Briarcliff Bike Works

Ibis Demo at Graham Hills - Tomorrow 8/4 - https://mailchi.mp/1824acda03b4/reminder-ibis-demo-at-graham-hills-sunday-may-1963053

Ibis Demo at Graham Hills - Sunday, August 4th - https://mailchi.mp/2b98648c6b3f/reminder-ibis-demo-at-graham-hills-sunday-may-1963049

It's official. We'll be attending the WMBA Fat Tire Festival on June 10th at Blue Mountain Reservation where we'll be hosting the Santacruz Demo Team.

Ibis Demo at Graham Hills Sunday 9/18

IBIS demo IBIS demo Sunday 9/18 10-3 @ Graham Hills Park

Paul Morison and his Ibis Ripley bagged a 14'er. White Mountain Peak, CA.

25.6 lb's with metal cranks, pedals, big tires and a dropper!

Is the weight of your bike really that important??

People always tell me, hey Lou, I don't really care so much about the weight. But I always try to emphasize how much unnecessary extra work that's being done using heavier equipment....

Here's a piece I lifted from "weanswer@skipost", an XC ski blog I subscribe to. See if you can draw parallels to your bikes from this... XC skiers will especially appreciate this wisdom

"Why should skiers care about their ski pole selection?
Ski Poles are often the most overlook piece of a Nordic skier's equipment. But ski poles are the only piece of your ski equipment that you actually hold, swing and lift the entire way. Racers average between 30-45 pole plants per minute. Over the course of a marathon like the 52 km American Birkebeiner the winner may have lifted his poles more than 5,000 times. A skier completing the race in 3 hours could have poled 7,000 times and a 4 hour skier might have lifted her poles 10,000 times.

But how much difference can a few oz. make?
Extra weight is not fun! If you and a friend ski a 3-hour Birkie and the friend uses their new Start Race 1.0 and you use your old CT4's, you are lifting an additional 3 oz. per stroke. If each stroke moves your pole 5 feet. This equates to lifting an additional 6,500 ft lbs during the race! Like curling 1 gallon of milk in each hand 375 times. Will you still beat your friend?"

A pic of our good friend Jimbo back in his prime!

Can't tell what we dig more. The sweet new geo of these new bikes, or the kick-ass Fiat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOUEIJf698I

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