- The first international mountain bike race in Sri Lanka was held in November with participants from 14 countries. The Rumble in the Jungle is Sri Lanka’s premier mountain bike stage race and takes riders from hot and humid jungles, through mountain hugging tea plantations and across the islands highest plateau. Check the video above for some of the highlights.
- If you live in the Asheville, NC area and would like to donate a little bit of your time to help out Trips for Kids WNC then volunteer to help wrap gifts at REI. Trips for Kids WNC will be there for two weeks prior to Christmas and could really use your help.
- Orbea.com is Orbea’s new sales channel, offering benefits to both users and dealers. For right now, their online store is operative in UK and Germany, offering users the whole range of Orbea products at a click and delivering them through our dealers in these countries.
- La Fuga is the leading tour company for truly memorable European cycling escapes. And this Friday, December 5th they’re hosting a Christmas Party to celebrate an amazing year of cycling and their busiest year ever. Drop in any time between 4pm and 9pm for nibbles & drinks. There will also be a free prize draw with some cool cycling prizes. Their address is: 49 Old Street, London, EC1V 9HX
- And if you’re in San Francisco this Friday, December 5th, then visit The Mission Workshop at their Valencia Street store for their housewarming party between 6 and 11 PM. There will be an exclusive previewing of their fall/winter Advanced Projects Outerwear and Acre Series Apparel.
- Registration for the Five Boro Bike Tour opens on January 20th so mark your calendars so that you miss out. The Tour itself is May 3rd and is an amazing way to see New York. Visit bikenewyork.org for more information. We’ll post more reminders for this great event as the date approaches.
- OneUp Components is giving away a narrow-wide chain ring a day until Christmas. Just like them on Facebook to enter.
- FSA/Vision is supporting the CYCLING FOR ARMENIA PROJECT, which is raising money for charity to help fund a much-needed children’s hospital unit in Armenia. Their goal is to raise €500,000 for the cause and by making a donation of 10 euros and you’ll be automatically entered into the drawing to win one of 11 autographed bikes donated by ProTour teams.
- After years of pressure including a Care2 petition with 83,000 signatures, Clif Bar agrees to disclose country of origin for its cocoa. The Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, pressured Clif Bar for years and now the countries where their cocoa comes from can be found listed HERE.
- PeopleForBikes has officially united 1 million Americans in support of better bicycling! PeopleForBikes set out in March 2010 to unite one million voices in support of a better future for biking and believes that people, wherever they live, should be able to bike safely and comfortably and enjoy the many benefits of bicycling—for health, recreation, the economy, the environment, community and sustainability
