2012 approaches

time to stock up is, before its too late!

hello internet! if you are wondering what bikes del pueblo has been up to then let me catch you up. our tacocat alley cat race was a roaring success, we had fourteen contestants complete the race that circled the city. then we had our monthly third friday ride which ended at saigon noodle house on el cajon boulevard.

and what does the future have in store? well besides 2012 being yet another end of the world your local bike coop is busy planning some new events. for the next two weeks we will not be either at the city heights farmers market or at the snowdrop garage for the holidays, and the bike stand at san diego state university is on break until the next semester. however january 8th we return for our regular sunday hours, followed by a special bar b q/parillada (vegan friendly!) for some extra organizing and cleaning. the next week on january 15 our sunday hours will be followed by a craft party, making use of some of the less ridable parts we have laying around.

as far as rides go, this friday is the occupy san diego riders mall raid which starts in the middle of the day. january 20 is our third friday ride, the beginning of the end of the world theme ride! dress up, bring music, etc etc to celebrate the first month of the last year ever.

we will return in two weeks with our workshop hours at the farmers market and snowdrop garage, but before then keep riding and have a good christmas/kwanza/hannukah/new year/etc

the post-veloswap era

another bike swap meet has come and gone and the faithful bikes del pueblo volunteers stuck it out against the rain. a big thanks to the velodrome for having us out there to do outreach and accept donations. the vendors and visitors were more than generous and we now have enough forks and 26" tires to build a house. but we won't because instead we're opening up a new day.

this sunday, 11/13/11, chris is opening up the workshop at snowdrop house from noon to 3pm. the bike polo club from high tech high is working on making up the extra hours from 3 to 6pm at least once or twice a month. we're hoping to make sundays a regular day for both classes and open workshop time. being at the house we have extra resources like the welder, more spare parts, and truing stand, that aren't available at our farmers market locations. sundays should be a big thing.

and in case you forgot we have two rides coming up: the third friday ride and tacocat

third friday ride rides again!

we have a lot of projects

its been a long time since our last update, a little too long. so here it is: the third friday ride! this friday, the 21st starting around 8pm at tribute to mankind cafe! last month we did a loop from north park to lincoln high school and back via ocean view. this month we're thinking of visiting the occupy wall street protests before going a little further south.

as far as news, we're still out at the city heights farmers market but we've started a new partnership with a crew from sdsu. every thursday during the farmers market at san diego state our man clancy is heading up a mini-kitchen with a handful of tools and a stand right next to the e3 booth where they power music by bike. more news to come on that soon.

in the next few days we'll also have a bike for sale: an 80s or 90s centurion with sante and 105 components, probably about a 56, thanks to the hard work of our mechanic ladule. pictures soon.

hope to see you all friday.

group ride!