MILWAUKEES PREMIER BIKING MAGAZINE
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KNOWHOW
Main Feature A Personal Account
Know your Rig
Featured Artists Molly Lefeber Photographer Ilana Green Illustration
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EATING
Flavorcycle
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Get to know the local delivery service that is run and provided by the local biking community of our own Milwaukee.
RACE
Alley Cat
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PLAYING
MKE BKE UBR
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COMMUNITY
Milwaukee BC
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INTERVIEW
Ask the Riders
Unwind and ride free by learning about and joining along with the Milwaukee Underwear Bike rides, that take place three times a yr.
Get down and dirty with the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective, while increasing your knowledge as well as helping the community.
Our Goal To inform individuals of organizations & events, that take place in Milwaukee & to encourage their participation as well as celebrate the results of those who have committed.
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Stem & Steer Tube The feater set for this month is the stem and steer tube. This is one of
when every bottom component falls out of the steer tube and all over the
the more complicated aspects of DIY mechanics that may only be second to the axle and hub assemblies. The more complicated aspects of this fix is remembering the order of components as well as which components to grease for smooth transitions while riding.
floor. I recomend removing the front rim off the fork ahead of time and having the fork close to the ground. That way when it releases, the fork hits the ground and all the compents are still in pace, for you to gather.
GEAR BOX
Hammer - Screwdriver - Wrench - Hex Key
When it comes to the actual assembly, its important to note to start at the top by releasing the Pre-Load Bolt and the Top Cap. These are the two parts
WORSE COMES TO WORSE IF REPLACEMENT IS NECESSARY If we had to pick one new name who are making waves on the bearing front, it’s German brand Acros. The fact they’re regularly considered alongside Chris King and Hope on forums shows the quality reputation the brand are getting. The lettering on our white sample is less crisp than we’d expect and it’s slightly heavy, if 10g really matters.. But apar t from that, alls good.
that are holding everything together.
The huge crown race (where most of
After removing all the spacers and
the weight is) makes for easy removal and complete protection from muck coming up underneath. The well
bearings and stem (make sure to keep these in order) you’ll most likely need a hammer. The steer tube components take a lot of weight and torque while riding so they tend to wedge in place, and can be very difficult to remove. Tap the top of the steer tube with the hammer until it becomes free. Be careful because this is the point in time
greased red labyrinth seals top and bottom, plus a captured steerer O-ring, ke e p fi l t h out. T he s t ai nl e s s s te e l be ar i ng s are i mp re s s i ve ly s moot h and re s i s t l ong -te r m moi s ture corros i on, al l owi ng Acros to of fe r a fi ve -ye ar g uar ante e .
PRE-LOAD BOLT
SPACER
GREASING PART APPLICATION STEM
SPACER
TOP COVER
BEARING
When reassembling the steer tube components its impor tant to remember to grease cer tian parts. The greasing of these parts will allow for better rideing experience and more consistant cornering. The most notable parts to lube up before the ride are the Crown-Race, and both the bottom and top Cup. The Crown-Race is where most of the preasure is
CUP
STEER TUBE
applied when riding. And the bottom and top Cup is what is covering all the compents inside of the
STAR NUT
steertube, which leaves them exposed to the elements. Things like very
CUP FORK
BEARING
small rocks, dir t, rain, and snow can make these Cups stick! So grease up and enjoy the ride!
CROWN RACE
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Dependable delicious delivery
“Things are totally picking up� says co-owner Peter DiAntoni
restaurants. Flavor Cycle currently delivers from six restaurants in Riverwest, the lower East Side and Downtown, and delivery from two new restaurants begins this week with the addition of the Riverwest Co-op Cafe and Deli and Stonefly. Another Riverwest restaurant, Centro, will offer bike delivery soon, too. “We’ll have a lock on Center Street,� says DiAntoni.
DiAntoni and co-owner Kevin Sparrow think it will take at least a year for word to really get out about bike delivery options. In the meantime, they continue to add
Deliveries are made from the participating restaurants by placing an order with them and asking for bike delivery. There is usually no charge to the customer for delivery. The
I s the tagline for Flavor Cycle, which brings food from various Milwaukee restaurants via bike straight to your door.
The bike deliver y food service has been up and running for the past three weeks (when written).
