Archive for October, 2008

Cross in STEAD!

Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Cross in STEAD!

Griss may have stomped us to the dirt @ Outlawcross this morning in Truckee, but he needs our help @ the Stead Cross Race next Saturday Nov 8th in Stead. He needs help setting up, taking registration, course marshalling, and teardown. So pony up some help and get your race on for FREE! That’s... »

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Tuesday night ride

Sunday, October 19th, 2008
Tuesday night ride

Oakland Mike, with whom JR and I rode back in July on the TRT, is in town this week. So let’s break out the lights and show off The Bacon Strip Tuesday night! Also, don’t forget about POWDERWHORE on Wed @ Ceol!!! -M »

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Powder Whore 2008

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
Powder Whore 2008

Is coming to Ceol Irish Pub in Reno, NV Next Wed! Bring it!  once again this great ski film is being brought to us by our friends @ the Nevada Wilderness Project and I have it on good authority that John Wallin himself will be there imprinting the TBS logo onto the foam heads... »

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AK the hard way…

Monday, October 13th, 2008
AK the hard way…

I stopped by the Patagonia Warehouse tonight to see the newest Adventure Film Works production, “AK the Hard Way” about a journey to Haines Alaska to ski some sick lines and test the limits of human epic endurance. What I liked about this ski movie was it’s humanity. It’s admission that we are all... »

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Cyclocross and Morning wood

Monday, October 13th, 2008
Cyclocross and Morning wood

It was a great morning for the Nevada Cyclocross Race series to kick off @ Hidden Valley Park. There was wind, bitter cold, some challenging terrain, but sadly, no mud.. Japhy Rider took the C race on his fixie townie, and so TBS came home with the sandbagger trophy. Fortunately the guy he beat... »

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Nevada Wilderness Project Scores One for Gold Butte!

Thursday, October 9th, 2008
Nevada Wilderness Project Scores One for Gold Butte!

Congrats to our friends @ the Nevada Wilderness Project for getting the “the Gold Butte National Conservation Area Act” introduced to Congress last week. I know they’ve been working on getting legislation for Gold Butte for quite a while. Check out the post on the issue over @ weethump and post a comment to... »

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dhReno @ interbike

Thursday, October 9th, 2008
dhReno @ interbike

Hay guys! See anything you wanted to test ride @ the big show? »

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Reno Trail Data

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
Reno Trail Data

The other day @ the Washoe RTC Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, SAS and I met Billy Sibley, Open Space and Trails Coordinator for City of Reno Parks, Recreation & Community Services Department. He asked if I knew the trails around here… I said yeah, and I know a GIS geek too… He says he... »

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Whiskeytown 9-to-5

Monday, October 6th, 2008
Whiskeytown 9-to-5

(Whiskeytown Lake, CA. October 4, 2008) Today I came to ride for Team, For Glory and for Bacon. In the end, there was only me, there was no glory, and, sadly, there was no bacon. But I did ride. What I rode was the Whiskeytown 9-to-5, which I must say is a good event... »

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New Baconstrip

Sunday, October 5th, 2008

Greetings Bacon Strippers. I have upgraded the software for the blog yet again. And in honor of our roots on Blogger, and the fact that the old theme sort of broke in WP 2.6, I’ve reinstalled the Dark Night Theme. It is only temporary… All old content can still be found @ the archive... »

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