 It's hard to believe the cyclocross season is almost over with just a handful of races left. The last race of the BASP series displays a great balance between comradery and competitive spirit among the riders duke-ing it out all season. The community these races attract - are what make these races great; there is never a shortage of riders, spectators, hecklers, people there for the beer and those who are trying to figure out what the hell is going on.
First wipe out of the day.
Michael Scott Seretan - Huckleberry Racing
Shout out to Summit Bicycles for providing bagels & coffee the ENTIRE day.
Yoshi takes 5th, Men's single speed B.
Women's B Podium.
Sean Chon - Vive La Tarte
The great course and rad people kept the energy going all weekend long. It was almost as much fun to watch as it was to race, BASP always delivers with the action, heckling and beer drinking.
Johnny - Huckleberry Racing
Yoshi - Huckleberry Racing
Post race pizza.
Jesse takes 2nd - Men's C.
Nat Futterman - King King Oakland.
Front of the elite men's field.
Yoshi's makeshift singles speed.
Eric Hill - Vive La Tarte.
Opening sprint - Women's B, C , 45+ & Elite
Geoff Best - TCB Racing division. Takes 1st - Men's B.
Photos: Miles Stepto, Johnny Galvan
Screenshot: @rjrabe Instagram
Saturday - July 2nd - 9:00am
2424 Telegraph Avenue Berkeley CA
Berkeley and Oakland are often in the shadows of their more famous next door neighbor, San Francisco. Yet, with a fairly short 30ish mile ride, one can see some amazing sites.
On the Huckleberry East Bay Bikes & Pics Ride, we'll be taking our bikes and cameras up into
The East Bay Hills,
Lake Merritt,
Downtown Oakland,
Jack London Square,
Emeryville,
The Aquatic Park,
UC Berkeley Campus and finally
ending at Huckleberry Bicycles Berkeley.
When we're done, you will send in your best 3 shots to Huckleberry bikes. We'll do a slideshow, pick our favorite images and hand out some prizes!
The East Bay Bikes & Pics ride will be led by local cyclist and photographer Erik Mathy. With a background in photojournalism and an obsession with photography, Erik's work has been featured in Bikepackersmagazine.com, Element.ly, and theradavist.com. He's bikepacked along the Tour Divide, the Lost Coast of California, the Oregon Outback and the Kokopelli Trail. He is currently working on Brian's Ride, a cancer fundraising solo cycling/photography trip down the length of Route 66 in memory of his cousin Brian Brendemihl, who passed away in August of 2015.RSVP photo@huckleberrybicycles
Imagine if you could get out of the city for a weekend of adventure, fresh air and exercise without being stuck in Bay Area weekend traffic. Well, it turns out you can–and it’s easy! Here’s how: bike camping. Just you and your trusty steel (or titanium or aluminum), saddle (bags) and rugged determination will be all you need to ride off into the wild, wild west and roam until the sun sets.
SF Bicycle Coalition and Huckleberry Bicycles will be hosting a Bike Camping Workshop to prepare you for your future forays into the best Bay Area bike camping locales and beyond. Beer will be provided by Comrades Brewing Company and food from Bicycle Bahn Mi, and raffle items include prizes from Surly and Huckleberry Bicycles as well as a locally made bag by Ruthworks. Funds will benefit the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition.
This year’s topics and presenters include:
Whether it’s your first time, you want to liberate your little ones from the boring backseat of a car, or you want to discover the Bay Area’s best camping spots where only two wheels can go, check out this year’s comprehensive Bike Camping Workshop at Huckleberry Bicycles on May 24.
Bike Valet will be provided by the SF Bicycle Coalition. This event is free for members of the SF Bicycle Coalition with a ten dollar suggested donation for non-members.
Still hungover from Bike to Work Day? Too many squeaky wheels, rusty chains, or rear-end explosions can really leave you unmotivated to ever ride to work again. But down here at Huckleberry Town, we've got the cure for your hangover: a brand new bike! And, o wait, I'm pretty sure that we are having a sale that starts May 14th. And I'm also quite certain that if you live in the East Bay, we've got you covered--cuz we just opened Huckleberry Bikes in Berkeley!!! (2424 Telegraph Avenue if you are wondering.)
