Happy New Year

The STP Experiment wishes you and yours a Happy New Year. We're pretty stoked for the year ahead. What dreams will you make into reality in 2010?

New Years Day ride delayed?

Let it snow! Looks like we may have snow for a few days. Hmmmm. This might put a damper on the New Years ride.





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Seattle to Portland Registration Information

The registration information for Seattle to Portland is up on their website here: Cascade Bicycle Club Website. It looks like we'd better get our acts in gear. If you are a Cascade Bicycle Club member you will able to register for the ride early at 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. If you aren't a member . . . It looks like the earliest one can register is at 9 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Hopefully there are still two seats available for Debbie and I!!

And it looks like registration fees will be going up in 2010. To get the good rate you can join before midnight on December 31, 2009

The benefit to having a membership? You can register early for Cascade Bicycle Club rides, get discounts on rides, discounts at bike shops/businesses, and better riding conditions in the community.

Here is a listing of the 2010 Cascade Bicycle Events. (This will be where we can eventually register for the event, too.)

Just for Fun

This is what happens when you have too much time on your hands . . .

Debbie Moves

Biggest Loser's Pound for Pound Challenge

There isn't anything that beats getting together with girlfriends on Tuesday nights to watch The Biggest Loser. The show's success is in the positive message it sends about healthy living (in comparison to today's trashy reality shows that have no real message). It is the only show where you can watch a 375 pound broken person transform into a 230 pound svelte fit machine who exudes confidence and a renewed sense of self.

The Biggest Loser is partnering with Feeding America to help our own communities fight against hunger. For every pound we pledge to lose (pledge on their site here) they will donate 14 cents to Feeding America and the food bank in your community. We at STP Experiment are asking you to help us in making a difference today. We have pledged. Won't you pledge too?




The Pound for Pound Challenge

Merry Christmas

Normally on Fridays we post a Friday Connection link to something of interest, but today we are taking the day to reflect and would like to wish you a Merry Christmas.

Happy Holidays new friends and old!

The Friday Connection

Remember when we went to Tour de Fat last summer? It was the New Belgium event that traveled from city to city, giving away one bike at a time to one lucky recipient who forked over their car and opted to cycle for a year.

Well this week someone texted me some facts from the event as reported by the Boise Weekly. It is said that Boise came in third in raising the most money for Tour de Fat at $42,000. Awesome, right? Well, I started on a journey to dig up the facts at New Belgium's website and immediately got distracted (doesn't take much). They have an awesome site with a lot of fun, shiny graphics and design. Best of all, they have some great videos from different Tours. Check 'em out if you have a few minutes! 

NB Tour Videos



This guy got jumped while riding, but he wound up with a new bike.

Cycling can save your life

I ran across this article and had to share it. Talk about inspiring! This gentleman ran across cycling at a time when he really need it and positively affected his entire family.

http://www.bicycling.com/bke/slide/home/1,8155,s1-1-81-0,00.html

The Friday Connection: Gifts for the Cyclist in Your Family

It's that time of year where the temperatures have dropped, seasonal sweets are a plenty, and the mall is humming with more activity than usual. The holidays are here.

For this week's Friday Connection we take a look at some fun gift ideas for that cyclist in your family.

Four Color Cycling T-shirt

Stunt Cycling Neck Tie

Cycling Christmas Ornament

Cycling Pendant

Bike Cuff Links

Wheel Earrings

Bike Lock Pendant

Hand Crafted Bike Bag

Bicycle Christmas Cards

We also ran across a very hip bike design company that makes some pretty stellar bikes. Check out one of their designs Bamboo. It is really made of Bamboo.

Our final link comes from the planet of Twitter. You've all heard of putting up Christmas Lights, but have you ever heard of a cyclist wearing them? There is such a man. Here is his story. Let it inspire you to put on a little Holiday cheer.

Snow in the City of Trees

Although I did see a brave soul on his bike this morning I don't think there are many cyclists out today.






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The Friday Connection

Happy Friday! Currently it is a crisp 24 degrees here in Boise. The cold has officially arrived! 

Today's post is about bicycle grease, specifically that stubborn grease you get in your clothes. I got some black grease from my bike chain on my favorite Boozer Cruiser t-shirt. I was bummed, to say the least. I figured I was doomed and stuck with it, but I decided to do a little net research and I found this link. (I ignored the "Bonus Solution" in the post.)

The link suggests such cleaners as: oven cleaner, Dawn dish soap, Pinesol, tire cleaner and Simple Green. I sprayed some Simple Green on the stain (not really thinking it would come out, knowing the stain had set in). With a little elbow grease and Simple Green the stain disappeared!  I couldn't believe it!

The lesson? Don't despair when you get grease on your gear—you probably have something under your kitchen sink that can get it out.