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Cycle
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restaurant takes care of everything. Clicking on each restaurant’s link at Flavor Cycle’s website brings up the phone number to the restaurant to place orders, as well as links to restaurant menus and Facebook pages. A detailed map of each restaurant’s deliver y area is also available by following its “deliver y zone map” link. Each restaurant has its own deliver y area. Deliveries outside these areas have a $3 fee imposed, but DiAntoni says these things are negotiable. In other words, no one is interested in assessing an extra charge for
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going another block off the area demarcated on the map. Flavor Cycle has done runs to Lincoln Avenue from Bel Air Cantina, 1935 N. Water St., which is way outside its deliver y area and the far thest deliver y so far. “We got it all the way there and it was still hot” Plans are developing to add Bay View and Walker’s Point restaurants and delivery areas. The Loaded Slate, 1137 N. Old World 3rd St., is currently the southernmost restaurant working with the delivery
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Potbelly sandwiches out of the Downtown restaurant when he was working for Breakaway Bicycle Courier. Sparrow still works par t-time at Breakaway. Already prepared for riding in any weather, the delivery riders have a wide array of equipment to carry the food, from pizza-box-sized racks mounted to the front of bikes to large water- and wind-proof backpacks. Flavor Cycle also has a Bullitt cargo bike which is currently in the shop getting custom paint. Built in Copenhagen, Denmark, Bullitt riders are on what looks somewhat like a traditional bike, in back of a cargo area they essentially push. Flavor Cycle will be able to deliver larger catering jobs once the bike is done. Bike delivery is an economical and environmentally-sound idea whose time, it seems, has come. Similar services are slowly getting s tar ted nation-wide; one recently launched in Detroit called Hot Spokes. No one understands these trends perhaps as much as DiAntoni and Sparrow, who have been covering bike messengers and bike culture for five years in their publication, COG Magazine.
In fact, they modeled Flavor Cycle on a group of out-of-work bike messengers in San Francisco they recently did a story on for COG. The San Fran riders all lived in the Mission district and three years ago, when times were even more lean for them, they started observing how many of their neighborhood restaurants and bodegas they enjoyed had carry-out but no delivery. DiAntoni says the group of California riders approached these businesses with their idea of bicycle delivery and are now the biggest employer of cyclists in San Francisco. DiAntoni and Sparrow believed this model could work in Milwaukee and brought it home to form Flavor Cycle. COG magazine is basically doing business as Flavor Cycle; DiAntoni, the magazine’s editor, says they’re a group of bicyclis ts “ literally prac ticing what we preach,” which is living the bicycle life . COG magazine was started in fall 2007 and has an international status among bicyclists; its 12th issue comes out soon.
“We’re totally over-staffed. But ever yone who’s doing it believes in it.”
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Flavor Cycle brings food from various Milwaukee restaurants via bike straight to your door! If it works out, this will be the ultimate par t-time job,” says DiAntoni. The riders sign up for shifts using Google calendar. All the riders are independent contractors, providing their phone numbers to a Google voice program that distributes the calls after par ticipating restaurants call the main contact number for bike delivery. There are three riders working each shift. DiAntoni says the Flavor Cycle riders are like “vir tual ser vers” from the restaurants. They work for a traditional tip split like in-restaurant servers do, where tips in the cup are divided at shift’s end.
to par ticipating restaurants 60 / 40 (in the riders’ favor). Restaurants that sign on pay a daily service fee for bike delivery, which starts at 10 percent for delivery purchases. (There is no fee if there are no deliveries.) For example, the fee charged to restaurants for all orders up to $50 would be $5 (10 percent) regardless of whether one order of sandwiches for $12 was delivered or four orders of sandwiches (for $48) were delivered. Restaurants are charged $10 for daily orders between $50 and $100 and so on, staying at 10 percent according to this scale until daily orders reach $250, when the fee increases slightly.
Riders earn shift pay, which is splitting the service fee Flavor Cycle charges
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Map Key
START
River Walk Finish Line Streets Ally Cat Bridges Off Limits Parks
Remember
Pull & Lift
The grey areas are off limmits, the orange is free game and can be utilized any way seen fit. The race starts at the intersection of Knapp and the River Walk, and ends under I-94 on the River Walk. If you choose to use the parks as part of your own route, make sure to stay on the paths and off of the grass. Most important of all, remember to have fun as there is absolutely no tangiable reward.
Threading the Needle Spencer Thode The Ally Cat races are races that take place a few one or more times a month durring the rideing season. They usually consist of about fifteen riders who are just out to have some fun. The Ally Cat races function on a basis much like the old Cafe Racer style of compitition. They are unoffical, they are compitive, and they are checkpoint based. There is a general path that is required to take, but how you utilize it, is up to you.
