City Cycles in San Francisco

After a long and hard search I have finally found a bike shop that I am happy with. For those who knew me back in my mid Atlantic days know hw I used to frequent ThreeSports in Richmond Virginia. There service department and mechanics were out of this world. After relocating to SF I was a little surprised at how mediocre many of the bike shops were. I would usually end up paying a decent chunk of cash for a half-assed attempt at working on my bike.

City Cycles in the Marina district in San Francisco changed all that. I went in there with my two year old Santa Cruz Blur that was in desperate need of a tune up and left with a bike that felt new. I have to say they are by far the most professional shop I have dealt with in the Bay area to date. So if you live in San Francisco or are just passing through stop by and check them out. They are just off the 101.

City Cycles
3001 Steiner Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
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These guys are also a hot item on my Bike Shops in San Francisco Swicki.

Video of Downieville River Jump

Downieville Classic, a return to true mountain bike racing

It has been almost two weeks since the Downieville Classic and I have been letting the experience digest in my head. I can't really come up with the words to express such an experience so I will have to quote the All Mountain pro class winner Jason Moeschler.

"...there aren‚t many roadies that could survive the Downieville Cross Country. I bet that most of them would not even be able to stay on there bikes going up starting climb, due to it‚s steepness, and looseness. In short, Downieville is a real mountain bike race."

You can read Jason's full race report here.

Thanks to YUBA Expeditions, WTB, Santa Cruz and everyone else for putting on events for true mountain bikers.

Downieville Classic XC race is over!

It wasn't pretty but I finished. More later...