Fairfax, Virginia-based Oasis Bike Works recently hooked up 40 lucky kids with brand new Kona bikes courtesy of the Beacon House. The Beacon House is an organization focusing on the Edgewood Terrace neighborhood in Washington, D.C., dedicated to helping at-risk children and their families through education, cultural, recreational and athletic programs. Here are a few photos from the original Oasis Bike Works blog post showcasing the giveaway.
It seems to have caused quite a stir, and some emotive responses to boot. Click here to read the thread. This post comes from T. Scott Hoffmeyer:
I would have to say my favorite bike is the Kona Major One 2009. This bike is my best built bike I own. I have had 3 kona bikes in my arsenal at a time- 2008 Kona Unit 2-9, 2009 Kona Paddy Wagon, and the 2009 M.O. The paddy wagon was a special bike to me, now a friend owns it, riding to work as his commuter bike and all around fun town bike! That bike was the first nice commuter/fixie I ever owned. It even was so perfect I raced an entire track season with 48/15 gearing for 3 months with the paddy. It still is something special.
The Major One is the ALL AROUND ANYTHING ANYWHERE bike! I love it. I race it, commute with it, hop a curb with it, get muddy with it, live with it! IT IS AWESOME! The root-beer tubing color finish isn’t to bad either.
As for the Unit 2-9: Something that I give thanks to every season for keeping me connected with nature and why I love bikes so much. One bike that will stay with me, forever.
Just talking to beautiful, gas-free people in a country where a third of all journeys are made by bicycle. http://cog.konaworld.com/video/Amsterdam.flv
I was just going through our photo galleries and came upon this gem. Grant Fielder in Bristol, England, with a urban backdrop made beautiful by graffiti art. Photo: Mattias Fredriksson
If you have a little time to kill, hit the photo for a little eye opener on pedal power that is sweeping the planet.
From the reasoning of the Dawg name to the best comic book authors, from the history of the Hot to a timeline of industrial music, Cory has the trivia, and the opinions to mouth off about it.
Everyone has their favorite bike. My personal favorite bike is either my Big Unit, or my single speeded Major Jake. But sometimes a bike emerges as an institution, and becomes something bigger than the individual bike. The Stinky has done that, and the Africabike certainly has. But for me, the Dr. Dew holds a special place.
The last race before the single speed cyclocross apocalypse. Here’s the truth of it all: CycloCrossing leads to single speeding, and single speeding leads to racing. And that was damn near the start of it all. Look at us now, busted up and everyone talking about hard times. But we’ve learned from the mud of it all. SSCXWC has learned. Portland’s learned. Now when men get to racing it happens here…and it finishes here. Hundreds of men enter, one man leaves. And right now, we’ve got hundreds of men! Hundreds of men with guts full of fear. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls… …racing time is here.”
Passion and dedication were the two main ingredients this past weekend as Team H&R BLOCK-KONA had all the right ingredients on Sunday, August 16th to bring home gold medals and provincial championships in both BC and Alberta on the same day. Unofficially, it is believed that this might be the first time that one team that has won both provincial championships on the same day.
In BC, Team H&R BLOCK-KONA rider Cyrus Kangarloo got in the early 10 man break at about 30 km into the road race (4 from Trek Red Truck – Vukets, Britton, Hamilton, Trace; 3 from Garneau Evolution – Sidic, Skinner, Thompson), Tim Sherstobitoff (Total Restoration) and Sebastian Salas. With about 27 kms to go, Cyrus soloed away from the break to win the BC provincial road championships!
Here is a picture of a guy from Les Coursiers Verts, a company delivering small parcels and letters on bicycle in Saint Etienne et Lyon, riding his Sutra.
Photo: Studio QOOQ
Voici en action le grand « Québécois » sur son Kona Sutra qui, comme ses acolytes, vous livrent vos colis et lettres à la vitesse de la lumière. Si vous les croisez dans les rues de Saint Etienne et Lyon, faites leur un petit signe, ils apprécieront.
Photo: Studio QOOQ
