Silver mountain in Kellogg Idaho is having a full weekend of fun at their hill.  Check out the flyers and sign up online!

Since we finally have some good weather in old Washington state we are going to start up our Friday night cruiser rides.  June 27th will be the first of many Renton cruises.  Bring out any kind of bike and check Rentons sites.  We meet at the shop at 6:30-7:00 and then we usually get out about 7:30.  From there anything can happen.  Usually it is down to the lake and back with some bar hopin involved.  Bring yourself and a bike.  We will see you then.

Also since the weather is on our side this weekend a few of us will be floating the Cedar.  I am thinking around 1pm will be a good time to meet at the shop.  We will depart from there and float for a while down the rapids of the cedar.

Robbie stopped by the shop to get a new wheel laced up for his 20″ the other day. He brought his daughter who is almost 2 and she rambled around the shop as we B.S.’ed. I showed him the new BMX Plus, that has an FSA Ad. It is Robbie throwing a 180 over a gap on a third story building and his daughter and girlfriend watching from the street below. It was pretty cool. Then he showed me the Wham Bam results.

Check it out!

Who can resist the fact to ride a bike instead of driving.  Atleast for some short distances or if your outfitted correctly you can commute farther than you think.  If you do choose to ride, walk, bus, or even sharing rides there is an opportunity to win prizes.  We have partnered with Metro along with some other local businesses in order to help inform you and motivate you into using the resources available.  We have packets at the store or you can check it out online here.

I cant help but pass on good deals to the riding community.  This is for anyone looking for Ironhorses or K2’s.  This is probably less than I would pay for an Ironhorse if I were a dealer.  Believe it or not mark up on bikes is pretty slim…about 30%.  I am here as a dealer to give you a good price and great service.  Come in and I will try to match the Internet and sometimes I will let you know to just buy it online.  Such is the case righ now.  For One day only check this out

So Phil Sundbaum was back from the qashqai in Europe and brought back a new friend. Pedro came in all quiet and just seemed like another rider. His bike was banged up with only one of the two bolts holding his Gold Labels together. So we dove into his bike and ending up extracting a bolt and retainer with some precision machining. He looked on with terror as we drilled into his fork. I think it was because he was so far from Purto Rico with a giant (phil) and me doing surgery on his fork. After all this he shows me his video and I was so stoked. This kid rips.

The 2008 US Open was a great success for Griffiths Racing and the Norco World Team. With two 1st place finishes in both the DH and the Slalom events Fionn was stoked on her weekends racing.

DH practice on the Friday went well although conditions were extremely un- predictable.

“With the track as rough and rocky as it is here at Diablo Freeride park,
the conditions in practice were unforgivable, just finding yourself slightly
off line in the wet rocks will more than likely end in tears or at least with
a quick nature appreciation visit to a near buy tree.”

Fionn escaped a fairly big crash on the wet rocks without major injury, just a couple of bumps and bruises to show for her efforts.

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Are you ready to start off this weekend right.  Well we are going to be tearing it up at RMC.  As luck has it Phil Sundbaum is back in town from the Qashqai tour.  So he stopped by yesterday and we talked him into staying up here from Portland to party with us tonight.     FRIDAY, MAY 16,    Full Throttle Xtreme Restaurant and Sports Bar,    3701 E. Valley Road, Renton, WA…   All Ages Welcome — BAR with ID, 8:00pm $5door    READ MORE