Fizik Europe website

Turns out they are made for Brooks if you are somewhere besides the U.S.  The tape doesn’t meet the California lead standards!

Lead in bar tape? Who knew?

So, I guess if you want the dangerous, but nicely color-coordinated, bar tape you will need to do your shopping on the other side of the Atlantic.

The first thing that comes to mind when you think of Mardi Gras in New Orleans might be ‘hedonism.’ Or maybe ’self indulgence.’ Mardi Gras is, after all, preparation for the season of sacrifice. But we’ve learned there is a bigger purpose to all the hoopla. There’s a reason. We received an e-mail yesterday that put it all in perspective:

Dear Wallbike: I got some Mardi Gras beads last Spring in an order you sent me. I wore them to the bar tonight in support of the Saints. I was taking the family home at halftime and a woman at the table next to me said she loved my beads and would like to buy them. I told her that she could have them but all I asked was that she rooted for the Saints (the rest of her table was rooting Colts). By the time I got back to my house and got the kids in bed, I came down to see Peyton Manning throw the clinching interception touchdown. I cannot help but believe that your beads were directly responsible for the Saints’ win. Thank you for providing me with mojo to help the Saints win. CF

So it’s clear that the beads we caught at a Mardi Gras parade  were directly responsible for the event that unified and lifted an entire city. And that’s why we go to parades. We will continue to collect these tokens of mojo so we can send a few to each of you who place an order through Mardi Gras day (2/16). Thank you all for helping us to make the world a better place.

2010 Mardi Gras T-shirt

We got our special, exclusive, Mardi Gras T-shirts on the first day of parade season. Seems there is some event in Miami this weekend that has all the screen printers in town working loooong hours. Go figure.
(click on the shirt to see the other side)

Update 2/18/10: The parades are over and the shirts have gone into storage to wait for next year. Come to Mardi Gras in 2011! ]]> http://wallbike.com/blog/2010/02/06/just-in-time/feed/ 0 http://wallbike.com/blog/2009/12/09/miss-march-tyk/ http://wallbike.com/blog/2009/12/09/miss-march-tyk/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:51:18 +0000 Bill http://wallbike.com/blog/?p=780 The TyK Project has produced a calendar to benefit the Chicago Women’s Health Center.

From the TyK website:

“The TyK Project was created to address modern day stereotypes of women. Frustrated with being pegged as either mechanically savvy but asexual, or cute but inept with their bikes, these PinUps showcase the dual nature that women cyclists embody. ..”

Miss March rode with our Crescent City Cyclists club before moving to Chicago. She is, indeed, a regular person embodying that dual nature. She brought her own bike to the photo shoot.

Nice people on a worthy project make for a good calendar that is easy on the eyes.