Sunday October 11th

Centennial Park

1pm sign up, 1:45 start

Pog Scavenger Hunt:

-100 pogs will be hidden throughout Nashville, west of the river anywhere from 1st Ave to 30th Ave
-Meet up at Centennial Park at 1:00 on Sunday October 11th for sign in
-Race starts at 1:30-1:45, and we meet back at Halcyon Bike Shop for a cookout at 4:00
-I will give you a manifest with all of the locations of the pogs
-You may operate as an individual or as a team, however if you choose to operate as a team the pogs you collect will be split evenly among your members

Rules:
-Whoever collects the most pogs individually (or after team division) wins
-In the event of a tie, the two top performers will then play the Pog game to determine the winner
-Winner will receive the entire set of pogs and two slammers
-There are also extra “mystery” prizes for both the first and second place winners
-MAKE SURE YOU BRING A BAG OR SOMETHING TO CARRY THE ENVELOPES CONTAINING THE POGS IN

The cookout will be Pot Luck. Bring something tasty to share with friends. Don’t care if it’s beer, cookies, chips, hotdogs, buns, whatever. Just bring something!

http://2wheels1crank.blogspot.com/

Local fixed blog. GOLD.

Wow. A seventeen-year-old boy from Pensacola, FL  was hit and killed by a police officer while riding his bike this past weekend. The boy was being pursued by the officer’s car after “suspiciously” hanging out at a construction site. The officer used taser gun on the boy, which caused him to crash his bicycle. The police car then ran over the boy.

Tragic, yes. Unnecessarily force? Yes. More than anything, I hear this story and think “THIS is why education on cyclist safety is important.”A taser gun??? On a cyclist??? Any educated person, a police officer at that, should know that a taser renders someone paralyzed for moments. Obviously this will cause a cyclist to crash, which in itself is brutal treatment. Especially considering that the teen hadn’t done anything except be seen at a construction site after hours.

Please spread the word on this story!

As the 2009 bicycle season winds down, vendors have started introducing new items for the 2010 season. Now, we didn’t go to no fancy Interbike, but we’s got the internets and the blogs to keep us up on the newest stuff and things.

A few of my personal favorites, which you will be seeing at Halcyon in the near future:

From Velo Orange, the Porteur rack. Honestly, everything in the new Porteur series is ruling our world over here, and this front rack is fantastic. Large enough to carry all the necessities, and attractive enough to have the Velo Orange seal of aesthetic approval. $160

Pake has a new line of nylon toe clips that come in a bunch of colors and are quite affordable at $10. Reminds me of some NOS Christophe toe clips we have had.

I really love this new basket from Wald. A few companies have had wood-bottomed baskets, but they have been rather expensive. This basket is $70, and Wald is a family run, Made in the USA business that we love to support. There is also a back rack in the new ‘Woody’ line of products. Awesome.

photo courtesy of Urbanvelo.org

Ok, it is still in prototype stages, but the big talk right now is Knog’s new electronic Solid State u-lock. It will have a keyless entry (like a keyless car opener), and is expected to be around $150. INTERESTING.

Not new to the market, but new to Halcyon: we just picked up Bern Helmets and Hold Fast. Bern makes stylish helmets for every type of cyclist, and let’s face it. It is just plain dumb to not wear a helmet.

Hold Fast makes durable straps with fixed and freestyle riders in mind, but are great for anyone looking for a quality strap. They are handmade in New York and are fully adjustable.

If you are interested in reserving any of these items, just let us know. And if there are items or brands you want to see at Halcyon, speak up. We’re doing this for y’all, after all.