Attention Northern California gearheads: This Sunday, Aug. 18, the Sonoma County Bicycle Coalition will host its annual Bicycle Expo featuring lots of cool bike designs, contests, and a raffle to win one of two custom-made cargo bikes. Admission is free.
Fabrication fans will love the “velogenesis” event: nine local frame builders will cooperate “Iron Chef” style to built up two cargo bikes from a pile of bamboo poles, steel tubing, cables, and spokes. The public is free to watch the bikes built before their eyes and a welding helmet camera will capture the action from the builder’s POV. The two bikes will be raffled off at the end of the day.
The bikes will compete in the cargo bike race in the afternoon. The course features a teeter totter, jumps, and carrying things like a toilet and a big bag of dog food. There will also be a track stand contest, and a tractor pull (with bikes) featuring a 200-pound cannon ball.
The event run from 10am-4pm in Santa Rosa, Calif. Pedal on over.
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