River Run This par ticular race path has to do with close quar ters. Narrow alleys, short sprints, and tight corners that will make or brake the compitors. A large majority of this race takes place on the Milwaukee River Walk. There is an emphisis on utilizing the bridges, alleys, and paths that go along the river. The Race star ts at on at the intersection of the River Walk and Knapp, on the WEST side of the river. From this point is it your choice on how to get across the finish line the fastest. The race finishes on the EAST side of the river at the intersection of I-94 and the River Walk.
Seeing as this is the River Run. The competitors must be on the River Walk when they cross thr finishline for it to count. There are various hidden alleys to be used through out the race. Everything in the orange is there for you to explore and find the fastest route. The grey areas are off limits and will cause immidate disqualificaiton if entered. The green spaces are parks and can be utilized as long as you stay on the paths and avoid the grass at all costs. Remember that the point of this race is to just have fun, meet other riders, geting to know the city even better, and probably having a few beers afterwards. This will possibly be the only time this race is offered through Alley Cat Races so we hope to see you there with your favorite Rig.
Try Before you Fly Safty & Consideration It is impor t ant to note t ha t we ARE about saf ty when it comes to t hese races. It is highly recomonded to t ake t he route set map and farmiluarize yourself wit h t he dif ferent shoot s & corners. Tr y before you Fly and we’ll be happy. 09
MilwaukeeUnderwear Bike Ride Photography: Molly Lefenber
Writter: Steve Roche
This is a group ride just for fun, and to promote positive self body image. Anyone and everyone is welcome!” We encourage everyone to ride down in clothes that they’re willing to strip out of and donate to St. Vincent. We’re always looking for some ride “ambassadors” to help throughout the ride. You’ll be able to enjoy yourselves just like everyone else, but will be familiar with the route and help communicate different things to keep everyone safe. Flats and mechanical problems are bound to happen to a few, so we’ll also have ride support along to help anyone that might run into such problems and get you caught
back up with the rest of the group. If you’re interested in helping, simply get in touch. If this is your first ride, or even if you’ve been to almost every one, please read this. This is a safe and fun ride for everyone involved, so let’s keep it that way. Started as a one-time underwear ride to celebrate a birthday years ago, the Milwaukee Underwear Bike Ride turned into a monthly summertime event that grew into something much larger. Since day one, they’ve been promoted as “a group ride just for fun, and to promote positive self body image. Anyone and everyone is welcome!”.
This past June marks our five-year anniversary of hosting these rides during the summer months.
(i.e. staying in our lane, stopping at red lights, etc.). Remember to bring your bike lights!
They have grown into somewhat of a mobile festival that explores the city via bicycle. It gives people a reason to get excited to tune up their bicycles, many buying a bicycle just to par ticipate, and to simply get out and ride!
If this is your first ride, or even if you’ve been to almost every one, please read this. This is a safe and fun ride for everyone involved, so let’s keep it clean and have a good time. What we need are more
The rides always meet in public, outdoor spaces. We congregate, collect clothing donations, paint faces/bodies, distribute patches, stickers, and/or spoke cards for donations, and socialize with friends and strangers alike for an hour before taking off. We typically ride 10-15 miles, with a mid-ride stop to break up the distance and socialize. The route is planned out ahead of time, then rode in advance by the main ride leader and a bunch of friends/volunteers, who then lead the ride night of. We go through some great neighborhoods and visit great spots around the city, so show respect to your environments. Make sure to clean up after yourselves, and throw out any trash you may have. As the ride has grown in size and new participants, we want to stress the impor tance of safety. Please ride safely and be respectful of others around you. We will be riding at a group pace, and following the rules of the road
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“ambassadors” to help throughout the ride. You’ll be able to enjoy yourselves just like everyone else, but will be familiar with the route and help communicate different things to keep everyone safe. Flats and mechanical problems are bound to happen to a few, so we’ll also have ride support along to help anyone that might run into such problems and get you caught back up with the rest of the group. If you’re interested in helping, simply get in touch.
RIDE FOR HUMANITY
We organize and end the ride at a fun afterparty for every ride with a bunch of great bands and DJs. Half the fun of the event is the party, so stick around after the ride! Past friends that have played; Albydammned, Animals In Human Attire, Asher Diamonds, Crosss (Nova Scotia), Fresh Cut Collective, Ghastly City Sleep, Hewn, Kane Place Record Club, Jaill, Real Numbers (MN), Rio Turbo, Sat. Nite Duets, Sirius Booty, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt!, Video Villains, and more. We’ve also had some great hosts at Bad Genie, The Best Place, Bruno’s, Cocoon Room, The Compound, Hi-Hat / The Garage, Hotel Foster, The Irish Pub, Redroom, Riverwest Public House, Trocadero, and Yield. My friend Seth, who now lives out in Portand, said something a few years back that really stuck with me. “Thursday was my first underwear ride, and I had a freaking amazing time. Seeing the whole street packed with bikes both ahead of and behind me was exhilarating and made me immediately realize that we’re a pretty powerful force when we all get together.. I think we have a real chance of making a difference in this city, both in the present and for the future, and I want to be a part of that.”