So let me take a moment to remind you all what we are serving these days at the shop. Some brands we've had for years, yes, like Cannondale and Brompton. But we've pulled in some new brands recently as well.
Foundry. Nasty titanium beasts. This is the newest drink at the bar, and we are stoked to be serving it up. Foundry is making bikes that can do it all. We've seen the rise in popularity in bikes that can ride gravel, fire roads, paved roads, anything -- and we are making sure that we have the best of the best for you all to check out.
Handsome. We've been stocking Handsome Bicycles for a while now. We can't get enough of these simple, elegant commuter bikes that are not covered in logos. When you have a Handsome, you aren't going to want to ride any other bike, for real. They are so comfortable and so smooth--we love smooth--that nothing compares.
Shinola. We are stoked to finally stock a made-in-America bike, Shinola! If you don't know the story, these guys are Detroit-based manufacturers who are making frames in the long-lived Waterford factory in Wisconsin. They are without a doubt the nicest whips on the block, with classy but subtle paint jobs and excellent components. You can't do better than a Shinola.
Salsa. The only bike I ever want is a Salsa. The whole idea of "adventure by bike" is what it is all about these days. You can do anything with a Salsa. Go bike camping, ride the Tour Divide, ride to work, or crush some Golden Gate Park trails in the middle of the night on one of their fat bikes. Been there, done that, and holy shit it was amazing!
Brompton. Wait a minute. Are you telling me that you can get a fully customized bike, built to spec, with the colors you want and the gear ratio you want? Sign me up. Brompton has been doing this for decades, and they get better and better each year. I never thought I could love a folding bike so much until I went on a date with a Brompton.
All-City. Crushing it. When Salsa discontinued the Casseroll, RIP, we picked up the All-City Space Horse as our out-of-the-box light touring bike option. It's been a great bike for our customers and we've since committed to stocking many of the bikes that All-City offers. One of my favorite models is the Mr. Pink -- great name too! It's a lightweight steel road bike with DT Swiss wheels and Sram shifters. Love it, love it, love it. And it came with a pink paint job this year!
Cannondale. Stunning? Supercilious? Ubiquitous? I need a thesaurus to find some new words to describe Cannondale. The perennial "roadbike of the year" winner from every bike publication under the sun, Cannondale never disappoints. My first road bike was a Synapse. I borrowed it from Jonas, and I fell in love -- with the bike. Cannondale has always pushed the envelope, and 2016 hasn't disappointed. The new Slate platform is a thing to behold.
Masi. Masi is sort of the underdog in our line-up. We've been selling their cyclocross bikes since they day we opened. The CX series keeps getting better and better. As of about a month ago, we started stocking Masi road bikes for the first time since 2012. They are back and they are rad!
This Earth Day (April 22) Join Team SFBC for a party here at Huckleberry Bicycles to keep our records, pedals, and planet spinning! Just $15 online and $20 at the door gets you drinks, food, retro video games, and two DJs to keep you grooving for the cause! Sponsors, competitions, raffle items, and other surprises !
In May, Team SFBC is joining 150 other cyclists to ride 320 miles from Eureka to San Francisco to raise money and awareness for organizations promoting a more sustainable future. Â Team SFBC is united by our support of the hard work the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition does to make SF one of the best biking cities in the country.
Fundraising will benefit:
- San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
 - Presidio Graduate School (offering MBA and MPA degrees in Sustainable Management)
- 1% for the Planet
- Alliance for Biking and Walking
- Environmental Defense Fund
- Environmental Working Group
- Rails to Trails Conservancy
The SF Tweed Ride, a casually-paced gallivant through the City, has a uniquely welcoming quality that can be rare to come by in this bustling metropolis. Since its inception The SF Tweed Ride grows in attendance year after year. The organizers , Melinda and Charlie host more like close friends than ride leaders, and the hospitable nature of this ride makes one wish it came around more than once a year. This was our first year riding the SF Tweed Ride and its easy to say we will be back again.
Enjoy some photos of the ride by our own Johnny Galvan ~
The SF Tweed Lapel Pin. Limited supply still available at Huckleberry.
