I'm not sure if this is funny or a singles ad?

"Phatt Bottom Girls" are riding! 5/12

This year there will be two rides - trail on Wednesday night and pavement on Thursday night. All rides start at 6 pm in front of Hyde Park Cycle Sports on 13th street. The ride is for all levels, the focus is women who ride bikes meeting more women who ride bikes. Need a bike or want to try a different bike just call Jim at the shop and he will be happy to let you try out some of the bkes at the shop - 336-5229. Questions call Stacy 484-8502

Hey We Found It

We were all drinking at the Dutch Goose last night for a pre-birthday celebration for Vixen. After velovulpes got off work at Bar G he met up with us all. Guess what he brought me! A GORDON! Hells yes! Bar G started carrying the lovely copper this weekend! YEAH! Thanks Velovulpes and Jeff May for finding my new favorite beer!!

Are biking rights worth $25 to you?

A really cool new organization - Idaho Pedestrian and Bicycle Alliance (IPBA) needs our help!

In order to receive the first $5,000 of their matching grant they need to raise $2,500 by the end of June. So here is what I am asking - is advocating for your rights as a bicyclist important to you? Is it worth $25? $50? $100?

I am asking YOU to visit the IPBA website and join online as a $25 member. If you can give more, please consider adding a donation to the organization.

In April IPBA received a $20,000 matching grant to support legislation promoting bicylists' and pedestrians' rights and safety and advocating for funding for infrastructure projects that support promote active transportation - yeah biking - among other goals.

Just think - if 100 of us join at $25, we help them reach their goal. And in turn they help us promote biking rights and safety. So do it. Do it NOW!

Heads up to all the real alley cat planners.....

Check this out -

Auqa Boy heard an ad on 99.1 for a fundraising event where you ride your bike through the city looking for clues. So we started digging around on the net and this is what we found:

The Ultimate Urban Challenge to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation® of Idaho is an exhilarating adventure designed for the most Xtreme enthusiast or a group of individuals just looking to have a good time. This competition challenges the body, mind, and senses in the Urban setting of Boise. Using clues, teams of four will bike to the correct destination and complete the assigned tasks. The full challenge is expected to take between four and six hours to complete while the half challenge is expected to take between 2-3 hours to complete. Immediately following the race all participants are invited to participate in a post race party that entails food, drinks and entertainment.

The Ultimate Urban Challenge is designed to be more than an event. It is an overall experience that demonstrates an internal desire to succeed when faced with obstacles that are both mentally and physically challenging. A desire to succeed keeps participants motivated even when it is easier to give up; just like a “wish” provides children with hope, strength and joy during a time of need. As a team, the Ultimate Urban Challenge participants will experience hope as they strive to succeed, strength when they want to quit and joy as they cross the finish line; much like the experience a wish child encounters on their own personal journey back to health.

Grand Prize:
(Package designed for four people)
- Thunder Mountain Line scenic train ride
- Wite water rafting trip with Bear Valley Rafting Company
- One hour horseback ride with Dry Buck Adventures

This is the Make A Wish site. The radio station says it will take 4-6 hours to complete! And they are charging a 65.00 entry fee per person! On top of that there is a cap of how many people can ride - 350!!! Holy Crap Fundraisers!!!! There are already teams signed up.

This sounds to me like an Alley Cat bigger than Dirty & Pink and Bars and Strips combined! Does anyone out there know who is organizing the route and "tasks"? This could be disastrous if they have never done one of these before.

All's I know is that on 6/26 - I'm driving my car and staying away from this hot mess!!!

Plan ahead this month

Is it just a coincidence that Boise Bike Week is the same week as the American Craft Beer Week? City wide we can drink beer and ride bikes!

Things kick off all over town on the 16- check out each website for particular events!

A great copper

In our recent weekend fling with the Seattle area, Vixen and I were delighted to meet Gordon. Now the story is longer than it should be, but I'm going to tell it anyway.

We went to see Grace in Gig Harbor (Vixen's Momma) - Grace is not at all a beer drinker - how she spawned Vixen I have no idea. This being the third time I'd been to visit, Grace has learned that I enjoy a few tall cold ones on occasion. As we arrive at her home and she begins to cook dinner she offers us a beer. I was flattered that she had purchased beer for us. Then she explained how she had choose said beer:

She went to the beer aisle and stared blankly at the varieties before her. She has no clue even what the difference between ale and stout are. She knows Guinness because she cooks with it, but has never seen us drinking it. She looks at the labels with gargoyles on it (Stone IPA), decides no to violent. She finds another beer, but it was incredible expensive. She looks around in hopes that someone will realize she is in desperate need of help. She decides on a case of beer on the top shelf (Grace is a smidgen smaller than Vixen) as she tip toes the case off of the shelf she looks at the top and there are dead horse flies on the case. Horse flies don't live in the Seattle area - it is too wet. She abandons the case immediately, looks again at the beers with despair. In front of the Gordon Beer is a sign that resembles the wine rating signs. She knows wine and if this has a rating well it must be good. She grabbed the four cans and proceeded to the check out, not realizing they were more expensive that the 6pack she was looking at earlier - oh well she at least had found something.

Grace did a wonderful job! This copper was super smooth and a little sweet. I had never heard of the Oskar Blues having a third beer (Dan and Chub being the others) - and this was great! I sent Lemon Pepper a text - she was in Colorado - "get this beer if you can it's great" She was too busy at an Avalanche Game - Geez.

Here's what Oskar says about the brew:

We brew Gordon in tribute to the late Gordon Knight. In addition to opening some of Colorado’s first microbreweries, Knight was a Vietnam vet, grade-A citizen, and huge promoter of craft beer. He lost his life in 2002 while fighting a wild fire outside of Lyons, Colorado.

Originally our winter seasonal beer, it has become a cult favorite of extreme-beer lovers, so we now brew occasional batches of Gordon throughout the year. Released in bottles in 2003 and 2004, Gordon is now sold in four packs of hand-labeled cans and on draft in select markets.

I have yet to see if the beer is available around here - but if I do find it I will relay the local for all of you! Thanks Grace for introducing us!

Well I'll be,

One for the good guys. Seems like BPD actually is on the tails of those out there snagging our bikes. As of 10am this morning they contacted Aqua Boy with conformation that they had found his lost Paddy Wagon. According to the Detective they have been doing an ongoing investigation on a bike stealing crime ring. When the Jack Ass tried to pawn the Wagon - they got him. Thank goodness Aqua Boy filled that report with his serial number! This is a good reminder for all of us to go turn our bikes upside down and record our own numbers! Thanks BPD for being on the trail!