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Mid Ride
Color - Staged group shot At the mid point of every ride. We stop at a Milwaukee Public Park. This is a time for resting, regrouping with friends you may have lost, or making some new ones as you find your way through the croud. Usually people will take this time to have a beer or grab some water. As always we strongly encourage picking up after ourselves, and make this easy by providing garbage and recycleing bags.
Downtown
B&W - Intransit (red light) shot At the start of the ride we usually meet somewhere on the Upper East Side, or in River West. These seem to be the best places for meeting considering that most of our partisipants live in these areas of the city. This generally allows us to make our way down through the city of milwaukee, allowing for great views, and a ton of fun.
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Milwaukee Bicycle Collective Illustration: Ilana Green
Author: Spencer Thode
The experience I gained from working with the people at the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective (MBC) was definitely an interesting one. There is a much greater diversity of individuals than I expected, including age range and sex. I learned a lot mostly from the older members of the group. I believe this is mostly because this is the section of almost any population that enjoys teaching the youth what lessons they have learned themselves. Mostly what I learned was how to fix specific bike parts that prior to volunteering, I didn’t even know the names of. I also learned a lot about the tools needed to repair the specific bike parts. As the sole purpose of there existence is to be used for them. Almost the entire other portion of my time spent at the MBC, was spent on organization. They have a few different methods to keep that place from falling into complete chaos, but all seem to be teetering on the edge of efficient environment and a total mess. The major issue is that no one has the same schedule, meaning that each “Key Holder” (people who open and close the shop) is there when they can be, and because the others cant make it. This creates a major miscommunication between those responsible for running the shop. This would also result in the time of the volunteers being spent in moving object/bikes from one place to another, to “organize” the shop, and then the next day moving them either back to where they were or to another location. This didn’t bother me much at all because I was just there to help out and do what was asked of me. Bur for an effective and productive work environment to be established something could be done.
Above all of this though, there is one thing that may be a bigger issue than organization. That would be costumers. Only on a handful of occasions did I see potential clients enter the establishment. Half of the time it would be students or a regular just coming to use tools or look around. A few times I did see people make a purchase, But just wasn’t frequent enough to be able to stay afloat as a company if they actually had to pay for the space they are provided. The Milwaukee Bicycle Collective is actually one of the oldest Bicycle Collectives in the country, third I believe. It is beaten out by
Mostly what I learned was how to fix specific bike parts that prior to volunteering, I didn’t even know the names of two others out on the west coast, one of which is in California and has been around for a very long time. I believe that the major reason they have lasted so long is that they don’t face many of the challenges other collectives face in renting space. The collective was actually started by the landowners son a few years prior, to when the current Key Holders took over. The owner just assumed keep the shop open as it reminded him of his son who had moved, and keeps him busy with helping out around the shop.
My idea for bringing in new (more) clientele is signage. They use quite a large building as their place of business, that has one door on the exterior wall that is painted and covered in stickers. There is no sign, there is no indication of a bike shop being there, and there is no upkeep of the area surrounding the entrance or side of the building, it basically falls into the background with the surrounding neighborhood. My Basic concept for the sign for the Milwaukee Bicycle Collective is to communicate that this is a bike shop that they are here to help. The bicycle collective is there to help the community, along with provide a service that would otherwise be possibly unattainable to peoples in the community, (after school programs, bike mechanic lessons, etc.). It would be silly to think that the community would not want to help them back.
Most of the parts would hopefully be able to be salvages from the monumental amount of bikes that are already at the shop. There are so many that two times that I have been there we changed the organization of fixing them, to a scraping system (that actually worked much better). Some of the bikes I worked on myself were just going to be salvages and used for scrap metal (this was actually my favorite job as I was able to work on my own, and at my own pace). Every so often a collector would come and id help him load up the scrap bikes into his truck. This is what actually gave me the idea of recycling the metal from the old bikes to create the sign. One of the main ideas of the collective is conservation, this would be one way I was tying up the signage into the shop. Another way is that I would effectively be communicating that this is a bike shop despite the surrounding buildings.
