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Golf By Bike: Tomorrow

Matt DavisJune 17, 2009 5:02 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:16 pm

This year’s Pedalpalooza is packed with incredible events, but none more incredible, in my totally unbiased opinion, than Matt Davis: Golf by bike. I’m leaving the Mercury‘s offices here on NE 21st tomorrow at 2:30, with clubs, balanced on the back of my bike. The aim is simple: Play a few holes, or at least […]

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Degenerate Scum! Degenerate Scum!

Sarah Shay MirkJune 17, 2009 3:15 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:16 pm

Remember on Saturday night when 5,000 people rode naked through downtown and no one got arrested? Remember how there was one guy who refused to have fun, a Chastity Crusader who walked through the bike ride filming people and yelling, “Your grandmothers are ashamed of you!”? Well Hallelujah! The nutcase put his footage online! Here’s […]

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Bikes Aren’t For Riding! They’re for FLIRTING!!

Sarah Shay MirkJune 16, 2009 5:19 pmJuly 12, 2022 8:16 pm

Oh my God. There is actually a blog on Marie Claire called “A Year of Living Flirtatiously“ and, oh my God, they have just discovered bicycles. In an post from June 9th titled, “3 Tips for Picking Up Bike-Riders” two Brooklyn bike shop owners offer this advice to you sexy anti-feminists out there: 1. Says […]

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Best Weekend Ever.

Sarah Shay MirkJune 15, 2009 12:09 pmJuly 12, 2022 7:30 pm

Here’s the surprising news from the last three days: “It was a very peaceful weekend,” reports Mary Wheat, spokeswoman of the Portland Police Department. What? An estimated 5,000 people rode their bikes naked through the center of the city Saturday night, dancing in an abandoned warehouse until the sun rose at which point GLBT folks […]

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Pedal Along to the Dandy Warhols!

Ned LannamannJune 15, 2009 10:03 amJuly 12, 2022 8:16 pm

Today’s Dandy Warhols bike ride is part of Pedalpalooza, and will tour some of the places in town most pertinent to their history—the site of their first show, where they recorded their albums, and more. Warhols music will be blasting the whole way, and the ride concludes with a trivia contest. But what’s most exciting, […]