Find more about SF Tweed on their fb page.
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With some brand new models, some complete re-vamps, and a slew of updates otherwise, the 2017 Salsa line is looking so nice and riding even better.
Salsa’s history of outlandish ideas that make sense is well documented. Since 2008 and the development of their “Adventure by Bike†concept, Salsa has focused on what riders want and not what riders know, never fearing the unfamiliar.
We know you can ride the Continental Divide on a mountain bike, but you want a carbon, drop-bar 29er Cutthroat if you want to win the Tour Divide. If you are looking to do road rides, you get a road bike of course; but for those who want to hit that gravel fire-road that peels off into the hills halfway along your route, Salsa created the Warbird. You’re going on a self-supported over-nighter and you want to put some seriously shred-able singletrack between you and the X on your map, you want a Fargo with 27+ tires. We all know that if you are looking to ride you can do it on any bike. If you want to have an adventure, you want a Salsa.
The all new Fargo
Perhaps our favorite of the updated bikes for 2017, the Fargo is the original Tour Divide bike. Now outfitted with 27+ wheels and tires and a shorter rear end, this bike handles the choppy stuff better than ever and whips around a switchback more easily too. Meant for bike packing, this bike hangs with the mountain bikes comfortably as well.
We took the Fargo out and gave it all we had. And it replied, “Is that all you got?â€
Updates to the already incredible Cutthroat
Not messing too much with perfection, Salsa kept the Cutthroat frame unchanged for 2017 but introduced some new colors.
A new Cutthroat specific fork cleans up the frame/fork interface, and allows for a clean generator light wire routing via a full length guide through one leg of the fork. Â Nice move, Salsa!
This bike is surprisingly fast on and off road, and capable of carrying all of your gear. If you are looking for something like the Cutthroat, there is no other option.
A new line of Salsa frame packs is en route to our our store as well. Keep an eye out.
Vayas for the masses.
We choose to carry the Vaya because it is a true all-arounder. More fun than a traditional touring bike, more relaxed than a cross bike, and able to go to all the same places, with all of your stuff. Soon to be available in a new entry level spec for $1099!
Watch out for the Warbird
A bike that can keep up on pure road rides, and still peel off when a dirt option presents itself.
Featuring the same Class 5 vibration-reduction system as the Cutthroat with its long, bowed seat stays and vertically flexing chain stays. Salsa is able to tune the flex in the rear end of these frames to give the Warbird the perfect amount of compliance yet remarkable lateral rigidity for that punch you want when hammering. Making for snappy responsiveness and a remarkably smoother ride than anyone expects when hitting the fire-roads of the Headlands.
Marrakesh of your DreamsÂ
Touring? Touring far and self-supported? Well you want to consider a Marrakesh as your steed. Our friend Erik Mathy is taking one of these beauties across the country with a mountain of camera equipment to take photos and raise funds to fight cancer. More on this at picsfordays.com/brains-ride.
If you want to ride the length of Route 66 with all of your supplies and a grip of camera equipment we know you can make it on a traditional touring bike, but if you want to enjoy yourself along the way you need the wheelbase and Cobra Kai tubing used on the Marrakesh.
A new color pallet awaits you, including the very limited Adventure Cycling Association edition. Only available on the ACA auction block.
In our efforts to be well rounded cyclists we felt it necessary to offer those bikes in the Salsa lineup that we don’t generally stock as well. Want to know about these models or look into getting one? We’re your people. Let’s talk.
The Bucksaw
The Woodsmoke. Yes, that rear end is for real. To allow for a tight rear end with 27+ to 29+ tires, Salsa raised the drive side chainstay. Take a look at how close the chainring runs to the rear tire!
Design superiority and handling aside, Salsa is a brand that has always tugged at our heart strings. You always want to love your bike. Find a good match and your Salsa will love you back.
These and other 2017 Salsa models will be hitting the sales floor soon. . .
We are excited to announce the first ever East Bay Ramble ! The first Saturday of the month (in Berkeley) Viva La Tarte will be leading the charge thought Redwood, Tilden, Wildcat and surrounding areas. Join us for our inaugural EB Ramble. Light breakfast and coffee will be provided by VLT.
