And don’t forget the amazing Dream Bike Auction too.

An Explanation of the Dream Bike Auction from Han’s Rey:

Our friends at Crankbrothers Inc. (www.crankbrothers.com) have organized an incredible promotion that will benefit Wheels 4 Life 100%.

They have built 10 Dreambikes that will be auctioned starting Mon. Nov. 15th by Performance Bicycles. Everybody can bid on these bikes, each has a retail value of $6000 – 7000.

Bids start at $ 1000.-, chances are that one can get a incredible deal on their personal dreambike, while each bike sold will make the dream of over 30 persons in the Third World real.

Please spread the word to anybody who is in need of a new bike or wants to support this great cause.

For more info on the auction and all the bikes click here:

www.performancebike.com/dreambikes

Special thanks to Crank …

Once again, contact CFEprPlus asap if you’d like a shirt mailed to you. $40 Donation for T’s, $60 for Hoodies.

-DSheek
Ride 4 the Little Man!

SocalCross KROSSTOBERFEST 2010 Day 1 from mark colton on Vimeo.

By: Mark Colton (MRock)

DSheek
Fun weekend, great racing!

Riding and Surviving in Orange County

We don’t know about you, but watching “Le Tour de France” last month made us all want to hit the streets on our road bikes! And there are plenty of beautiful places to ride in the OC—over 1,000 miles of bikeways (and according to the OCTA more to come!).

But some riders in the OC actually fear taking that road bike out of the garage. Why? Well, it’s because of the never-ending battle between motorist and cyclist. You may remember the recent tragedy in LA’s Mandeville Canyon that Bicycling magazine called “the road rage incident heard ’round the cycling world.”
Two riders were riding side by side on a steep, narrow road when a neighborhood resident came up behind them in a car. The driver exchanged some words with the riders, then pulled in front of them and slammed on his brakes. One of the riders went headfirst through the back window of the car and was seriously injured. The driver was found guilty of six felonies, including assault with a deadly weapon.

Many drivers feel resentment towards riders who they feel are not “sharing the road” by riding abreast. Some feel that they need to “teach cyclists a lesson”.

Rock n’ Road has been involved for years in the movement to increase the education of both motorists and cyclists in following the laws and co-existing peacefully. We’re sure you all do your part in educating your non-cycling friends and family on how they can respect the rights of cyclists, but it’s important that we all do our part too. You can help by:

* Riding on the road—the right side, not the left or the sidewalk. Share with cars so you don’t cause “road rage”! Single file if you need to.
* Using front & rear lights when riding at night. We’ll help you pick some out.
* Take good care of your bike: a well-tuned machine is a safe one. We can help you with this too!
* Obey lane markings & road signs, use hand signals so drivers know your intent.
* WEAR A HELMET! We have lots to choose from—and will help you find one that fits, looks, and feels great.

For info about OC cycling bikeways check out;
http://www.octa.net/bikeways.aspx

This Month’s Deal:
*Click on the coupon and print it out to redeem at your favorite Rn’R

I recently spent a week at Woodward West taking a look at the MTB Camp and more. Basically, it is an amazing land of fun for people of many ages, but not all. There is a lot of potential up at Woodward West for MTB camps and more. It could easily be the breeding grounds for some of the nations best racers and freestyle riders.

Take a peak at some of the campers I spent the week with:

Woodward-Week 4 2010, Cabin 11B from dsheek on Vimeo.

-DSheek
I wish I would have brought a different bike.

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-DSheek
I love the world of technology especially when it will give me updates of sales or other shop events I might enjoy.

This kid needs to be on some sort of Olympic training/junior development program. The smoothness and body-english she uses to park her bike is pure talent.

After you watch look for the other videos that pop-up at the bottom. You can witness another angle of the video where she actually hit the wall headfirst instead of a smooth park job.

-DSheek
Brazelton’s kids now have competition

The goal for the day was a nice long mountain ride we expected to take about 3.5hours. You can see the general route Trabuco-Bell Ridge here: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=1143
We started in Mission Viejo, CA climbing through O’neil Park for a small trail ride en route to Holly Jim Canyon and the start of the Trabuco trail.

The route was good until we were about 2 miles up the Trabuco trail when we had the first flat tire. At this same time I noticed my rear tire going low but we continued on. About another mile I started with the first of 10-20 stops where I added more air to my tire. Finally, we reached the top of Trabuco and hiked up to the Los Pinos log book to sign it. Then we found our way down what I thought was the Bell Ridge trail. The first few miles were insane, steep and fun. Unfortunately, it was not long after when the steep trails and conditions took a toll on my bike when the rear rotor ripped off the hub. It was crazy! Never seen this happen before.

This was the point of problems that brought the pain. From here I continued down with a somewhat repaired rotor that had two bolts attaching it to the wheel. So, I basically was using the front brake and hiking most the steep sections (probably safer for me anyways). By the bottom we realized the trail was not heading into the right area and we were in the canyon we started in. We time trialed out of the canyon to get the ride over with but my rear brake was half way closed so I was doing double the work to roll on top of the fact that I was running about 15PSI in my rear tire.

We finally made it back, exhausted, beat up, with some broken junk and now what seems to be poison oak on my arms.

-DSheek
It was awesome!

Dear David Sheek,

Thank you for signing the “Bring Cyclocross to the Olympics!” petition at iPetitions.com.
Your signature is valuable and makes a real difference. Please encourage others to sign the petition as well. Forward the text below to everyone who might be interested:

——- FORWARD THIS TO YOUR FRIENDS ——-
Hi,

I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition that I recently signed:

“Bring Cyclocross to the Olympics!”

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/crossattheolympics/

I really think this is an important cause, and I’d like to encourage you to add your signature, too. It’s free and takes just a few seconds of your time.

Thanks!

This might just be my new dream bike. I call it the, “DreamBikeCondoSaver.”

I figure with the camper bike, I wont have to pay rent. I can live where I want every night and now I have to go to the gym to shower so my core workouts will have to happen daily. Watch it Cavendish I might produce 2,000,000 watts in a sprint after a year of pedaling this thing.

If someone makes a 29er or Cyclocross version, I am definitely sold. This way I can take my portoplace down any road.

To see all the photos go: http://www.kevincyr.net/index.php?/project/camper-bike/

-DSheek
Money Saving 2010

Careful! This video will make you want to ride your bike…
When you see my section you will understand why I call it, “Oh Crap Jason Lowetz is Coming!”
Watch for, me, the Rock N’ Road riders around 2:07 into the video and teammate around 5:00minutes into the video.

CYCLE CROSS BEND OREGON 2009(sat. last race mens) from FARfromEARTH Films on Vimeo.

This video guy is good.

-DSheek
I wish it was nationals again this weekend…

Andy does good things at his job and even has some cool posts on OAD like the recent ones on Road ID or updates on tech outerwear. But, this music video he shot at his real job to promote a Christmas sale is the most uncomfortable/embarrassed I have ever felt for him.

Promo Picture:

Video:

-DSheek
Watch out George Michael!