This week's edition - May 23, 2013

Local News

Coming up to speed
Despite broad support, Chapman Bike Park awaits funding
by Brandon Mathis
Boulder has one. So does Frisco. And Milwaukee. They are even in Florida. So why, in one of the most celebrated cycling communities in the world, is there nowhere for freeriders to shred the gnar....read  more
 
Class act
Animas High graduates first class of seniors
by Tracy Chamberlin
They had no school history to flaunt before college admission counselors, no experience with the project-based learning model, not even a place to call home....read  more
 

More local news ...
Back in circulation
Recyclery takes old bikes and gives them new life
by Page Buono
Low-ball estimates suggest that Americans throw away nearly 250 million tons of trash each year. And within that heap of waste, are nearly 15 million bikes – many of them salvageable....read more


Bikes, beers and burritos
Ska/Zia mountain bike team gets on a roll
by Page Buono
In a local cycling community as tight-knit as its bike jerseys, two big names are teaming up to sponsor a diverse roster of established professionals, up-and-coming juniors and cycling legends. The drive behind the newly formed Ska Brewing/Zia Taqueria Mountain Bike team, an evolution of the Directory Plus and Zia team of the past six years, was simple: a love of bikes, burritos and beers....read more
 
Day in the life:
Riders of the Iron Horse bicycle Classic
A field guide
photos by Steve Eginoire
 
 
 
 
Cinemascope: The best movie of the summer?
Trekkies, newbies alike will delight in latest of Star Trek saga

by Willie Kirschke

 

Columns

La Vida Local: Modern man's hustle

by Missy Votel

Top Shelf: Southern ramblings, Face Plants and shuffling

by Chris Aaland

Flash in the Pan: Warming up to frozen beef

by Ari Levaux

Ask the diver:
Andy from Nini's Taqueria

 

 

Haiku movie review

 

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