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While headed to the grocery store while traveling through Petaluma, California, I randomly came across the Rapha bus, as they are filming a California ride. Team rider Evil Ryan was kind enough to provide me with a cycling cap and let me take pictures of the bus.. thanks!

if you have not yet viewed the women’s prestige, here it is:

The nonprofit organization KVIBE (Kalihi Valley Instructional Bike Exchange) has ordered a custom made cargo bike by Portland, Oregon company Metrofiets to make their mechanic program mobile. The plan is to extend their warehouse beyond the building by traveling to nearby schools to teach underprivileged youth about bicycles, on a bicycle.  Before heading to its final home at KVIBE, the cargo bike did a bit of sightseeing and racing! KVIBE coordinator Sau Hsu pedaled me around Honolulu and beyond in the cargo load for a few great adventures.

Photo Stop: Waikiki Beach!

You don’t need a cargo bike to transport giant things in Hawaii.. bicycle surfboard racks do the trick!

The bike poses with Olympic swimmer Duke Kahanamoku

Sau pedaled the cargo bike with me in it for a 12.8 mile time trial over rolling hills and through the rain.. epic!

View from the rainy cargo hold

Sau being a champ, suffering up the final hill to pedal me into my first place female mountain bike finish!

The cargo bike is at its new home in Kalihi Valley, about to go on its first official work-related ride on March 17th for the Great Kalihi Cargo Haul. The ride will promote youth cycling by providing up to 100 helmets for kids and encourage the children to work on the land, with the ending point at the Kokua Kalihi Valley nature preserve, Ho’oulu ‘Aina.

During the holidays, the City and County of Honolulu puts up an impressive lights display. Unfortunately, this year was a bit of a letdown with fewer lights than usual, but we still had a fun and rainy bike ride to see it all.

The group in front of the shaka Santa

Jade showing off her awesome Google Bike shirt and bicycle

Hawaiian style Christmas tree featuring shave ice and spam musubi

The Surfrider Foundation sponsored a display powered by solar energy and featured Lego bicyclers!

Molly posing with her bicycle

Happy holidays and New Year from Honolulu! Cheehoo!

Coming from the craziness of Honolulu’s streets full of potholes and terrible drivers, a vacation to Oregon was the Hawaiian cyclist’s paradise. Luckily with Hawaii powers, we brought the sunshine to Oregon and had fantastic fall cycling weather with wonderful friends. Our first stop was for a delicious Thanksgiving feast in Corvallis, home of Oregon State University. This college town is flat and comprised of over 90% bicycle lanes. We visited our part-time Hawaii resident friend and bike polo enthusiast Eilif, who lives at the Corvallis “Bike Haus”.

The Bike Haus residents graciously lent us polo bikes and took us on a mini bike ride on some paths and to downtown Corvallis.

Cuties Kevin and Shanna rocked the tandem bike!

Eilif even gave people rides on his bike rack.. Dave looks like he’s having tons of fun

And by chance, we ended up with the Corvallis bike and pedicab crew’s section in the holiday parade. The kids enjoyed the pedicabs, bike tricks and wheel guards on the polo bikes.. hopefully it made some of them want to ride bikes!

From Corvallis, we went to Portland for a weekend of bikes, beer, friends and good food. The Honolulu community bike shop KVIBE is getting a cargo bike from a local Portland framebuilder, so we went to the cargo-bike specialists at Splendid Cycles to check out the bikes, and pose for pictures.

The Ace Hotel where we stayed offered free bike rentals to hotel guests, which allowed us to explore the bike friendly streets of Portland with great happiness. Our friend Shawn gave us a tour of the North East Alberta district and other friends Brett and Megan biked us around the South East area.

Overall, a successful vacation from a tropical paradise to a cycling paradise!
Most photos by Sau Hsu.

Sau Hsu, director of K-VIBE (Kalihi Valley Instructional Bike Exchange) recently directed all his attention to these four girls (in a warehouse full of boys), stating that “KVIBE strongly encourages girls to build and ride bicycles. With a warehouse of various parts and children’s frames, any girl that wants to ride a bicycle shall. As evidenced by the Rain family: Valerie (age 11), Vaivesst (age 10), Bernartita (age 9), and Jaleina (age 10) all girls whom want to learn about bicycles will indeed.” Go girls!

Photo by Sau Hsu. Learn more about K-VIBE!

Hi all in Honolulu.. If you’re free this weekend, check out these events!

First off, a Kalihi Melee at the community bike shop K-VIBE (Kalihi Valley Instructional Bike Exchange). This is an event which emphasizes healthy lifestyles through biking and eating ono foods. K-VIBE is a bike shop catered to the kids of Kalihi to get them involved with a positive hobby to meet friends, learn skills, improve themselves and ride bicycles. There will be a BMX competition for the kids, bike polo and a bicycle powered blender for smoothie making from Cycle Manoa. More info at the K-VIBE blog!

Aloha Sunday is back!

Hope to see ya there!

Local bikeshop the Kickstand et al created a mean roller sprints setup! They hosted their 2nd event and I think it was pretty successful. The best part was that enough ladies entered to have a girls tournament! Here’s some photos of the girls from the night:

Pam and Yvonne kick off the tournament

Pam killin it!

Yvonne looking intense

Annie racing hard

Ivy’s spinning fast

Merliza rolling in heels!

Tricia looking fabulous

I think I’m drunk and spinning in more ways than one..

And winner of the tournament: Molly! She’s new to Hawaii and already making impressions

Ladies posing with the awesome prizes from the Kickstand and the charismatic hosts Cyrus and Nikki

What an awesome event!!!! Thanks all! Can’t wait till the next one….

Photos taken by Sau Hsu

Hello Ladies (and Gents) of Honolulu!

Please show up at Anna Bananas on Friday (the 26th) for Honolulu’s first roller sprints! There will be a chicks division for the tournament and apparently some great prizes. Race your friends and see who is the fastest, win prizes, dance yer sweet boo-tay off to local bands! There are 2 brand new and identical pake frames to race on.. awesome

Race sign up begins at 8pm, with the first round beginning at 9pm. Anyone can race, Mens and Womens divisions, prizes to be won as well as raffle give aways! $10 cover includes race entry fee and goes to the bands.

http://haleakavelo.com/ for more info!