fixed gear Archives - Oakland North

Oakland’s fixed-gear fixation

By Ted Trautman | October 10, 2010

Bicycles have long been ingrained in the Bay Area’s transportation culture, so it’s no surprise that fixed-gear bikes—single-gear bikes with no rear freewheel, making it impossible for the rider to coast—have found a home in Oakland.

Rad Massaker outtakes

By Dara Kerr | June 15, 2009

With a total of 40 miles, six checkpoints and throughout six cities in the East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville, El Cerrito, Albany and Richmond) last weekend’s Rad Massaker alleycat race was all sorts of fun. The winner, Ricardo Moran, clocked in at around two hours and 30 minutes, coming in ahead of over 150 other…

Oakland’s very own alleycat

By Dara Kerr | June 9, 2009

The same folks that brought you the Oakland Scrape alleycat last year are putting together the Rad Massaker alleycat this Sunday. The race will be throughout Berkeley, Oakland, Piedmont, Richmond, and Albany and will “finish bbq style.” It’s ten bucks and all proceeds go to the local non-profit-Cycles of Change. For those of you who…

Riding with Fix without Dix, Oakland’s premier ladies’ bike crew

By Dara Kerr | April 24, 2009 |

Fix without Dix is a bike crew/gang/club for women only. They meet every Wednesday evening and ride through the East Bay’s streets to Alameda, Richmond, Berkeley, the Port of Oakland or up into the hills. Any woman who likes riding bikes can join — she doesn’t have to ride a fixed gear bike or…

Outtakes from Manifesto Bicycles

By Dara Kerr | April 5, 2009

In honor of Manifesto Bicycles celebrating it’s official one-year birthday today, I’m posting these outtake photos from the article I wrote last month. Happy anniversary!

Bike love…

By Dara Kerr | March 10, 2009 |

This sweet couple is keeping it wheel with matching bikes they built up themselves:

Manifesto: Not your everyday bike shop

By Dara Kerr | March 9, 2009 |

The bike store Manifesto has a Flickr photo account, “Our customers rock,” which is full of photos of people posing with their bicycles. People smiling standing next to their bikes, slowly riding by, triumphantly raising the bike over their heads — all photos of Manifesto’s customers with their new bikes. Each photo is captioned with…