Bike Dancing and Cyclocross Mash Up

Published: Nov. 22, 2006, 8:19 a.m.

b"PORTLAND, Ore. \\u2013 When I started doing this bike vlog this summer I was afraid I\\u2019d run out of things to cover during the rainy season. Well, I was wrong. This weekend the Sprockettes hosted several bike events starting with a Dance Party Friday night that had bike dance teams (The Sprockettes, The B:C:Clettes, The Brakes) and live music including one of my favorite groups, Show Me the Pink. I missed Saturday\\u2019s events because I was working in Miz Kitty\\u2019s Parlour. But Reverend Phil has some videotapes from Saturday's events.

\\nSunday the USGP of Cyclocross came through town with some of the top riders in the world. The Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers, rowdy fans, and hottubbers greeted them. Later that night the Cross Crusade held their awards party which was also very entertaining and included the LRS Drummers, along with fire dancers, and acrobats from the A-Wol Dance Collective.

\\nI took me a day just to recover from this rainy weekend version of Burning Man done Pacific Northwest style. \\u201cDon\\u2019t tell me this town ain\\u2019t got no heart. You just got to poke around.\\u201d

\\nThis is a quick montage some of the weekends bike events. I plan on doing more with the USGP race footage and the Sprocettes weekend separately."