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Here’s the web version of the All City Championship 5 poster I designed for Jeff over at Bikejerks/All-City Cycles. I’ll be printing some up next week after I get through the BFF. It’s always an amazing weekend, maybe this year I can make it on the podium! The bike party weekend is centered around the big, annual summer alleycat, but also includes a trick competition (bring it FGFSers!), match sprints, a trackstand contest, and Zito’s Freeride!

A quick review of our outing to a special screening of “The Yes Men Fix The World” with a Q&A by creator Mike Bonanno presented by Minnesota Film Arts.

Back on the 13th of February, our friend Justin threw a unique race in Menomonie, Wisconsin dubbed the Saint Valentine’s Day Hustle. Three of us drove out to ride out bikes on the frozen surface of Lake Menomin.

Sunday’s No Name 45 street race was a smashing success with a grand total of 3 racers. I had planned assuming that almost no-one would want to race the day after the Stupor Bowl, and with snow coming down I was kind of surprised that anyone showed up.

Last weekend, hearty cyclists united in downtown Minneapolis for Stupor Bowl 13, an annual alleycat race that takes place the day before the Super Bowl, no matter what the weather. This was my fifth Stupor Bowl, and although certain I couldn’t win, I was committed to racing hard and improving on my ranking last year.

Let’s have a quick, fun alleycat on Sunday night. Meetup at 6:30 at Hennepin Bandshell in Pillsbury Park. $5, Winner Takes All. You know the score!

Culture jammers Mike Bonnano and Andy Bichlbaum return in a new documentary about their public hoaxes that draw attention to the absurdity of globalization and corporate malfeasance. Bonnano will be present at showings on February 12!

Community Garden? Awesome! Public Art? Sweet! A giant pierogi? Uhh… Last spring and summer a group from Edison High School constructed a community garden on the site, and that’s really cool—but now there are plans to install a 17-foot high pierogi on a fork on a pedestal.

Like several other Minneapolis bicycle-related blogs, including El Jefe’s Bike Jerks, I was holding off on posting about the upcoming Stupor Bowl until I had some graphics in hand. Until I got the graphics. And then I just decided to go ahead and post about it.