in the back, and drive south to Palm Springs. The next morning we’ll set out on our bikes for Carefree, AZ. We’ll ride 324 miles over 6 days with 1 rest day in there that has yet to be determined.  I’ve been giddy with anticipation all week. My mind is having a hard time grasping what my body is going to go through, but I know that after I do this other tasks that once seemed difficult wont be so impossible.

East on 29 Palms Highway. North edge of Joshua Tree National Park. via google maps

Bye bye blogosphere. I’ll see ya on the return….

It’s a beautiful day and the Derailleurs have planned a May Day Bike Scavenger hunt with great prizes from:

Box Dog Bikes

Mojo Bicycle Cafe

Xanath Ice Creamery

Amnesia Bar

Bar on Church

Bike Light Fairy

Agent Chaos Toptubes

I feel like I have my legs back. The way I get around the city is fun again. I wake up and think about how I want to ride my bike. And it’s all thanks to owning a bike that’s fun to ride. The video below is from my new bike’s inaugural day out this past Sunday! Video by Ian Tuttle (beware the sap factor. You might actually not want to watch the video unless you’re my mom. Hi Mom!).

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A few people have been sharing this video on Facebook and I wanted to share it here as well. This is pretty amazing. These devices fit 200 bicycles in the ground space that would normally fit only a few.

While this is surely an amazing feat of engineering, I’m not sure SF could justify the cost of putting one of these in. The SF Bike Coalition is awesome at providing bike valet service at most events where bike parking is an issue.  And while the video doesn’t say so, i’m thinking the owners of the bikes would probably have to pay a fee to park their bikes in one of these. In SF I would be more than happy with an abundance of staple bike racks. What do you think?