At 9:00 am, nearly a hundred cyclists showed up for  Sacramentos first Tweed Ride sunday for the all day neighborhood bike ride. Amazing as  the idea gave birth just a little over a month beforehand. Thanks to powerful internet networking the idea traveled fast and soon the restaurants that accepted  to participate got what they reserved, a lot of love from the enthusiasts dressed in fine vintage tweed.  The scramble to amass the finer vintage look was on and the final result a best dressed contest showed us the need for such an event.  The enthusiasm was contagious as was the creative impulse for both vintage bike and dress alike. Many cities have such a ride already in place. New York,

They came in packed SUVs to fill  the streets of East sacramento. Several hundreds of them for the effect of a totally calm,safe environment and to give their kids a night of pure bliss and the motherload of all sugar highs.  Perhaps also to get scared and pass on this  American pleasure moment to their progeny  and to show them the higher levels of living and community. There was no controversy here . People of all subcultures of the human race coming together and sharing whats good about america. Lots of first rate Holloween effects here as  many of thr houses looked like Hollywood sets for a certian film genre and the jack-a-lanterns were almost all cut to perfection. My gut feeling is

I am still reeling from a theft of 2 bikes stolen at Onespeed last night.  My heart is in my throat as I write this account of horrible loss.  Some will say its just a few bikes but in my sphere of influence it brings great sorrow. 2  well loved commuter bikes  were stolen last night by 2 lost caucasian  teenage boys wearing black T shirts and short haircuts. They were short and thick around the ankles with heavy and slow shifty eyes which  earmarked them as up to no good. One said they were waiting for a ride and the other noted he had 4 bikes in the shop, one a Torker another a Cannondale  when they commented on my delivery bike outside of Onespeed Pizza. They waited what seemed a half

The fifth annual Mustard Seed Spin was held yesterday on the American River Trail  with guest speaker Mayor Kevin Johnson showing his support for the need to take care of our children and keep what safety nets we do have in place from disappearing.  The fundraiser benefited Mustard Seed School for homeless children of all ages. The ride featured area kids riding for their less fortunate counter parts and showing grit riding in temperatures well  into the nineties.   The goodwill and the social responsibility on display was breathtaking not to mention the smiles on the young riders determined faces.   Mayor Johnson reminded us we all needed to step up and pitch in the best we can during

The Sacramento Bike Kitchen (SBK) has been open for a week and the buzz is all over town. A DIY bike workshop that spreads bike culture with its unique approach to getting 'er done. Volunteers help YOU know your bike by showing you how to fix and maintain it. The result is that you are much more at cause over your 2 wheeled friend NOT the effect. Your affinity skyrockets for all things bicycling and simply cannot go anywhere unless it's on a bike. Well alright thats a little over the top but I hope you get my point. At the kitchen we have a theory that most entry level bicyclists have had their hearts broken with the box store variety of bicycles that are not long for the dumpster. Poorly

Lot of nods to the old school here but one must compare the new school of One Speed and Hot Italian. This is pizza as it should to be. Local farm produce as toppings is the new pizza and the new value. No more pizza from a semi truck for me. What ever pizza you embrace, make sure they give you local farms to table quality

The kids from Waldorf,Montessouri and home schooling for that matter, are painfull examples of our failed public schools in many ways. They will be attacked and vilified for sure do to the massive amount of money involved. No offense to all the great educators in the public sector. They know the above post is correct. Both my kids moved here from Italy during their 5th and 6th grades and were hardly challenged the rest of the way. Both now have moved to Spain. If I could do it all over again Id eat pizza boxes for dinner to get them an education far far removed from the public school system.

Because the public system is broken. Just look at the stats Jim. Its never going to come back so we need new ideas to educate, New priorities and new leaders with new methods to teach and also bring back methodology that once worked and was kicked to the curb by knowbest ivorytower educators. Way too many kids skate thru the system without knowing the grammar of their native language. We need to blow it up and start over as "radical" as that sounds.

The Sacramento Bike Kitchens good works landed us in this lot. Our title was "best kitchen without an oven" Thank you Sacramento Magazine for the opportunity to get our message out.

I still am amazed that 80+ cyclists attended after being conceived little over a month beforehand. I will also add that I can not remember a more pleasurable ride than this one. There will be more to come. http://sactotweed.blogspot.com/