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On the Road – Biketoberfest Marin with City Cycle

Fairfax, California is the birthplace of mountain biking, a sleepy little town in Marin County, north of San Francisco, in the shadow of Mount Tamalpais. Each year Fairfax hosts Biketoberfest Marin, which is exactly what it sounds like, a celebration of cycling, beer and food. Our good friends at City Cycle invited us out for the party, and being the accommodating folks we are, we showed up.

Fairfax is a special place for so many reasons. The cycling culture there is extremely rich, and the Biketoberfest scene was replete with cyclists of every imaginable stripe, roadies, mountain bikers, cruisers, bike packers, steel devotees, Ti worshipers and carbon lovers.

We spent the day doing what we love to do, which is looking at, talking about and appreciating bikes for all they give us, fun, health, transport and a way to express ourselves. The fresh, hot tamales and steadily flowing beer didn’t hurt the ambiance at all, either. A local cafe had set up their tent next to ours. It really couldn’t have been a better day.

City Cycle has two locations, one in Cow Hollow in the city, and one in Corte Madera, Marin. The SF location is one of those legendary shops, one of the first real bike studios in the country, and we have partnered with them on literally hundreds of bikes. The Corte Madera location is much newer and larger, and serves as a cycling gateway to the beautiful roads and trails of greater Marin.

It was nice, as always, to spend the day with them, and we were grateful to have been invited.

On the Road: Bespoke Cycles SF

Bespoke Cycles is a smaller, more intimate space in the Pacific Heights neighborhood of San Francisco, where owner Ari Bronzstein pursues singular perfection in every bike he and his team builds. Industry veteran Trystan Cobbett brings a very discerning eye and a marketer’s nous to the show. With Intelligentsia Coffee on steady brew, Bespoke specializes in making each rider feel special with lots of individual attention in an intimate setting. A growing roster of regular rides leaving from the shop make Bespoke another hub for local cyclists, who are constantly stopping in for a cup of coffee on the wide couch at the back of the shop space.

Bespoke sits in a quiet, residential neighborhood, just a few doors down from Alta Plaza Park. We spent a few hours with the guys last week, and then walked over to the park to watch the sun set over the Presidio and Golden Gate Park. It was a nice way to spend a day.

Ari has worked with us for more than a decade as well, both through Bespoke and during his time at City Cycle in Cow Hollow. The bikes he and his guys produce tend to be extremely well-fit and aesthetically unique. Just look at this Axiom SL floor bike they designed for themselves last season.