News and Links from around San Diego

  • Everybody’s favorite watering hole, Blind Lady Ale House, will be screening the movie, Riding Bikes with the Dutch. The director, Michael Wolfgang Bauch, will be present. There is a Townie ride prior to the screening. More details are available here.
  • On a related note, Jeff Motch, owner of Blind Lady Ale House, noted that $1,000 was raised for the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition at the Tour De Five Cities benefit.
  • More photos are coming in from the big wedding that was held at Velo Cult Bike Shop. Dennis Stein, co-owner of Sea Rocket, took a time lapse video of the event. Velo Cult’s extremely talented Anthony Bareno documented the event as well.
  • Everybody’s favorite bicycle delivery service, Manivela, recently celebrated their first year in business. It was a year that was both successful and a rewarding experience. In honor of that accomplishment, they will be hosting an alley-cat race through the parks. It will start at the fountain in Balboa Park at 6 PM on August 28th. Will the Manivela delivery crew be able to sustain their high energy throughout the course of the race? Time will tell. In the meantime, here is their flyer for the event.

    Alleycat through the parks