Hey Green Eyes!

Celeste. There is just some thing about it.

Some say it's the color of the Milan sky, some a mixture of military paints, and others the color of the former queen of Italy's eyes. [Thank you Wikipedia!] This is a timeless color that's been in our line for a number of years on our Deep V, Fusion, B43, Blunt, Aero, VXC, Aeroheat and Aerohead rims.

Regardless, all I know is our celeste comes from Australia.

Some of you have probably seen our new ad in Urban Velo. Sporting how versatile the Bottle Trap is and since we know how you love matching colors, yesterday we received the first batch of the Bottle Traps in celeste. Numbers are limited now but more are on the way!
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This Saturday is also a big day here in Grand Rapids, as it is the ribbon cutting/Mayor's Ride/'official' opening of the GR Bike Park. Join Ryan, J-Bolt and a slew of others at 9am for a trail day, then at 11am let the riding ensue!

Then Sunday, I'll be heading back to my homeland [Cedar Falls, IA] for an extended weekend and will be putting on a little urban ride with a few people; and yes, I'll be rocking the 16" folding fixie! It looks to be a good weekend here in the Midwest, so get out and ride!
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Finally a few videos for the weekend. The first two are from the Velo City 2010 Tour, the first is a recap of sorts followed by a teaser from the past LA event

The final video is from a film project in it's early stages of development. 'Career Courier' is a documentary on, you guessed it, career bicycle messengers. We're excited to be a part of this project and look forward to seeing Kenton put together his vision for the film. Share the love, click on the widget below to see the video and help support the cause.

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This past weekend there was a lot riding to be had: Ryan, Rachel, and Matt along with a crew of others headed up north for a two day ride that ended up being a good 150 mile trip, Jacobi threw down at the Fort Custer Stampede, and J-Bolt continued the shaping of the pump track at the GR Bike Park.

We also sent out some rims to the 5th annual VeloCity 2010 Tour. This is a 4 city tour that spans the whole U.S.. The first stop on the tour occurring in L.A. for the 3 day event. A number of races, parties and polo, all made for a great time for all who showed, I'm sure. The next 3 dates and cities go as follow:

May 22nd :: Chicago

July 3rd :: NYC

TBA :: San Francisco



For more details head over to the Cyclehawk website, but most importantly get out to these events! Thanks for the support, Squid!


Whether you're a messenger or mountain biker and everything in between, be sure to be checking all the events that we are a part of on the sidebar on the left. We do our best to keep that up to date. Each is an opportunity not only to get out on your bike, but also to score some Velocity gear.