I had never directly worked on fixing a bike for a such young person. It was a first for me,and hopefully, not the last either. To bring in more clientele I would propose to create a sign for MBC. This sign would be mostly constructed of old bike frames, forks, bars, posts, gears and other parts. This sign would basically embody what the shop is and how they utilized what seem to be useless objects and rejuvenate them. This does not mean useless as in garbage, but unused parts.
The rest of the materials could have to be purchased, which would hopefully not cost too much. I would want a flat piece of metal that could have primer, and paint added to have the name logo and additional information added so that it would be legible and properly displayed. There would have to be a mount for all the parts that could be
securely mounted to the side of the building. This may also have to be purchased. Hopefully by completing this project both the community and the collective will benefit. I believe the community will benefit because living a healthy lifestyle and teaching those younger than you can only provide a healthy productive environment. It may be a bit of a stretch to say that riding a bike can improve a neighborhood. But if you take into consideration that this is an environment that pro mots consistency, helpfulness, and a willingness to learn and change it is easy to see the potential benefits. As far as the collective goes, having even more community interaction, and time spent with clients will only strengthen the organization. They have already been around for a much greater time than expected of bicycle collectives. Having the community support them in a greater way would only solidify the their position within the community and the greater Milwaukee area. Finally I believe that the most apparent thing the signage will do is give the collective a presence. Even if you search for the collective Online there is no image of the building. This is because the building has no identity, without an identity it is impossible to establish a strong presence. This would also give volunteers and others more confidence when approaching the establishment for the first time. When I first went to a Key Holders
meeting I could not find the building to save my life. I drove around the block three times and eventually just got on foot and searched for the entrance. The biggest thing I took away from this course is being involved within the community we live. I didn’t necessarily do this as I live on the east side, but non-the less felt a connection with the city I’ve lived in for the past four years. I can see how there is a disconnection growing between populations and the area they live, I believe this is because of easier worldwide connections via computer, cellular device, x-box, and so on (I just named three things in front of me…) Being involved within a community can help keep people grounded and occupy their mind which what is actually happening around them and not in some far off land (although is also important). I guess the main message is that there are things happening within the local communities that are worth taking note of, and taking part in. I’ve done bike ride benefits, and large group rides for fun, but had never directly worked on fixing a bike for a very young individual, that was a first, and hopefully for me not the last.
DELIVERY Spencer Thode
Q: Sounds grea t, and wha t about Flavorcyle . Do you enjoy working wit h t hem? A : Yeah I do, I mean. Sometimes were a litt le shor t s t af fed, but t ha t s about it. Weve had t he opper tunity to connec t a few bussness wit h new cus tomers, and i love riding so it s a bit of a win, win. Q: Is t here any way in which you could see condid tions improve in t he near future?
SEAN NYARY FLAVORCYCLE RIDER Q: So can you tell us a litt le about your self ? I unders t and you work for Flavorcycle and we’d like to get a litt le background. A : Sure . Ive been living in milwaukee for a few years now and have had some time to fermiluarize myslef wit h t he city. Ive also been riding and working wit h bikes for even longer, which has defina tely helped.
A : Well like i said sometimes it feels like we could use a few more riders. If t he wea t her is bad t hen ever y deliver y employee in t he city is busy. It s no dif ferent for bikers. I t hink t ha t if we got more riders to deliver for us we might also be able to expand a bit. We already have a bit of a lock-down on Center St, so it s a s t ar t, but it could be better. Q: If t here was one impression you would want people to have of Flavorcycle , wha t would it be?
A : Well were a group of people who love to ride . Enough so t ha t we decided to mak a living of f of it. This is somet hing t ha t I do in my freetime , it s a hobby of mine , and I have many friends who enjoy t he exac t same t hing. Wha t s not to love? If anyt hing t he more im riding t he happier I am. Q: Im glad to hear you enjoy wha t you do. One las t t hing. I hear t ha t you and some of t he ot her employees commpeted in t he day long race , t he River Wes t 24. How did t ha t go? Did you place?
It works by each of us t aking turns a t t he track route unti we tireout an t hen let anot her rider t ake to t he road. So when ever were not riding were jus t siting a t our s t a tion relaxing, ea ting, laughing, you konw. Jus t enjoying ourselves, and wha t we choose to do wit h our time .
COMMUNITY WORKING TOGETHER Flavorcycle is s till open today and considered to be a growing busniss. To t he right is t he cont ac t informaiton along wit h available hours for deliver y ser vice .
A : Well wha t ill say is t ha t we did we ll as a group, as we usually do. But for us it wasnt as much t he competitive par t of t he race we we re interes ted in, but more of t he aspec t of jus t hanging out.
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