Showing posts with label eau claire hipsters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label eau claire hipsters. Show all posts

Friday, November 6, 2009

GhettoCross Tomorrow!

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Hey everybody, (no workshop this saturday at banbury place as wel will be at this event)

Dont forget ghettocross is going down Saturday. Group ride to Sherman Creek leaving from Racys at noon. be prepared to get wet and muddy if you are racing and be prepared to have fun even if you aren't. This is an awesome excuse for everyone into biking to get together have a fire, drink some beers, and ride our bikes. It is suppose to be a beautiful day so be there or be square!

If you aren't sure if you want to go because you don't know what to expect. Come and find out.

Ghettocross

Type:
Network:
Global
Start Time:
Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 12:00pm
End Time:
Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 3:00pm
Location:
Sherman Creek Park

Description

It's a cyclocross race hosted by EC Velo. it will be muddy, cold, wet, and fun.

If you're not familar with cyclocross watch the videos, or just show up.
All bkes and all levels of riders welcome. Have fun!

Nov. 7, race starts at 1. Meet and register at 12.
Sherman Creek Park
3-5$
Cash purse and prizes.
fire and beer throughout.
Spectators welcome and strongly encouraged to cause trouble.

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Thursday, November 5, 2009

Hipsters, be not afraid Admitting your stereotype is first step to self-acceptance

http://media.www.spectatornews.com/media/storage/paper218/news/2009/11/05/Editorialopinion/Hipsters.Be.Not.Afraid-3823439.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition

Hipsters, be not afraid

Admitting your stereotype is first step to self-acceptance

Thomas Fountain

Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Editorial/Opinion
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Let me give you a tad of insight into my life: I listen to the Smiths. A lot. I exclusively wear Levi's skinny jeans. I could pick out Helvetica from a mile away and explain how its simplistic, sans-serif nature makes it an absolutely groundbreaking font.

If it is not apparent to you yet, I am a hipster.

Criticize me all you'd like, and I'll just ironically mock you in one of my many blogs.

If you are particularly getting on my nerves I may even tweet about you, and you don't want to find out which 140 characters I'd viciously employ.

Still a little hazy on what exactly a hipster is? Just walk around with a Sam Cooke album on vinyl, and they'll flock towards you.

I wouldn't necessarily say that I'm proud to be a hipster, but I've accepted that fact and realized that I am happy with my choice of stereotype. I mean, lattes are actually pretty enjoyable.

However, I've noticed an extremely annoying trend amongst my fellow Ray-Ban advocates of Eau Claire, and that is that hipsters refuse to acknowledge themselves as such.

In fact, some even ridicule hipsters (though this is ironic enough to be considered hip, causing a tricky paradox). Admitting to being a hipster and embracing that fact is a pretty liberating feeling.

You no longer have to hide your fake glasses when you see people who have known you your whole life.

You're allowed to despise Dave Matthews with no justification other than your Sperry Topsiders.

If for no other reason, just think of how ironic it is to be true to yourself.

C'mon now, people, this isn't Brooklyn. We're in the minority here. We need to band together, or soon we will be enveloped by the overwhelming majority. The consequences are bleak. Have you ever listened to Jack Johnson on a Zune player? It is hell.

This is our time to bust out the cardigans, the Kurt Vonnegut novels and the iPhones. The time to quote lyrics in our Facebook profiles and discuss the merits of Wes Anderson's filmmaking.

And so, I implore you, hipsters of Eau Claire, Wis., be not afraid! Ride your fixed-gear bicycles along the mighty Chippewa River, with your right pant leg elegantly rolled to the knee! Tweet the fact that you are sitting mere feet from Justin Vernon of Bon Iver when sipping your coffee at Racy's! Blast Kanye West from every speaker and stay adamant that Taylor Swift deserved it! And by God, check Pitchfork on an hourly basis to find out Vampire Weekend is touring Europe in three months.

If you continue to hide yourself behind layers of secondhand flannel, you will never realize that it is completely acceptable in society to be a hipster, and truthfully, it's pretty rad, too.

Trust me, I listen to the Smiths.
http://media.www.spectatornews.com/media/storage/paper218/news/2009/11/05/Editorialopinion/Hipsters.Be.Not.Afraid-3823439.shtml?reffeature=htmlemailedition

Friday, October 2, 2009

tour d'eau claire

Tour d'Eau Claire on the way!

"Just a reminder that there are only 10 more days untill the Tour. This is going to be boatloads of fun, lots of prizes, and a huge afterparty. Get excited, and be sure to tell your friends to show up! Just a reminder, pre-registration is the only way to GUARANTEE entry no matter what, a shirt and other fun stuff. See you all soon!"

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Saturday, October 10, Tour d'Eau Claire


Tour d'Eau Claire


Promoting Local Biker Awareness

$10 Main Event/$15 Main Event & Shirt - Mini Youth Race FREE

Date: Saturday, October 10, 2009
Time: 11:00am - 8:00pm

Location: Carson Park
Street: Bike Street
City/Town:Eau Claire, WI

Phone:
7158285288
Email:tourdeauclaire@gmail.com


Description
Tour d’Eau Claire is a spin-off of the Valley Cat race that has been an amazing biking event for the past few years. A few of us who competed in this race wanted to do something similar, but wanted to make it an event where anyone and everyone would have a reason to show up. Tour d’Eau Claire is the first-ever Biker Awareness Event in the Chippewa Valley. The Tour will still include the great messenger race that is much loved from the Valley Cat, but it will also have many other events, too, such as track standing, skid comps, a random trick contest, and a youth race. Oh, and there's going to be a great party afterwards, too!

Tour d'Eau Claire -October 10th - Starting @ Carson Park Ending @ Carson ParkRace Starts @ noon

Other Events After the Race -Kids Race, Track Standing, Skid Comp, Biker Maintenance, Clinics, BBQ and After Party

EVENT SPONSORS -Volume One Magazine, Melting Pots Printing, Miller High Life, Eau Claire Printing, Red Bull, Leonardson Dental, A Brand New Tattoo, Deborah K. Becker State Farm®, emBARK, Anybody's Bike Shop, Golds Gym Eau Claire

For more information on being a sponsor contact Shawn @ 715.828.5288 or email tourdeauclaire@gmail.com

Click here for a Sponsorship PDF http://issuu.com/shawnbrunner/docs/tour_de_eau_claire?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true

Monday, May 18, 2009

the THIRDCOASThip and greasy gathering Saturday 5-23-09 12noon-3pm

Don't get lured in with this 'pretentious' crew of cyclists, greasy fixins will not be associated with such a movement.

Also, come and join us this Saturday at our spot in the Banbury Place... Building 17, lower level... bring some food, game ideas, tools, music, friends, family, etc. 12noon-3pm (Saturday 5-23-09)